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Real Estate, a category that contains news about some few things such as buying, selling and rent real estate as well as the market and trends in the industry

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2024 RRC Member Survey Shows Strong Industry Performance and Career Satisfaction

A comprehensive survey of Residential Real Estate Council (RRC) members and CRS Designees released this week shows robust industry performance and high career satisfaction among real estate professionals, with members outperforming industry averages in transaction volume and maintaining strong market presence despite challenging conditions A breakdown of the findings in the survey includes: Transaction and […]

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Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Opened 31 New Franchised Offices in 2024

Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. has announced that it added 31 new franchised offices in 13 different states to its national franchise system in 2024. This marked the largest number of new office openings for the system since the start of the pandemic, the company noted. The new additions pushed the Weichert® franchise footprint to

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Power Broker Insights: Building Relationships and Fostering Connections

Above, Danielle Andrews VITALS:  Realty ONE Group Next Generation Years in business: 2.5Size: 1 office, 32 agentsRegions Served: Northern Florida, Southwest Georgia, Southeast Alabama2023 Sales Volume: $14,420,3502023 Transactions: 68https://nextgeneration.myrealtyonegroup.com  Danielle Andrews’ journey into real estate began as a way to earn extra income while she was teaching middle school students full-time, but she loved it

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Delivering the Best Customer Experience Possible

Above: Alan J. Smith Alan J. Smith—broker/owner at RE/MAX Professionals—has spent years building a successful relationship with Buffini & Company, generating significant ROI for the Denver-based real estate firm and the nearly 470 agents serving the thriving Colorado region. With four-plus decades of experience in the real estate industry, Smith has enjoyed the benefits of

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Helping Buyers Avoid the ‘House-Poor Trap’: A Guide

Buying a home is one of the most significant financial decisions most people will make in their lifetime. Yet, many buyers find themselves becoming “house poor” after achieving this “American Dream.” Nearly three in 10, or 27.4%, U.S. homeowners with a mortgage are “house rich, cash poor”—or house poor, meaning they spend more than 30%

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Refinance Applications Reach Highest Point Since October

With mortgage rates still hovering at recent lows, this week saw another increase in mortgage applications, increasing 2.3% from last week’s increase of 2.2%, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) for the week ending February 7, 2025.  “Mortgage rates moved slightly lower last week, which led to

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One Agent’s Cunning Open House Tactics to Close Down the Competition

While smiles, courtesy and friendliness are an agent’s calling cards with everyone, let’s be real about the residential real estate business. While it may not be purely a cutthroat calling, there are no nice tries for buyers. Your client either captures the flag with a winning bid for a home or you trudge back to

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Zillow Charges Ahead With Strong Q4 Earnings and New Redfin Partnership

In a fourth quarter and full-year 2024 earnings call February 11, Zillow Group CEO Jeremy Wacksman and CFO Jeremy Hofmann touted the company’s strong performance, highlighting a 17% year-over-year revenue increase to $554 million in Q4 and a 15% increase to $2.2 billion for the full year. On the downside was a net loss of

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Inflation Continues to Rise; All Eyes on the Fed’s Next Decision

Inflation continues to rise for the fourth consecutive month, continuing a reversal from its decline throughout most of 2024.  The Consumer Price Index (CPI)—one of the main measures of inflation—rose 0.5% in January, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The all items index rose 3% over the last 12 months,

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