Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

Pre-qualify your leads Honing your pre-qualification process will save you time and energy by ensuring youre focusing on potential clients who are ready, willing and able to buy or sell soon. For leads who are not ready yet, keep in touch with them regularly and provide value such as market updates or off-market listings.

Closing

Redfin

JULY 30, 2025

Knowing your true budget means going beyond just what a lender will approve you for. Get pre-approved for a mortgage and have cash ready One of the biggest signals to sellers that you’re serious is a mortgage pre-approval letter. Why pre-approval matters: It gives sellers confidence in your ability to close.

Earnest money deposit

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Get pre-approved with a local lender. Yes, many buyers will hop online and get a generic pre-approval letter. Many lenders will even be proactive and call the listing agent when the offer is submitted to “sell” the buyer and their qualifications. They fall in love with one and want to make an offer.

Agents

The Close

DECEMBER 29, 2022

If your clients are concerned about getting approved for a loan, you can remind them that a co-borrower agrees to back the borrower in a mortgage loan. Days on market (DOM). As a seller’s agent, you’re counting the days a listing is on the market. Pre-approval. Related Article. Related Article.

Purchase and sale agreement