Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Most agents we work with have, but usually to write listing descriptions packed to the gills with fluffy language and way too many em dashes. Here are twelve mind-blowing ideas and prompts smart agents are using to close more deals with ChatGPT in 2025. Oh, and it’s also getting smarter and faster every day.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

Under the National Association of Realtors (NAR) new Multiple Listing Options policy, the trade group is allowing listing agents, with the signed consent and direct permission of their seller client, to delay publicly marketing a listing through Internet Data Exchange (IDX) feeds and syndication.

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Inman

MAY 12, 2025

For luxury properties that exceed 180 days on market, the stats are grim. Concierge Auctions CEO Chad Roffers shared with Inman how real estate agents can best combat those pesky days on market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Three researchers believe a first-of-its-kind dataset has enabled them to definitively answer a long-debated question: why have buyer agent commission rates been so stable historically? and relied on salaried agents rather than commission-paid agents, who typically cost sellers 5-6%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

home sales in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates frustrate buyers, the market is reshaping real estate once again, placing buyers on the back foot and swinging the pendulum back to favoring sellers. The changing tides Previously, buyers were able to look for over a month, as average days on market continued to climb.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

What was still missing was an option for a middle road a thoughtful revision of the policy that serves the best interests of consumers and real estate agents. If we want an outcome that truly balances the needs of agents and consumers, we arent going about it the right way.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

No matter where you are in the state, real estate agents in Virginia are facing low inventory conditions that are creating frustrating scenarios for their buyers. “I Out in Wise, Virginia, near the westernmost tip of the state, RE/MAX Cavaliers agent Brett Tiller and his clients are also struggling to find suitable properties.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

The CCP requires listing brokers to share a listing to the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing the property. However, the policy allows for office exclusives which can be marketed to other agents in the same brokerage and in one-on-one communication with agents at other firms.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

NAR noted that the policy is designed to exist in conjunction with CCP, which requires listing brokers to list a property on the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing it. As the industry evolves, we are focused on equipping our agents with tools and technology to leverage our scale and remain advantaged in any market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

One thing Compass ‘s supporters and critics both agree on is this: the brokerage is leveraging its swelling network of private exclusive listings to recruit agents. Our source said the meeting with non-Compass agents from across the country was “well attended.” But how Compass is doing it might surprise you.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

During this delayed marketing period, the seller can direct their agent to market the property however they see fit, but it will not appear on any websites that use IDX feeds, including Zillow and Homes.com. Unlike NARs CCP, NWMLS does not allow agents to withhold listings from the MLS as privately marketed office exclusives.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 1, 2025

Watch the conversation with regulatory expert Jessica Hickok as she discusses non-Realtor agents, days on market and the illusion of fresh demand.

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BAM Media

DECEMBER 2, 2024

” It’s the time when some agents ease off the gas, while others push full throttle, setting themselves up for a strong finish to 2024 and a head start in 2025. Your Nice List can include agents who leave out water bottles at opens, friends who refer you to clients, and clients who actually know what they are looking for.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Homeowners are the ones who own their homes, not the National Association of Realtors, and if the homeowner and their agent make a decision that they dont want to list it on any particular site for any particular reason, they ought to have a right to do that, he added.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Why are real estate statistics important for agents? As mentioned, the knowledge is powerful, but there are other ways you can use these stats to boost your lead generation and nurturing, marketing and street cred. This proves your expertise to clients and allows you to provide them with knowledge about the real estate market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

Nationwide, pre-pandemic the first week of February typically marks the lowest point for housing inventory during the year, as sellers return to the market in time for spring, but since the onset of the pandemic this predictable trend has been thrown out the window. “ It is maybe $10,000 or $15,000 at most.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Lets take a look at the six necessary factors I coach agents to consider before speaking to their clients about a price reduction. Related articles Sell more homes: 17 home staging tips for real estate agents 30 inspiring curb appeal ideas to make a lasting first impression How to write creative real estate listing descriptions + examples 2.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

In March, Compass began giving agents at all brokerages access to Coming Soon, which houses its exclusive listings. Compass says that the listings protect home sellers against negative insights, such as days on market. However, an additional option for home sellers was added; a delayed marketing exemption period.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Real estate agents often make the mistake of believing their clients will remember them forever but they dont. Its up to us as agents to stay engaged and stay in contact with our clients. Content: Agents can include any combination of data and information. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And with millennials emerging as the largest generation of homebuyers in today’s market, comprising 28% of all homebuyers, real estate agents need to master social media or they might miss out. Sixty percent of agents surveyed believe that social media provides higher quality leads than the MLS.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Another goal Compass has been vocal about is further expansion of its ancillary services and integration of these services into the Compass agent platform. If we look at just the Chicago market, for example, @properties has a really strong title business and now that gives us a footprint in that market, Golod said. Golod said.

