Your seller needs to sell now. Here’s how to handle the 6 objections that will stop them
Help seller clients position their home where buyers see it as the best value among the properties currently on the market.
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60% of brokerages don’t trust their own books (and the IRS is coming)
In this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, Loft47’s Sasha Hryciuk and Tracy Simmons to break down what’s really happening inside real estate brokerages and why it’s a much bigger problem than most people realize.
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Tech leaders love AI. Everyone else? Not so much
The real estate industry is embracing AI fast, but rising public skepticism may create new risks for agents, landlords and platforms.
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Translating the economics of price discovery to private listings
Private listings, properly understood, do not replace the MLS — they help it work better by improving the conditions under which price discovery begins.
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Buyers are scared. That’s why they need our insight right now
Our job as professionals is to read between the lines and help our clients make better decisions than they’d make on their own, Greg Hague writes.
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Oil prices, jobs and mortgage rates: Numbers to know
Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at the factors that are impacting the economy at large and your local market.
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New data shows Compass dominating key markets and keeping more deals in-house
Compass now holds 30 percent to 39.5 percent of unit sales across five major markets — a share at least four times larger than the next biggest brokerage.
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Ryan Serhant’s brokerage arrives in California with 5 markets
Ryan Serhant says the firm has now earned the right to enter one of the most competitive real estate markets in the country. It is launching simultaneously in five California markets.
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FBI Report: Online real estate fraud is on the rise to the tune of $275M
One of the factors shaping fraud in 2025 was the rise of artificial intelligence, which made schemes more convincing and harder to detect.
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Nearly 1 in 13 homeshoppers are also browsing rentals, Zillow finds
About 8 percent of homeshoppers on Zillow are also browsing rentals, according to a new analysis, as the monthly cost of owning continues to outpace renting in most U.S. markets.
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What a moon mission can teach women about timing and success
Christina Koch just became the first woman in history to travel around the Moon. Julie Escobar shares what Koch's story means for every woman in real estate who thinks she's missed her window.
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9 moves that will define the next 5 years for independent brokers
The next real estate cycle will favor operators who treat independence as a strategic asset instead of a personal identity.
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Aristotle solved your prospecting problem 2,400 years ago
Keith Robinson shares why smart agents still avoid the phone, and the simple system that beats “knowing what to do.”
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Are we turning real estate professionals into gig workers?
The future of real estate should be about elevating professionals who combine expertise, experience and technology to deliver a higher level of service, Lori Muller writes.
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How to turn a lead magnet into a reliable pipeline: Part 1
An effective real estate lead magnet lets you show competence, build trust and earn the next step without chasing, Josh Ries writes.
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Why this Redfin data journalist traded her 2.9% mortgage rate for 7.35% — and has no regrets
I bought a house with a 7.35 percent rate in 2024. Refinancing the rate down to 6.2 percent the next year made the mortgage math easier to stomach.
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Buyer momentum builds, but it’s far from universal
More than 60 percent of major U.S. housing markets are shifting toward buyers, as Realtor.com’s new Market Clock highlights a growing divide between regions and evolving local conditions.
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CoStar scores win as activist investor drops Homes.com fight
The hedge fund Third Point was one of two major players that was strongly critical of CoStar’s attempt to compete with three leading residential real estate portals
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Existing-home sales fell 3.6% in March as buyer confidence erodes
Sales dropped in every region of the country in March, yet the median existing-home price climbed to a record high for the month — the 33rd consecutive month of year-over-year price gains, according to NAR's latest existing-home sales report.
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America’s debt problem could keep mortgage rates high
The next obstacle to affordable housing may not be inflation or the Federal Reserve — it could be Washington's $38 trillion debt burden, experts say.
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