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How does the “buy before you sell” model differ from iBuyers and Power buyers?

Housing Wire

The second stage was pioneered by real estate agents that saw how hard the consumer experience was first-hand, so they created the PowerBuyer model to address those issues with less cost relative to iBuyers. It also arms the borrower’s real estate agent with a more powerful offer to win their client’s next property.

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Bidding Wars

The Residential Specialist

The pandemic has caused a surge in the housing market, and agents must guide clients through the stress of buying and selling homes. Sellers are reaping the benefits from this shift in demand—it’s likely they’ll receive multiple offers on their homes and that they will sell for more than they may have pre-COVID. By Megan Kramer.

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10 Things to Know About the ‘Sale Pending’ Phase, aka House Closing Limbo

HomeLight

Real estate agents keep an eye on sales pending properties because there are a number of ways that the deal could fall through and the house could come back on the market. Even downstate New York is done differently than upstate New York,” advises Christine Marchesiello , a Move Safe Certified agent located in the Albany, NY area.

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Active Pending Short Sales: What Are They, And Can You Still Make an Offer?

HomeLight

You’re on the hunt for a new home, and in addition to aligning yourself with an experienced agent , you’re also probably spending a lot of time perusing various real estate sites and researching available homes in your area. Can you still make an offer on the house, or are you out of luck? Wait, what? What does that mean?

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What Buyers Can Do in an Extreme Sellers’ Market

Realty Biz

You can work closely with your real estate agent to structure an offer that will gain the attention of the seller based on contingencies, concessions, and anticipated closing date. Even if you are outbid, make your best offer a backup offer. Some buyers will offer more than they can deliver. Be patient.

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Zillow vs. Family Owned Brokerages: 6 Ways First Team Real Estate Saves Southern California Homeowners Thousands When Selling A Home

First Team Real Estate

We combine our best-in-class, bank-grade pricing software with our human experience to get closer to your home’s true value than any other online tool. Our agents are also trained market experts who use our unique and proprietary Market Trends? to analyze changes that will affect your home sale. Our Buyer Pipeline?

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5 Ways to Get a Real Estate Price Estimate for Your House

HomeLight

A qualified real estate agent will always be one of your best allies when it comes to arriving at a suitable sale price, but it doesn’t hurt to get an understanding of some of the approaches used to predict that magic number. “An Understand your agent’s pricing strategy. Source: (wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock).