4 Topics You Should Avoid at Every Listing Presentation
 Listing presentations are the high stakes, make-or-break moments for most agents. This is when your salesmanship—a skill that every...
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NAR Forecasts 4.71 Million Existing-Home Sales in 2024, With Mortgage Rates in Mid-6% Range
When an 18% decline in home sales in 2022 is followed by what looks like another 18% drop this year,...
Mortgage Rates Dip Back Below 7%
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) decreased for the seventh straight week, from last week’s average of 7.03% to an average...
Many Brokers See ‘Flip’ to Buyer’s Market in 2024
Despite broker sentiment hitting a yearly low in November—at exactly the same time as it did last year—there are larger...
Foreclosure Activity Sees Decline in November
A total of 32,120 properties had foreclosure filings—default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions—in November, down 7% from a month...
The Fed Continues to Keep Interest Rates Steady
Interest rates will remain unchanged for the second month in a row, according to the latest press conference from the...
Buffini, Yun Predict Big Mortgage-Rate Drop and Housing Rebound in 2024
Above: Brian Buffini, left and Dr. Lawrence Yun December industry predictions for the upcoming year can be fairly same-old, same-old....
The Housing Markets Facing Greater Risk of Downturns
Third-quarter patterns—derived from gaps in home affordability, underwater mortgages, foreclosures and unemployment—revealed that California, New Jersey and Illinois have the...
Consumer Price Index Sees Small Rise in November
Inflation saw a small rise again in November, following no changes in October. After the recent pause in rate hikes...
Gen Z Will Now Shape Rental Demand, Harvard Study Says
Millennials have been a generation of (mostly) renters for the past decade or two. Graduating to adulthood in the 2008...
3 Ways to Boost Engagement With Selfie-Style Content
In the age of TikTok, hyper-polished, overly-produced videos are a thing of the past. Today’s most effective social media content is simple, scrappy and all you need is your phone. Read more.
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