Sixty
percent of real estate pros say they receive more than five referrals per year, according to the 2018 study.
Fifty - three
percent of real estate pros surveyed by Consumer Reports says the kitchen is among the most important rooms of the home to have in good shape before selling.
Seventy
percent of real estate pros, however, say they had no properties with green features in that time.
NAR's 2008 technology survey found 42
percent of real estate pros already are using some form of Web - enabled phone.
The National Association of REALTORS ® reported that 16
percent of real estate pros surveyed in June reported a cancelation in a sale, mostly due to a large number of low appraisals.
Not exact matches
Until the amount
of distressed inventory returns to a normal level, under 5
percent,
real estate pros face the unenviable task
of clearing these sales as efficiently as possible.
As a
real estate pro, you should understand the power
of online marketing: According to the NAR 2016 Profile
of Home Buyers and Sellers, 51
percent of homebuyers found their home online.
«Here's why: This year, and every year for decades, the National Association
of REALTORS ® survey
of sellers found that home owners who do not use a
real estate pro sold their home for an average
of 20
percent less than a home represented by a practitioner.
«The average
real estate pro in this market gets X
percent of the list price and I get Y
percent because I am a better negotiator.
«I always price the property 10
percent lower than comparable to peak buyer interest and initiate buyer activity,» says Cole - Murphy, who's also founder and curriculum developer for
Real Estate Pro Guides, a line
of educational books for practitioners.
The typical
real estate pro says their website brings them 1
percent of their annual business.
Baby boomers actually make up 31
percent of the home buying population, and
real estate pros need to be familiar with their housing and neighborhood preferences.
Surprisingly, less than a third
of real estate pros, 29.9
percent, currently use contact management software.
These financial
pros told pollsters their clients preferred North American
real estate (67
percent expected increased purchases there) and that money would most likely flow into residential
real estate (72
percent expect clients to add to this slice
of their portfolios.)