Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2023

I would feel much better about the inventory situation if we added an additional 3,000-8,000 houses to the weekly data line from current levels. But, last year saw the biggest home sales crash ever recorded in history, so the rise in inventory last year happened because of an abnormal event and we were working from a very low bar.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2023

But, the weekly inventory data can occasionally have big moves up or down that can deviate from the longer seasonal trend so I need to see a few more weeks of inventory declining before I make too much out of one week. Since the second half of 2022, after the big spike in mortgage rates , this data line hasn’t gotten much traction.

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HomeLight

MARCH 29, 2024

As you prepare to sell your home, your first big question will likely be, “What will be my listing price?” This is a tightrope decision that requires just the right balance, and it starts with knowing your home’s value. How Much Is Your Home Worth Now? How much is your current home worth now?

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Whether they’re considering selling their property, refinancing their mortgage, or simply curious about their investment’s current market value, many people are curious to know: “What’s my home worth today?” How Much Is Your Home Worth Now?

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 14, 2023

You’re living in your dream home but struggling to make your mortgage payments every month. However, your home is your most valuable asset, leaving you to ask, “ Should I sell my house to pay off debt? Selling your house to pay off debt is more common than you might think, but putting your home on the market is difficult.

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Fancy Pants Homes

JANUARY 9, 2024

To top it off, would Oliver’s efforts be worth it? How much is Saltburn worth? How much could Saltburn be worth? And if so, where can we find it? Jacob Elrodi as Felix Catton in Saltburn. It needed to be something that hadn’t been used before,” Fennell told House & Garden.

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HomeLight

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re on Medicaid and you’ve decided you need to sell your home, you’re likely facing two big questions. Will I lose Medicaid if I sell my house? How will Medicaid know if I sell my house? How Much Is Your Home Worth Now? Home values have rapidly increased in recent years.

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HomeLight

JANUARY 30, 2024

It’s always worth talking about refinancing,” says Clint Hammond, a mortgage expert in Columbia, South Carolina, with more than 20 years of experience. In this post, we’ll look at how refinancing a mortgage works, what you can expect, and how to decide if leveraging this financial tool is right for you.

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CT Homes

MARCH 7, 2024

If you’re a homeowner pondering the possibility of selling your house, you might find yourself wrestling with a common question: Can you sell a home with a mortgage ? Selling a home with a mortgage is not only possible but might be simpler than you anticipate, with the right approach and knowledge at your disposal.

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Realtor.com

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whatever the case, a great way to get an idea of how much your home is worth is to look at the recent sale prices of other homes in your neighborhood. When using comps, you’ll want to compare apples to apples—that is, homes that have a similar square footage and amenities as yours.

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The Close

APRIL 30, 2024

We also need to know how to have a price reduction conversation with our clients since pricing for homeowners can be emotionally driven. Buyers may question why the price dropped and think something is wrong with the home. Pricing real estate is an art and science. Ideally, we don’t want to take overpriced listings, but it does happen.

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Kyle Handy

MAY 5, 2023

Have you ever wondered how much profit should you make on a rental property? If you have some extra cash to invest and are considering putting it into a rental property, you should first consider how much you can expect to spend versus how much you can expect to make before investing your money.

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The Residential Specialist

MAY 7, 2024

The impetus to succeed was substantial, and as a result, she made it her policy to always say yes when it came to listings, no matter how challenging. Despite radiation treatment and multiple surgeries, Peterson sold 24 homes in her first year. As a result, her home life and health suffered, as did her other clients.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

In lieu of Ken Burns or David Attenborough, I don’t know how you might narrate a voice in your head, but personally, Morgan Freeman is my go-to. ” If you recall, I spent most of my time in this space last month arguing that the TRREB numbers “made no sense.” TorontoRealtyBlog Was it Morgan Freeman?

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Their 'Zestimate' is an estimated market value for a home. Sometimes, it can be fun just to see how off they are when providing clients an analysis of value of their homes. We will examine why Zillow home values might not always mirror market value. Zillow estimates home values for properties across the United States.

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HomeLight

APRIL 30, 2024

When you’re considering buying a home, one option might be to assume the seller’s mortgage instead of obtaining a new loan. Partner With a Top Agent Familiar With Assumable Mortgages An experienced agent can help minimize challenges and coordinate a home sale between family members. What’s the process to assume a mortgage?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 13, 2024

It’s about my lovely wife, Jenna, and my mother, Carole, aka “Moonbeam” or “Earth Mother” here on TRB. I just about lost my mind. I asked, “So, my only option is to drive down there myself and pick it up?” How about, unsuccessful ? ” Geez. The order is canceled.”

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The Residential Specialist

MAY 7, 2024

Looking back at my real estate career that began in 1981, I see a consistent theme: I love real estate. Becoming a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) in 1991 was one of the best things in my career. My first retirement in 2002 was a reorganization of parts of the business I enjoyed and parts I was eager to dismiss.

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HomeLight

JUNE 16, 2023

of the home sale price, according to HomeLight’s real estate transaction data of thousands of home sales each year. But how does that compare to the average real estate commission rate in Virginia? On a property worth the current statewide median home sale price of $391,000 , that amounts to $15,640–$23,460 in commission costs.