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BAM Media

DECEMBER 5, 2024

We’ve been digging into what’s working for agents right now, and (spoiler alert) it’s not about reinventing the wheel. In this post, I’m breaking down three Instagram reels that are driving engagement for real estate agents and actually converting viewers into clients. Let’s See What You’ve Got!

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Real Trends

APRIL 3, 2023

Over half of buyers’ agents (58%) report that staging a home has an effect on most buyers’ view of the home most of the time, according to the National Association of Realtors ’ 2023 Profile of Home Staging report. The report is based on a survey sent out to a random sample of 43,176 active NAR agents in January 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Specifically, they are reaching out to home sellers who experienced a price drop or significant days on market. The policy works alongside CCP, which mandates that brokers must enter a listing into the MLS within 24 hours of any public marketing. Each local MLS will determine the maximum allowable delay.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

Under MREDs policies, a property had to be listed on the MLS within 24 hours of it being publicly marketed, but agents and sellers had the option to put it on a MREDs private network, which allows other MLS subscribers to see the listing, but it does not syndicate it, allowing the seller more control over how the listing is marketed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

Additionally, the form notes that if a property is marketed as a private exclusive, it will not be publicly advertised through the MLS. There is no disclosure that if property is being privately listed but publicly marketed in any way, it probably never will be able to be listed by Zillow and Redfin , he added.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

We are seeing some price drops start to happen and a little bit longer days on market.” Fontantella isn’t the only one seeing slower market conditions in Bergen County. The Altos Research Market Action Index score for the county has dropped from a 90-day average of 54.63 in early May to 47.88 as of Sept.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Looking at Altos Research data on home prices, inventory and days on market over the past five years, Austin’s meteoric rise during the pandemic era — and its abrupt cooldown after mortgage rates started to rise in May 2022 — are evident. Contrast that with June 2022, when the average was a mere 29 days.

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HomeLight

APRIL 18, 2022

The amount of time a home spends on a market (a statistic known as “days on market”) depends on a variety of factors like location, market trends, how your listing is marketed, and pricing. For instance, in Lafayette, LA the median days on market spent is 72 days, while in Atlanta, GA that number is 33 days.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Buyers agents are not just bright smiles that open doors were the guide our clients rely on to navigate the homebuying process. Thats why having a definitive homebuying checklist is an essential part of your agent toolkit. Take the time to walk them through what they can expect from showings to closing day.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Now they will have to come up with payment for real estate agent services, but that may be challenging for some who are already challenged in terms of coming up with enough down payment,” Hepp said of first-time buyers. “So, In a normal market, homes sell and list for really close to the same dollar amount.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Days on Market, also known as DOM, is a widespread commercial term, which applies to all markets and products, be it a cake, a pair of shoes, or a real estate item. This concept has everything to do with the idea of “freshness” or actuality that any type of product has on a specific market. DOM on The Real Estate Market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

Since our income is (usually) tied directly to closings, many real estate agents wonder how to close deals faster. I see many agents chasing potential clients who have little or no sense of urgency. Days on market accrue. Be sure to collect the agents info when buyers are signing into the open house so you can follow up.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

You’d be surprised at the amount of people who can just see past the snow and the dark,” Megan Daniel, a local Keller Williams agent said. But other agents echo Daniel that there is no market setback. Even when things were, what I would call, irrationally hot last December, the market slowed down just like it normally does.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

By including delayed listings in VOW feeds, Reffkin claims that sellers are unable to pre-market their properties and test sale prices without accumulating days on market and trading the propertys price history, as NARs VOW policy prevents MLSs from choosing which elements of a listing can be displayed on a VOW feed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Much of the criticism surrounding CCP has been about how certain information (like days on market and price drop history) can supposedly have a negative impact on a listing. But Carter believes this information is vital for consumers, as days on market helps a buyer negotiate a price while helping a seller with pricing strategy.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

What matters for your market (wherever you are) is what patterns are developing near you. new listings, sold listings, days on market, off-market listings?—?will the trends and patterns that are unique to your market and will allow you to?identify?any Being a market expert helps your brand? ?. will help you?identify?the

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