RIS Media

JANUARY 22, 2024

Spring is a season of renewal and blossoming flowers and a prime time for the real estate market. As nature awakens, so does the housing market. It presents the best opportunities for those looking to sell their homes. We will explore expert spring home selling tips, taking advantage of the season’s vibrant energy and heightened… The post Blooming Success: Essential Tips for Selling a Home in the Spring appeared first on RISMedia.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Listing Toolkit, a new subscription-based solution from Realtor.com, helps agents stand out from the competition, quickly turn motivated sellers into clients and find the right buyer easily.

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Keeping Current Matters

JANUARY 24, 2024

If you’re looking to buy a home, the recent downward trend in mortgage rates is good news because it helps with affordability.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fannie Mae has announced updates to its HomeReady product, including a temporary $2,500 credit for very low-income purchase borrowers to use for down payment and closing costs. Another step the government-sponsored enterprise took was to enhance the best efforts commitments on HomeReady loans. It allows lenders to lock in margins and reduce hedging costs.

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NAR: Economic Outlook

JANUARY 22, 2024

Flashback: 1995 in the Housing Market vs Today At 4.09 million, the annual pace of 2023's existing-home sales was the lowest number recorded since 1995, when it was 3.85 million.

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1000Watt

JANUARY 23, 2024

I hear it a lot these days. “I’m confused.” “There’s so much happening in the industry now and I don’t know what to make of it.” “It’s complicated.” Welcome to the real estate industry’s community pool, a place clouded by the sediment of distraction and redolent of cynicism, grievance, and blame. The confused soak in this murk and wonder why the real estate industry seems dismal these days.

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Real Estate News

JANUARY 23, 2024

AREA, an initiative spearheaded by Mauricio Umansky and Jason Haber, aims to create “something totally new” for agents and others dissatisfied with NAR.

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HomeLight

JANUARY 24, 2024

In your search for the perfect home, you may come across listings tagged as “Active Offer No Bump.” But what does Active Offer No Bump mean? Can you still make an offer on a house with this status? If you do submit an offer, what can you expect in terms of the seller’s response and the overall buying process? In this post, we explain the bump clause in real estate and why some sellers may choose to label their property as “Active Offer No Bump.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2024

Housing inventory, new listing data and mortgage rates are all rising, but the price cut data percentages are falling. Traditionally at this time of year purchase apps rise and the number of price cuts fall. However, at the current trend, we will break below the lows in the price cut percentage data that we saw in 2023 in the spring of this year. I will watch for rising mortgage rates to see if they change the weekly data.

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Keeping Current Matters

JANUARY 22, 2024

If one of the goals on your list is selling your house and making a move this year, you’re likely juggling a mix of excitement about what’s ahead and feeling a little sentimental about your current home.

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Real Estate News

JANUARY 22, 2024

For more than a decade, housing supply has not kept pace with demand. Building more homes might seem like the answer, but there’s more to it than that.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

With listings still in short supply, homebuyers are "dealing with an affordability shock" and new homes will play an outsize role in housing markets, Zonda Chief Economist Ali Wolf said at ICNY.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Fifty-five percent of surveyed baby boomers plan to remain in their existing homes as they age, but less than a quarter of those surveyed have any plans to renovate their homes to more safely and easily accommodate natural changes that come with aging. This is according to a new report from home improvement services company Leaf Home and market research firm Morning Consult , which enlisted responses from 1,001 baby boomer homeowners (aged 59–77) and 1,001 millennials (aged 27–42) in late Decemb

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RIS Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

In real estate, effective marketing is the key to success. As a REALTOR®, implementing savvy marketing strategies can significantly impact your ability to attract potential buyers, showcase properties, and ultimately close deals successfully. We will examine quick and easy marketing tips tailored for REALTORS®. You will see everything from creating a robust real estate marketing… The post Quick and Easy Marketing Tips For REALTORS® appeared first on RISMedia.

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Real Estate News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Ryan Schneider spoke to Real Estate News about his company’s decision to settle in the commissions cases and his thoughts on NAR and the year ahead.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Attract buyers by taking your value proposition to the next level with advice from Chelsea Hamre from RE/MAX, Julia Boland from Corcoran, DJ Ten Hoeve from Keller Williams at Inman Connect New York.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Mortgage demand continued to increase last week, as seen in an uptick in purchase activity. Mortgage applications rose by 3.7% in the week ending Jan. 19 compared to one week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, per the Mortgage Bankers Association ‘s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey. “Conventional and FHA purchase applications drove most of the increase last week as some buyers moved to act early this season,” Joel Kan , MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist, said in a st

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RIS Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

The personal consumer expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, increased 0.2% in December, according to estimates released Jan. 26 by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.2%. Real DPI increased 0.1% in December, and real PCE increased 0.5%. Goods increased 1.1%,… The post Inflation Numbers Show Progress; Lower Mortgage Rates Possible Soon appeared first on RISMedia.

