Agent Strategy
3 Conversations Costing You Real Estate Deals
Byron Lazine breaks down three real-world scenarios where agents lose control and shares the exact scripts to handle sellers and buyers effectively.
May 6, 2026
Byron Lazine breaks down three real-world scenarios where agents lose control and shares the exact scripts to handle sellers and buyers effectively.
According to Clever’s American Home Buyer Report: 2025 Edition, 45% of buyers who had a smooth experience credited their real estate agent, while 50% said help with paperwork was their agent’s most valuable service. Byron Lazine broke down these stats and more on the June 12 Hot Sheet.
Bank of America’s latest Homebuyer Insights Report shows 60% of homeowners and prospective buyers are unsure whether now is a good time to buy—the highest level of uncertainty in three years.
A new Redfin report shows U.S. home sellers now outnumber buyers by 33.7%, the widest gap since 2013, with 1.9 million sellers and just 1.5 million buyers in April 2025. Condo sellers face the steepest challenge, with 83.5% more sellers than buyers.
Realtor.com’s list of the most affordable beach towns of 2025 reveals 12 coastal gems with median home prices starting at just $165,610. This roundup offers real estate agents valuable insights to share with buyers seeking sun, sand, and serious savings.
Redfin survey finds 24% of Americans are canceling major purchases like a home or car due to economic uncertainty, some of that tariff-related, while 32% are delaying plans. Even more concerning: 34% don’t have an emergency fund to cover housing payments.
On The Real Word podcast, Byron Lazine broke down a script for agents to use with sellers, leveraging Zillow data to highlight differences for listings with the terms “remodeled” versus “fixer-upper.”
Clever Real Estate’s latest survey reveals a $27,000 price gap between buyers’ and sellers’ price expectations for 2025, with first-time buyers expecting to pay $82,000 less than sellers anticipate.
Learn what buyers and sellers expect from the 2025 housing market, with insights from Clever Real Estate’s latest report.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has identified its “Top 10 Housing Hot Spots for 2025,” featuring markets poised for growth thanks to strong job performance, affordability, and rising demand.
Will Donald Trump privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Learn how this potential shift could raise mortgage costs, reshape housing affordability, and impact the real estate industry.
According to a new report from the National Association of Realtors®, nearly 90% of homebuyers and sellers used a real estate agent from June 2023 to June 2024, while a record-low 6% of home sellers chose the for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) route
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