The Close

MAY 24, 2024

National Association of Realtors (NAR) Realtor Safety Month is vital for real estate agents to learn how to stay safe and know which tools and resources can help protect them. Realtor Safety Month is an annual event in September created by the NAR in 2003 to educate Realtors and reduce incidents within the industry.

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Realty Biz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Introducing Revive Vision AI, a cutting-edge pre-sale home renovation solution by Revive. This innovative tool uses property photos to evaluate a property's current value and renovation possibilities. Revive Vision AI" from Revive is an advanced pre-sale home renovation solution. The Revive Vision AI process is straightforward.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2023

The new partnership will allow Sold.com partner agents to refer their clients more easily to Revive's renovation network.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Real estate farming, or geo-farming, is a lead generation strategy in which the agent focuses on a specific geographic area. Real estate agents rarely use farming as their only marketing approach, but the ones who use it successfully credit real estate farming for the longevity of their business. Why should I try real estate farming?

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Lab Coat Agents

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a digital age where real estate marketing is rapidly evolving, Tristan Ahumada, Co-Founder & CEO of LabCoat Agents, stands as a beacon of innovation. Cost-Effectiveness: Offering a budget-friendly alternative to physical staging, virtual renovation allows for significant financial savings while still delivering high-impact results.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Zillow will keep trying to sell existing home inventory, plus renovate and try to resell homes it has purchased under contract, according to a company press release. We have not been exempted from these market and capacity issues and we now have an operational backlog for renovations and closings. Overall, Zillow reported $9.6

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Real Trends

MARCH 7, 2023

Presale home renovation company Revive Real Estate partnered with independent real estate franchise NextHome to provide move-in ready homes to clients of more than 5,500 NextHome agents in 610 offices across 48 states, the companies announced on Tuesday. Revive, which currently operates in all 50 states, acquired Washington, D.C.-area

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors in all things related to mortgage, insurance, moving, renovating and new home transitioning. How do I find a doctor?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused lumber prices to skyrocket more than 160% since April after a spike in home renovation by cooped-up Americans, according to the National Association of Home Builders. As people started nesting in response to the pandemic, they started undertaking all sorts of home renovation projects,” Dietz said. “At

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

This is especially effective if you’re newly licensed, just moved to a new area, or simply as an introduction if you’ve haven’t previously told your neighbors that you’re in the real estate industry. Access to a hyper-local agent is more important now than ever. Call or text me with any real estate questions!

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

PunchListUSA plans to use the funding to invest in proprietary technology to create instant repair and renovation estimates and open offices, which it aims to expand footprint to more than 30 markets through 2023. . ”We The platform currently holds a five-year exclusive agreement with Pillar to Post , one of the U.S.’s

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RIS Media

AUGUST 24, 2021

For those of us who stuck it out in the same place (or for whom moving was not an option), we renovated. During a recent webinar hosted by Keller Williams*, ‘How COVID Has Changed the Real Estate Industry,” it was stated that 76% of homeowners made at least one home improvement during the pandemic.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our overall residential traffic for all our sites is now at 160 million unique visitors a month, so we are clearly attracting a lot of folks to our sites and creating a lot of value for the agents. It is not about trying to capture leads for buyer brokers, it is about marketing the real estate and marketing all agents equally.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Amid a higher rate environment when refinances are scarce, Martell said that loanDepot sees opportunities in other products, such as renovation loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). The company now has a digital HELOC offering.

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Broke Agent Media

MARCH 10, 2023

Plunk combines AI, machine learning, and image analysis to provide real-time, comprehensive property valuations that help homeowners identify renovation projects with the best ROI. Live and ready to download, this app will make some noise among agents and homeowners alike. So, here’s what you need to know. What is Plunk?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

“It’s going to be competitive — thin margins, little business and LOs getting out of the industry,” Dave Krichmar, banker at Legend Lending Corporation, said of the mortgage industry in 2023. It’s positive news for an industry that has recently dealt with a lackluster amount of inventory.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

Originally founded in 2018 as a contractor services company serving real estate agents in Charleston, South Carolina, PunchListUSA is now focused on intuitive online ordering, tracking and pricing transparency for homeowners, brokers and institutional investors.

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RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Revive has announced its new business tool, “Revive Vision AI,” a pre-sale home renovation solution. This “industry-first” smart tool analyzes property photos (uploaded by the agent) to assess a property’s current value and renovation potential.

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The pandemic cast our homes in a whole new light and subsequently shifted which renovations increase home value. One-third of top agents in a HomeLight survey ranked “the desire to make homes a sanctuary from the world” as the number-one reason for renovations in their market. Get a Home Value Estimate Before You Renovate.