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Lighter Side of Real Estate

APRIL 24, 2024

But more so because selling your personal home isn’t like selling shares of a stock where you can just make a trade when you feel the time is ripe to capitalize on the market. Much of the Midwest and Northeast, in particular, remains tight. homes for sale. The survey also found that 52.7% 2023, and 20.6%

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The Close

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this article, I’ll share some of my best strategies for handling objections in real estate. I’ll discuss how to ask probing questions to anticipate the most common emotional seller objections before they arise. And money, more than any other issue, often triggers these emotional objections. Is this the best you can do?”

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GeekEstate

JUNE 21, 2022

My name is Hayden James, and I am the CEO and Co-Founder of Fraction. Homeowners can use the funds for anything — paying off high-interest credit card debt, paying off a large, unexpected expense, starting a business, or even buying a second home. Fraction can help homeowners reduce how much they spend monthly paying down their debt.

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Windemere Selling

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Deciding when to sell your home can depend on a variety of factors. Whatever the case may be, making the decision to sell your home is the first step in your selling journey. Deciding to Sell Your Home Once you know it’s time to sell your home , it’s natural to feel a wave of emotions. And what about the interior?

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Redfin

JANUARY 2, 2024

So, whether you rent an apartment in Boston, MA , or recently purchased a home in Bridgeport, CT , join us as we unravel the key questions you need to ask yourself to help you pave the way for a more mindful and purposeful life. How can you categorize items? “If How do you want your home to feel?

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Realtor.com

JANUARY 15, 2021

A surprising number of items gathering dust in people’s homes have morphed over the decades into collectibles that can be sold on eBay and other sites—sometimes for thousands of dollars. So how do you know what’s truly valuable versus trash? That said, there are some caveats on how much you can make.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

TorontoRealtyBlog I told my son this morning, “Sharing is caring.” Buried six layers deep in my mind, like something out of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Inception , was that line that I believe I heard my friend Jeff tell his son a decade ago, while I thought, “Geez, what happened to Jeff? It was really low.

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The Close

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

But with big data and historical pricing information, there are tools that can send homeowners regular messages reviewing what their house is worth. So let’s dive into the top features of Homebot, its pricing, and my full breakdown. Listen, we’ve all been cautious of predictive analytics in real estate—looking at you, Zestimate!

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For what it’s worth, and in the spirit of brutal honesty, the original title was, “February TRREB Stats: Swallowing My Pride.” Some of the TRB readers have been waiting for today’s post to see how I would react. Hence, my smoke and mirrors title today. You have your viewpoint and I have mine.

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Realty Biz

MARCH 7, 2022

If you have questions on real estate investing, DIY, home buying/selling, or other housing inquiries, please email your questions to askbrian@realtybiznews.com. Question from Winston in GA: Hello Brian, I’ve been thinking about adding solar panels on the roof of my 1,600 square foot home for several months.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

You messed up my whole week! The last design was looking to promote my expertise, my buying process, my selling process, and my team, but we have a different site for that: Toronto Realty Group. Today, I want to examine the TRREB stats from September, which I have been very much looking forward to receiving!

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Realty Biz

JANUARY 13, 2024

When buying a home, asking your Realtor the right questions is crucial. Many articles are written about how to interview a Realtor when selling a home. It is also worth asking for references or reading online reviews to gauge the satisfaction of past clients. What is your approach to finding homes that fit my criteria?

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First Team Real Estate

APRIL 28, 2021

Zillow and other tech websites have recently joined the real estate game, claiming to simplify the home selling process. But the truth is, my mother and I have been serving the North Tustin , Irvine, and Orange areas for over 26 years – and our clients’ results speak for themselves. Properly Pricing Your Home.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

How could you not know? How did you miss the signs? How could you be so oblivious and in your own world as to not see what was blatantly in front of your face? How could you be so oblivious and in your own world as to not see what was blatantly in front of your face? But when you live in a house, how can you not know?

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The Close

MAY 1, 2023

Cue the Zillow jokes (my favorite: the “a” in Zillow stands for accuracy), but love it, hate it, or really really hate it, the Zestimate is here to stay. But just how accurate is the Zillow Zestimate? And how can we use it to our advantage as real estate agents? How Is a Zestimate Calculated? an algorithm.

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The Close

MARCH 23, 2023

My local market was booming. How could I not become a successful real estate agent in that market? I cover finding your true motivation to fuel you , learning how to market your business , finding and generating leads in your niche , and the most important skill a Realtor can have: bouncing back from rejection and failure.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Every day, multiple times per day, I will check out my TorontoMLS home page and scroll through the new listings of the day. I see the address and then my mind pictures the name of the seller on the listing, as I have seen so many times before. Maybe that’s indicative of a photographic memory? Now, subtract the 4.3%

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The Close

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

and “How do I avoid failure as an agent?” I will explain the seven main reasons why real estate agents fail and provide tips on how to avoid these mistakes. How to Avoid This Mistake Learn the strategies of successful agents , like how to bounce back from failure and rejection. Build relationships, not just leads.

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