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How to bring sellers back to reality as the market cools

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After a year of booming home price growth and bidding wars, the market is slowing down. Two leading brokers share how to help sellers deal with the shift. Continue reading →

The Real Word: Are Opendoor’s plans too ambitious?

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Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. In this edition of The Real Word, they’ll discuss Opendoor’s expansion plans, Google Alerts for your business and a viral listing. Continue reading →

Compass agents anticipate post-pandemic buyer’s market in California

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More than 700 Compass California real estate agents shared their concerns and market predictions for when shelter-in-place laws lift in the state. Continue reading →

How to avoid overpricing properties in a shifting market

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If your market has begun to slow, understanding how to properly price homes in a declining market — and how to talk about it with clients — is critical. Continue reading →

Is your hot seller’s market over? How to recognize a slowdown and pivot

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Do you have a strategy to thrive in a market slowdown? Agents who survive down markets do so by having a balance between aggressively priced listings and motivated buyers. Here’s how to make sure you always strike that balance, regardless of market.
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Facing a buyer’s market? 5 pivots listing agents must make

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Based on the numbers and our personal experience of a larger number of prospects shopping but not buying, we suspect the seller’s market is about over. Here are five areas listing agents need to rethink and focus on when buyers are calling the shots. Continue reading →

Home profit margins soften nationwide

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Homeowners who sold their home in Q1 2019 experienced an average price gain of $57,500 since purchase — a $2,500 quarter-over-quarter decline from Q4 2018 and a $767 year-over-year increase from Q1 2018. Continue reading →

Why 2019 won’t be the year of affordable homes

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Though the market will be tough for buyers, those who can stay in the market will face less competition and fewer bidding wars. Sellers will still profit, but less than in the recent past. Continue reading →

How to explain to sellers that the market is turning

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Sales are down, prices are flat and real estate professionals across the U.S. are seeing signs of a housing market slowdown. But there’s one group that might not yet have gotten the memo: sellers. Continue reading →

As sales cool, Realtors predict a flat 2019

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Realtors, real estate observers, and Inman readers are all reading the tea leaves and predicting a 2019 dominated by a flattening market and little growth. Continue reading →