Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As a panel of real estate leaders gathered to discuss the future of the MLS at the National Association of Realtors ‘ NXT conference in Boston, Errol Samuelson , Zillow ‘s chief industry development officer, found himself and his company in a bit different standing than usual with the audience of several hundred agents and brokers.

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MLS Brokerage Days on market Agents 369

Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2025

Compass filed a lawsuit in New York on Monday, alleging that Zillow is breaking federal antitrust laws by permanently banning any listing that isn’t put on an MLS within a business day of being publicly marketed. “To Redfin, which has taken a similar position, was named as a co-conspirator in the suit, but not a defendant.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

Despite following NWMLSs published rules, Compass IDX feed was suspended without warning impacting our clients and agents alike, Cris Nelson, a regional vice president for Compass, told Inman. Unlike NARs CCP, NWMLS does not allow agents to withhold listings from the MLS as privately marketed office exclusives.

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MLS Days on market Agents As-is 403

Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2025

The companys total agent count stood at 81,904 at the end of March, a 5% decrease from one year earlier. And eXps agent net promoter score a key measure of customer satisfaction increased to 78, up from 73 a year earlier. We believe that delayed marketing will create customer confusion and we are not participating, Pareja said.

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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

AUGUST 8, 2024

Although there is no doubt that business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement are going to impact how real estate industry professionals operate, economists aren’t too sure they’ll have much bearing on the housing market. “I

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Debt-to-income ratio Marketing Mortgages Days on market 475

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. Lets dive in!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

When I attended a national real estate conference last month, the Clear Cooperation Policy the provision requiring listings to be published on the MLS within 24 hours of marketing a property predictably surfaced as a hot-button issue. At one point, a poll asked the hundreds in the audience: What are your thoughts on Clear Cooperation?

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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

MARCH 26, 2025

Under what NAR is calling its MLS Listing Options for Sellers policy , sellers will have the option to delay marketing their listing publicly as long as they sign the required disclosure. Weve always been committed to ensuring that our policies meet the needs of our subscribers in a changing market, and that will always be the case.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Cooler fall temperatures have brought less intense housing market conditions to the once white-hot market of Bergen County , New Jersey. “We 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.

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Marketing Home sale contingency Days on market Agents 411

Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Is the home being marketed effectively? Is the price aligned with current market conditions? Lets take a look at the six necessary factors I coach agents to consider before speaking to their clients about a price reduction. These markets are very local and can last weeks, months or years. Does it show well?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Although the Greater Boston area may still be plagued by persistently chilly temperatures, its housing market is still red-hot. According to data from Altos Research , the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metropolitan area was the hottest housing market nationwide as of Feb. Altos considers anything over 30 to be a seller’s market.

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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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MLS Brokerage Days on market Industrial 250

Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Warmer summer weather has brought cooler housing market conditions to Montana. The market right now just feels like it’s a bit lukewarm,” said Brian Huskey , a Billings, Montana-based ERA American Real Estate agent. Altos considers anything above a Market Action Index score of 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Marketing Agents As-is Days on market 425

Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

For what felt like a moment in time, buyers enjoyed the luxury of being incredibly picky, carefully selecting what felt like their dream homes in a market that had shifted towards more favorable conditions. 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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Agents Equity New Construction Days on market 460

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

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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Agents Seller concession Marketing Days on market 441

Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Office exclusives are becoming an increasingly significant segment of the Bright MLS marketplace, according to a recent Bright MLS study examining their impact on the broader housing market. This shift is prompting real estate professionals and consumers alike to reevaluate implications of this marketing approach.

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2024

We did two other significant deals earlier this year Latter & Blum and Parks Real Estate , who were also leaders in their respective regions and markets. Compass has been vocal about its desire to make significant market share gains , and Golod says its latest acquisition certainly wont hurt.

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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 22, 2024

Unlike many other metropolitan areas across the country , the housing market in Southwest Florida is comparably flush with for-sale inventory. “I There is also some pent-up desire to sell being released by a steadier interest rate environment and an overall slower market. From 2022 to 2023 alone, rates rose 15%.

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Marketing Seller concession Due diligence Days on market 430

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2022

We’ve all been wondering what 5% plus mortgage rates would do to the hot housing market, and now we’ve got that and a bag of chips. As a result, I’ve been rooting for mortgage rates to rise to create a balancing impact on this housing market. Even this week, on tax day, it is still showing a decline.

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Mortgages Marketing Sales Days on market 506

Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Specifically, they are reaching out to home sellers who experienced a price drop or significant days on market. An open, fair, transparent, and comprehensive marketplace benefits all market participants, including sellers, buyers, brokers, and appraisers.

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MLS Brokerage Industrial Days on market 289

Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

As MLSs across the country work to implement the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Multiple Listing Options for Sellers (MLOS) policy, brokerages and some Realtor associations are busy creating the new disclosures needed for delayed marketing exempt listings. Brobeck also highlighted the lack of risk disclosures.

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Brokerage MLS Agents As-is 283

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The data examined below represents multiple listing service data and mortgage market analytics for San Diego County, as well as the state of California and the country as a whole from 2019 to 2023. percentage points in market share, albeit with a setback in 2023. The number of listings in San Diego fell 50.5%

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Marketing VA loan Days on market Loans 441

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

JUNE 28, 2024

According to local real estate agents, the region’s housing market seems to have read the same memo, as June did not bring the same market boost as many have grown accustomed to. So, this year, April and May were a little slower, so it felt like we were getting back to a normal market. as of June 21, 2024.

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Marketing Days on market Agents Inspection 388

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. “

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Agents Fixed-rate mortgage Marketing Mortgages 403

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. 30, marketed as a “forum with Robert Reffkin.” Our source said the meeting with non-Compass agents from across the country was “well attended.”

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Agents MLS Brokerage Days on market 202

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) is a detailed report that helps real estate agents evaluate and determine the market value of a property. It is an essential tool that allows agents to clearly communicate a pricing benchmark for a property. It’s imperative that agents invest their time to properly prepare comps!

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Marketing Agents Renovation Closing 417

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. This is a great option if you have a marketing budget and want to target sellers likely to sell in your zip code.

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Closing Pre-approval Pre-qualification Agents 269

Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. Housing markets continued to weaken, with sales and construction declining across [all 12 Federal Reserve] districts,” according to the Federal Reserve Beige Book released on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Local housing markets is a HousingWire magazine feature spotlighting housing trends and data across the country. It is also the city Jesse “Weno” Dominguez, an agent at Imagine Realty Group, calls home. “I I absolutely love the Columbia Basin and the reason is that we are a unique market. “I

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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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Agents Days on market Marketing 276

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. As you go through each neighborhood, you can also discuss its average sales price and perks to show your market knowledge. This is a can’t-miss event.

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