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AI-Powered Real Estate Marketing Is Here to Stay. Are You Ready?

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - 7 hours 11 min ago

Any tools that help real estate agents free up time to focus on client relationships is usually a win-win. Enter Artificial Intelligence, or AI, into the chat. With AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, agents can automate their email marketing, quickly write property listing descriptions, create housing market forecasts and much more. Although AI has long been…

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Growing Deficit of Middle-Income Homes Unbalances Market

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - 7 hours 13 min ago

There just aren’t enough homes—and the homes that are available are becoming increasingly unaffordable. That has been the refrain from consumers, advocates and real estate professionals at least since the pandemic, and in many regions, going back years earlier.  Now, though, a joint analysis between the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and Realtor®.com is attempting…

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Mortgage Rates Decline After a Three-Week Ascent

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - 7 hours 13 min ago

After three weeks of hikes, mortgage rates did an about-face this week. According to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) from Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.71% this week, down from 6.79% the previous week.  This week’s numbers:  30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.71% as of June 8, 2023, down from last…

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First-Time Homebuyers Still View Homeownership as Important

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - 7 hours 14 min ago

Despite the fluctuating housing market this past year, confidence levels remain high with 44% of potential homebuyers, up 12% from the previous year, indicating they are confident they’ll be financially ready to purchase in the coming year, according to a new report from Chase. Chase’s First-Time Homebuyer Study is based on the responses of 1,900…

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Broker Public Portal Appoints New Chairman

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - 7 hours 16 min ago

The Broker Public Portal (BPP), a collaborative home search portal between brokerages and MLSs, has announced a leadership recruitment drive. Dana Strandmo, the chief administrative officer of HomeServices of America, will now serve as the BPP’s chairman.  “I am honored to accept the position as the new Chairman of the Broker Public Portal and work…

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New scheduling, market reporting tools boost ShowingTime+

USA Real Estate News-Inman - 7 hours 34 min ago
While Zillow remains centered on consumer search and lead generation, offspring ShowingTime+ is becoming the "super app" the industry giant promised, according to the company.

Independent Research Shows United Real Estate Pays More Than Any Other National Brokerage

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - 8 hours 4 min ago

New research by industry tech strategist Mike DelPrete released this week reported that United Real Estate (United) pays its agents 96% of total gross commission earned—more than any other national residential brokerage. According to the company, the residential brokerage is able to do so while also delivering a full complement of agent productivity tools, lead-generation,…

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Better.com lays off in-house real estate agents nationwide

USA Real Estate News-Inman - 8 hours 36 min ago
Troubled mortgage lender had touted Better Real Estate as a crucial component of its plans to build out an integrated end-to-end technology platform.

California’s loathed ‘Mansion Tax’ falls flat in first full month in effect

USA Real Estate News-Inman - 9 hours 15 min ago
Implemented in April on properties over $5 million, the ULA Tax was intended to bring in an average of $56 million in revenue per month to the city of L.A. During its first month, it brought in just $3.6 million.

Inman proudly announces the Inman Ambassadors for ICLV

USA Real Estate News-Inman - 9 hours 16 min ago
This diverse group of successful real estate agents and brokers from across the U.S. and Canada will be sharing real-time knowledge from the best and brightest from the stage, dishing highlights, and relaying the action straight from the front row of sessions and masterminds.
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