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Buyers are being picky — here’s how you can navigate it as a real estate agent

Housing Wire

home sales in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates frustrate buyers, the market is reshaping real estate once again, placing buyers on the back foot and swinging the pendulum back to favoring sellers. The changing tides Previously, buyers were able to look for over a month, as average days on market continued to climb.

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DataDigest: Yes, buyer agents steer clients, new study claims

Housing Wire

Three researchers believe a first-of-its-kind dataset has enabled them to definitively answer a long-debated question: why have buyer agent commission rates been so stable historically? and relied on salaried agents rather than commission-paid agents, who typically cost sellers 5-6%.

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Tight inventory and frustrated buyers challenge agents in Virginia

Housing Wire

No matter where you are in the state, real estate agents in Virginia are facing low inventory conditions that are creating frustrating scenarios for their buyers. “I Out in Wise, Virginia, near the westernmost tip of the state, RE/MAX Cavaliers agent Brett Tiller and his clients are also struggling to find suitable properties.

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30 real estate social media post ideas (+ popular agents to follow)

Housing Wire

And with millennials emerging as the largest generation of homebuyers in today’s market, comprising 28% of all homebuyers, real estate agents need to master social media or they might miss out. Sixty percent of agents surveyed believe that social media provides higher quality leads than the MLS.

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Housing market hinges on mortgage rates and supply, not commission structures

Housing Wire

Now they will have to come up with payment for real estate agent services, but that may be challenging for some who are already challenged in terms of coming up with enough down payment,” Hepp said of first-time buyers. “So, In a normal market, homes sell and list for really close to the same dollar amount.

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It’s no longer a frenzy, but the Bergen County housing market is still hot

Housing Wire

We are seeing some price drops start to happen and a little bit longer days on market.” Fontantella isn’t the only one seeing slower market conditions in Bergen County. The Altos Research Market Action Index score for the county has dropped from a 90-day average of 54.63 in early May to 47.88 as of Sept.

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A San Diego data dive shows a market upended by tight supply

Housing Wire

A sales boom in 2020 and 2021 slashed home listings’ days on market and pushed up home sales’ price per square foot and sale-to-list price ratios. Mortgage data paints a similar picture of the increasing competitiveness of the San Diego market. Mortgage With fewer listings come fewer home sales.

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