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How to get listings in real estate: 11 proven strategies for 2024

Housing Wire

As overall home sales decline on a national level, signing listings is more difficult than ever for agents of all experience levels. Host open houses for FSBOs Adding value, not being pushy, and building relationships with For Sale By Owner sellers are the keys to converting them to listings. Have you ever considered selling?

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New TRREB Rules: How Will They Affect YOU?

Toronto Realty Blog

If a property sold for $2,000,000 but there was $100,000 worth of chattels included, then we would want the historical MLS to reflect this so we can continue to accurately evaluate properties via “comparable sales.” But then what about renovations ? Do you see where this is going? Do you see the implications?

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10 Smart Strategies to Expand Your Real Estate Portfolio in 2025

Marco Santarelli

Conducting due diligence is essential before committing to a purchase. Cons: Time-consuming: It can take time to accumulate enough profits to purchase another property. It involves buying a property, renovating it, renting it out, refinancing it to pull out equity, and repeating the process with the profits.

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Market Map: 240 Real Estate Technology Companies Transforming Today’s Housing Market

GeekEstate

This market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain. For instance, while Blend’s original product focused specifically on the mortgage point-of-sale, the company has since expanded to offer title services, home insurance and closings.

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“Sold Conditional On The Sale Of Buyer’s Property”

Toronto Realty Blog

An agent in my brokerage asked this last week. Let’s say that your home in listed for sale and you receive an offer, but the offer has a condition. Two days after the buyer and I have come to terms on the agreement, a subsequent buyer wants to make an offer. But what the heck is SCE? “Is that a typo?

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What Happens When A Seller Can’t Close?

Toronto Realty Blog

This story brings us back to last summer when a client of mine purchased a small west-side home and, upon closing, the listing agent had some very interesting ideas about how to go about making up his financial loss on the property. HST commission payable to the buyer brokerage and replaced it with 0.5%+HST. 870 – 850 = 20 Right?

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A Homebuyer’s Ultimate Guide to Rent-to-Own Homes: Everything You Need to Know in 2022

HomeLight

You need to save up money for a down payment and closing costs (which are calculated as a portion of your purchase price), but home prices just keep going up — so when you finally reach your goal, you realize that the goalposts have moved, and the hill is even taller than you thought. Let’s dive right in! Why rent to own? for an FHA loan.