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Speaker: Sarah Santa Ana, Real Estate Coach, Move4Free Realty

Networking is one of the crucial elements in every real estate organization's success. Both agents and real estate companies need to maintain robust networking links. This is why social media is essential for any real estate professional! Social media enables you to stay in touch with your present clients, maintain connections with your past clients, and engage potential customers and investors.

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Real Estate News

JANUARY 24, 2024

The best way to protect consumers and raise the bar for the entire industry? Require buyer agency agreements across the board.

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Inman

JANUARY 23, 2024

During his latest ICNY appearance CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance chastised Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com for prioritizing their bottom line to the detriment of buyers and listing agents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Homeowners in California now have even fewer choices in homeowners insurance carriers. The Hartford Financial Services Group , better known as The Hartford, announced Wednesday that it would no longer issue new homeowners insurance policies in California starting in February 2024. The firm noted that this change would also impact The Hartford’s joint homeowners insurance program with AARP.

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RIS Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

Three of the largest MLSs in the country agreed to a settlement in one of the most expansive and highest-stakes lawsuits that specifically targets MLS rules and practices, according to a court filing yesterday. ThePLS.com v. National Association of REALTORS® et al was originally filed way back in 2020 by a pocket listing service startup,… The post MLS Giants Reach Settlement in Pocket Listing Lawsuit appeared first on RISMedia.

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Speaker: Trey Willard, Realtor/Team Leader at Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

In order to create continued success in today’s real estate market, realtors need to utilize an arsenal of technology that will increase their efficiency and presence on social media. Using technology to manage your prospects and tap into their needs through websites, social media, and other channels is critical for real estate success in 2022 and beyond.

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Real Estate News

JANUARY 20, 2024

Scandals at NAR and beyond have shed new light on a familiar and distinctly female challenge: Having to work harder and protect yourself because of your gender.

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Inman

JANUARY 26, 2024

At Inman Connect, Ed Zorn proposed mandating buyer representation agreements, killing the MLS compensation field, adding a concession field, and creating a fund to pay out settlements.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

The past three years in the mortgage industry were cutthroat, with origination volume shrinking, and while things are looking better for 2024 , lenders are still in a position where they must make bold moves to stem losses on the production side of the business, according to a report from Stratmor Group , a mortgage advisory firm. More than half of mortgage executives who participated in Stratmor’s recent survey indicated that they do not believe their companies have turned the corner to b

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RIS Media

JANUARY 23, 2024

Above, Mauricio Umansky, left, and Jason Haber Already embroiled in controversies and lawsuits over the past year, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) now looks to be having to deal with a new group intent on potentially supplanting it. Mauricio Umansky, a celebrity agent in Los Angeles, and Jason Haber, an agent with Compass in… The post NAR Facing New Alternative Organization as Competition appeared first on RISMedia.

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Real Estate News

JANUARY 26, 2024

NAR says ThePLS.com, which sued the association and three major MLSs, is dismissing the case. But the door is open for it to refile this year.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

At Inman Connect New York's Broker tract, Hilary Farnum-Fasth said that agents need to dig deep into their networks to find the right vendors and partners who can put the buying puzzle together for their clients.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Data from research organizations and aging advocacy groups is clear: More older Americans want to age in place in their own homes, as opposed to living in dedicated care facilities. To get a better grasp on this preference, Chicago-based National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate station WBEZ recently featured a dedicated aging-in-place segment. WBEZ spoke with experts and community members about why more older Americans are opting to remain in their homes as they grow older.

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RIS Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

Mortgage rates never fell below 6% in 2023 and you probably didn’t even have to follow the news to notice; you’d just have to observe how so many of your leads were hesitant to buy. Even as mortgage rates have declined from their more than 7% peak in Q4 2023, they still haven’t reached back… The post 3 Things To Tell Your Clients Who Are Worried About Mortgages appeared first on RISMedia.

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Speaker: Ari Capogeannis, Director - Revenue Marketing at NVIDIA and Bill Pappa, Sales and Marketing Leader at Ai Media Group

Building strong personal and professional relationships with clients is a critical success factor. Sales professionals who focus on relationship building generate more leads and raise their brand awareness. Because this can take time, having regular engagements can help you cultivate these relationships more efficiently. The most effective way to accomplish this is through direct hyper-personalized touchpoints.

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