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RIS Media

APRIL 11, 2022

When selling a home though, most real estate professionals will vouch that—as far as home improvements are concerned—kitchen renovations are worthy investments that will likely increase your resale value. DIY expert and licensed contractor Beth Allen shares six common kitchen renovation ideas with the biggest investment return.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Anne’s leadership guided us through the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic and to complete the renovations of our building—Terraces on Sir Tyler. Her impact will continue to encourage us to be exceptional stakeholders in our real estate industry.” She has successfully implemented new practices, initiatives, and programs.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

With its captivating and immersive experiences, VR has captured the attention of industry stakeholders, unlocking vast untapped potential. While VR has transformed various industries, it is in real estate where its impact truly shines. The following list of ten ways to use VR in real estate could forever change the way you do business.

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Lighter Side of Real Estate

MARCH 25, 2024

Many folks in the media have recently been writing sensational headlines declaring an end to buyers’ agents and the “standard 6% commission.” Agents aren’t allowed to even say words that suggest there’s a standard commission, let alone conspire with each other and agree there’s a “going rate” of some sort.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

The nation’s housing industry has entered a new normal in which the dynamics of the market appear perplexing — marked by high mortgage rates and high home prices, along with shrinking mortgage originations. The perplexing part: Why are home prices not declining in this environment?

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

COVID changed the real estate industry in a big way since it provided many people with an opportunity to work remotely and live almost anywhere. A professional appraiser or real estate agent can help you figure out how much to list your home for. Hire a Real Estate Agent. Real estate agents can make or break your sale.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

The answer is a combination of real estate developers, brokers, investors, agents and property owners — the overwhelming majority of whom are white. population — own more than $30 trillion in residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural property. Currently, 75% of real estate agents and 97% of property appraisers in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Mangus then worked to build the dedicated reverse mortgage department at his new company from scratch and has found a notable degree of success by building Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business through the use of continuing education (CE) classes designed for licensed real estate agents. Curtis Mangus.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Unfortunately, too many misconceptions persist among real estate and even mortgage industry professionals about the VA home loan, and those misconceptions have big (and negative) impacts. My favorite, and one of the most valuable and underutilized products in today’s low-inventory market , is the VA renovation loan. Who is eligible?

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Broke Agent Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Homeowners can compare a cash offer from Opendoor and an estimate to sell with a Zillow Premier Agent partner. Customers can now easily get both a cash offer from Opendoor and a market-price estimate to sell on the open market with a local Zillow Premier Agent partner on Zillow– and then make the decision that works best for their situation.

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Broke Agent Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Broke Agent (@thebrokeagent) OR, use this holiday to celebrate the actual love of your life: February: Black History Month. From architects, designers, and builders to real estate agents and brokers, the black community has a rich history in shaping the housing market.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Are you considering podcast marketing as a real estate agent but aren’t sure if it’ll be effective? If you’re a real estate agent looking to take your business to the next level, podcast marketing could be just what you need. This allows real estate agents like yourself to entice customers in new ways. The bottom line?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

The Insurance Commissioner for the state of Washington apparently concluded that Modus offered real estate agents and their clients a “thing of value,” such as free home warranties, other closing-related services, in exchange for switching their escrow and title services to Modus.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Examine previous transactions with a lender, such as funding renovations on investment property, to better understand the lender’s experience with diverse real estate projects. Real estate is a people-oriented industry, and practically everyone in it knows that. Escrow officers and title agents.

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Easy Agent Pro

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Competition among real estate agents has reached unprecedented levels. Elements of Personal Branding Define Your Unique Value Proposition: Identify what differentiates you from other agents. Consistency with this visual identity helps strengthen and build brand recognition which helps any real estate agent in a competitive market.

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Real Trends

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This includes foreclosed properties, flipped properties, distressed properties, commercial properties and industrial properties. The client can find their own appraiser, or real estate agents can recommend appraisers they have worked with before. The post Real estate appraisals: What agents should know appeared first on RealTrends.

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HomeLight

MARCH 30, 2021

To bring you this guide, we talked to Beth Dickerson , a top-selling real estate agent in the Boston area, and Janet Lorusso , an interior designer of over 25 years. But as the decade drew to a close, developers and artists started noticing the potential in the empty industrial buildings. Source: (Joe Dudeck / Unsplash).

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HomeLight

JANUARY 28, 2022

Most real estate agents get paid through commissions. The average real estate agent commission rate nationwide is 5.8% The average real estate agent commission rate nationwide is 5.8% Generally, you can expect to pay between 5%-6% in agent commissions when selling a home in 2022. real estate agent commission.

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