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Sell more homes: 17 home staging tips for real estate agents

Housing Wire

Home staging is your chance to transform a property into a home that buyers cant wait to get their hands on. As an agent, you know a beautifully staged home turns into a sold one. Ill discuss 17 home staging tips that will help you transform any property into a must-see listing. Why is home staging important?

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Home sales are stalled with 7% mortgages

Housing Wire

We counted 10% fewer home sales for the week than the same week a year ago. In the fourth quarter of 2024, sales were coming in at 5% to 10% more than the year prior. Those sales gains have evaporated and even reversed. Both the weekly new contracts and all the homes in the contract pending stage are below last year.

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More home sellers but fewer home sales

Housing Wire

Unlike a lot of forecasters in the mortgage world, a few months ago our projection included the notion that with strong jobs data and some inflation fears, the bond market could indeed push mortgage rates over 7%. Those scenarios are possible, and its going to be fascinating to see how the bond markets react to new administration policies.

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Home sales are up over last year

Housing Wire

The hardest position to take in analyzing the housing market is one that is contrarian and bullish. When everyone knows that the housing market is sluggish and weak, but the data shows surprising strength. Home sales are significantly better than they were last year at this time. more homes on the market than last year.

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As the lock-in effect eases, the market for new homes is shrinking

Housing Wire

As high mortgage rates reshape the housing market, existing homes are making up a larger percentage of for-sale inventory, and homebuyers are taking notice. This marked the lowest market share for new homes in three years. market share, while first-quarter 2022 saw a record high of 34.4%. The sales pace was down 3.5%

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Momentum Builder buys Sales Mastery, creating new ‘super brand’

Housing Wire

Momentum Builder has acquired Sales Mastery , the companies announced Wednesday. The merger of two industry leaders in sales training and coaching will result in a “unified super brand” that will be known as Sales Mastery Powered by Momentum Builder, the companies said in a press release. 14-17 in Dallas.

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Marketing Leaders take the stage at HW Annual Oct. 10-12

Housing Wire

What does marketing look like in 2023 and beyond? It’s a question we’ve started to ask our Marketing Leaders each year as the changing landscape requires top leaders to be agile in their strategies. The one theme in all of this that we’ve heard from our Marketing Leaders is the power of data.

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