HomeLight

APRIL 30, 2021

Your listing agent comes to you with a fairly thick package of paperwork and says: “Here’s the comparative market analysis (CMA) for your house — let’s talk about what we should sell it for.” So, we spoke with a couple of top agents in two different parts of the country to simplify it all for us. What goes into this process?

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HomeLight

MARCH 19, 2022

I tell my sellers that we are a team, and if they’ll do their part, I’m going to do my part,” says Brandi Abram , a top-selling real estate agent in Lawrence, Kansas. A Realtor® is not exactly the same thing as a real estate agent, though they’re similar. In fact, 82% of recent sellers hired the first agent they met.

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HomeLight

MARCH 30, 2022

In a HomeLight survey of top agents, 58% expect the upswing in cash offers to continue throughout 2022 as sellers want convenience, speed, and certainty. Investors making a cash offer are more likely to purchase a house as-is , so you can cut costs for renovations , staging , and curb appeal projects. Learn More.

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The Close

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Whether you’re a veteran agent or a rookie hoping to sound authoritative during your first transaction, you need to be able to succinctly explain common real estate terms and definitions to your clients. It might feel stressful, but handling contingencies well is actually a time when you, as the agent, can really shine.

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

“A foreclosed property is a property that has gone through the legal process of foreclosure where the bank seeks to regain ownership of the property to make good on a debt,” explains top Seattle real estate agent Ken Crotts , who works with over 66% more single family homes than the average area agent. But let’s back up a minute.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 24, 2022

Work with a reputable local real estate agent. There are plenty of reasons to have a real estate agent in your corner — visibility in the MLS , help with stagings and showings, assistance with negotiations and contracts, to name just a few — and now you can add sourcing a cash buyer to the list. Do your due diligence.

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

I think that’s probably the most important piece of this,” says Kim Tupper , a real estate agent of more than a decade in southeastern Pennsylvania who sells properties more than 69% faster than the average agent in the Lincoln University area. But you can’t keep quiet about it, and neither can your agent.

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