| Home Sales Zoom to Highest Pace in Decade | | This spring's housing mantra: Going, going, gone! "Severe" housing shortages are prompting existing-home sales to sell significantly faster this year, NAR reports. |
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| Create Engaging Campaigns on Instagram | | Learn how to develop a content strategy and hone your brand's marketing efforts on this growing social platform. |
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| Mortgage Rates Drop Below 4% | | The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is now at its lowest average since November 2016. |
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| Green Matters in Real Estate, Surveys Show | | Earth Day is this Saturday! Talk "green" to your clients. Surveys are showing they want to hear more about environmentally friendly real estate. |
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| More Homeowners Tackle Renovation Projects | | "Homeowners are continuing to spend more on improvements as house prices strengthen in most parts of the country," says a spokesman with the Joint Center for Housing Studies. But a slowdown is likely on the horizon. |
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| Mortgage Servicer Ocwen Sued by CFPB | | One of the nation's largest nonbank mortgage servicers has been sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has reportedly seen its operations basically put on a standstill in a few states from a multi-state cease and desist order. |
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| What's Your Craziest Story as an Agent? | | We want to hear about the wildest, funniest, scariest, or most heartwarming circumstances you've faced in the field. Submit your tale to our In the Trenches column, and you could see it in print! |
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| Pain Points for First-Time Sellers | | Like rookie buyers, clients who have never put a property on the market before require extra hand-holding through the sales process. Learn where they need your help the most. |
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| How Client Contracts Betray You | | Asking customers to sign an exclusive contract at the start of the relationship may backfire. Get them to stay because they want to—not because they have to. |
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| The Winding Path to Net Zero | | As environmentally friendly features become a mainstay of commercial property, learn what it takes to excel at selling and leasing green space. |
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