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Our 19-point house-hunting checklist for real estate agents & their clients

Housing Wire

Part of our value as professional real estate agents is helping guide buyers through the process, using our expertise and first-hand experience. Discuss how agents get paid and hire a great agent. Buyers should always hire a real estate agent to represent them. Get pre-approved with a local lender.

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Buying a New Construction Home

Windemere Buying

A new construction home, however, has no previous owner; it comes brand new. Learning about the new construction buying process will help you understand how it differs from other types of housing, such as existing single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums , etc. What is a new construction home?

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5 tips for buying a home in a seller’s housing market

Housing Wire

Need a real estate agent? Get pre-approved before beginning your home search. A mortgage pre-approval is non-negotiable in this environment. When faced with multiple bids, pre-approved ones are typically stand-outs, indicating a buyer is prepared, ready to buy and a safe bet to follow through with the deal.

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New Year, New Home? 9 Myths About Buying a New-Construction House That Actually Aren’t True

Realtor.com

Getty Images Many first-time homebuyers might shy away from the prospect of buying a brand-new home, assuming: It will cost too much. While purchasing new construction is indeed different from purchasing previously owned property, many misconceptions abound about new builds. New construction homes are more expensive.

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New Construction Buyers: Results from the Zillow Consumer Housing Trends Report 2023

Zillow Market Reports

In this report, we take a deeper look at new construction buyers — household decision makers that own their primary residence and moved to a new construction home they purchased in the past two years. Sampling & Weighting Results from this survey are nationally representative of new construction buyers.

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6 strategies to get more from your MLS searches

Housing Wire

Real estate agents and brokers , are you relying solely on that buyer drip you set up for your motivated and qualified clients? Look for new construction, even if your buyers don’t think they will like it. Add one well-selected new home at the end of a search for resale homes just to take their temperature.

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DataDigest: The pandemic housing frenzy never went away in these markets

Housing Wire

It shows about 50 people waiting in line at an open house in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. In much of suburban New Jersey, where new construction is rarer than cheap Bruce Springsteen tickets, the pandemic-era conditions never left. But it’s bad for everyone else, agents and loan officers included.