Table of Contents
- Working With Buyers: A Checklist for Success
- What a Transaction Coordinator Can Do for You
- Median Regional Home Prices
- National Average Mortgage Interest Rates
- AgentUp AI Photo Editing App
As we are approaching the middle of the summer, let’s take a look at a real estate update for July 2024, starting with a checklist for success when working with buyers.
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Working With Buyers: A Checklist for Success
As real estate professionals, our success hinges on the satisfaction and success of our clients.
To ensure that your buyers are well-prepared and confident throughout their home search, we’ve developed a checklist that you can utilize to guide them through this exciting yet complex process.
The following items should be discussed before stepping through the door on the first showing:
Foundational Items
- Pre-approval letter: Ensure that your buyers can pull the financial trigger when they find the house they want. A digital copy of the pre-approval letter will be a necessary part of any offer.
- Buyer’s agency agreement: The changes brought about by the NAR lawsuit settlement will make it more important than ever to have a service provision contract signed with our buyers.
The Financials
- Downpayment: The lender will have informed your buyers regarding the amount needed for a downpayment.
- Inspection: Money should be set aside for the home inspection process.
- EMD: Educate your buyers on the purpose of the earnest money deposit and determine the amount needed.
- Appraisal gap coverage: Can the buyers set aside additional money to cover a low appraisal? Having this money available can be a deciding factor in getting an offer accepted.
- Homeowners Insurance: Many, if not most, lenders will insist on the buyers paying at closing at least the first month of the homeowner’s policy.
Defining “Dream Home”
- Detailed lists: Guide your buyers in creating comprehensive lists of “must-haves” and “nice-to-haves.” This will help them focus their search on properties that align with their needs.
- Lifestyle analysis: Engage in conversations about your buyers’ current lifestyles and future goals. Do they have a growing family? Do they work remotely and need a home office? Understanding their unique needs allows you to tailor your property recommendations accordingly.
- Location exploration: Share your local expertise by highlighting neighborhoods based on their preferences for commute times, school districts, safety, and amenities. Offer insights into market trends and potential for appreciation.
House Hunting
- Online resources: Leverage technology to streamline the search process. Utilize online platforms and apps to filter listings based on your buyers’ criteria and share relevant properties with them regularly.
- Virtual tours: Encourage your buyers to use virtual and video tours to help narrow down properties they will see in person.
- Showings: Schedule property tours geographically to cut down on travel times. Encourage your clients to ask questions, take notes, and be prepared to offer your insights and expertise on each property.
Remember, your success is intertwined with your buyers’ success. Preparing them before they go out looking at houses will set you both up for a winning home-buying experience.
What a Transaction Coordinator Can Do for You
How would you like to increase business efficiency while making your work day and life a little easier?
AgentUp offers affordable and precise transaction coordination services and the opportunity to hire a full- or part-time dedicated transaction coordinator.
Our transaction coordinators will save you valuable time by ensuring that your sales close quickly and in compliance with the necessary rules and laws:
- Transaction Coordination – from $299 per file
- Dedicated Transaction Coordinators – explore pricing
Recent studies show that working with a transaction coordinator saves a broker or sales agent 12 to 15 hours per sale.
Now, ask yourself: What would you do with an extra 12 to 15 hours? Prospect for new clients Professionally network? Maybe play a round of golf?
Whether you have 100s of transactions per month or just one, AgentUp has the experience and capacity to manage your transactions precisely and carefully.
Have questions about our transaction coordination services? We’ve got answers.
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Median Regional Home Prices
As of June 28, 2024 (Zillow)
| City | Median Home Price | Increase / Decrease |
| New York | $742,930 | Up 0.3% from the previous year |
| Chicago | $298,397 | Up 4.5% from the previous year |
| San Diego | $1,035,332 | Up 12.1% from the previous year |
| Seattle | $884,828 | Up 4.3% from the previous year |
| Austin | $548,654 | Down 4.1% from the previous year |
| Denver | $576,355 | Up 0.6% from the previous year |
| Atlanta | $399,879 | Up 2.0% from the previous year |
National Average Mortgage Interest Rates
As of June 28, 2024 (BankRate)
| Mortgage | Current Rate | Last Month |
| 30-year Fixed | 7.00% | 7.11% |
| 20-year Fixed | 6.81% | 6.92% |
| 15-year Fixed | 6.47% | 6.61% |
| 30-year Jumbo | 7.10% | 7.26% |
AgentUp AI Photo Editing App
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- Ease – the app edits the images, so you don’t have to
- Inexpensive – most listing photos can be edited for as little as $1.50 per image
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