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New Home Source Professional Overview
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Why sell new homes? • Open up new source of revenue
Decrease sales cycles and increase sales volume by offering more home options to your buyers
• Gain an edge over other agents
Understand the new home market to set you apart from your competition
• Take advantage of on-site agents and materials
Reduce administrative workload by leveraging expertise of on-site, new home agents and comprehensive sales information
• Set the stage for resale business
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Develop your future resale business by working with new home buyers in your area
There is opportunity in new homes • Only 50% of new home inventory is listed in the MLS • 89% of all homes are sold by an agent but only 63% of new homes are sold by an agent Agents lose millions of dollars in potential buyer commissions each year
• Nearly 70% of new home buyers plan to contact an agent before visiting a builder community Consumers are well informed New home buyers want to use your services
• U.S. new home sales have risen multiple consecutive years 3
Enter New Home Source Professional • NewHomeSourceProfessional.com is a search engine designed specifically to help you find new home info faster and more accurately • The largest collection of new homes nationwide More than 8,000 communities
• Inventory updated daily
Provided by builders directly via automated feeds and manual input
• Agent-specific tools and information
View special promotions and events Send flyers directly to your buyers, save your favorites, etc.
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Extensive features to help you search • • • • • • • • • • • 5
Special promotions and events for you and your buyers Map search Advanced search features Photos, floor plans and elevations Pricing for spec homes, plans, options, lots and HOAs Community and amenity details School information Custom brochures Light CRM functionality New home sales articles written by experts Weekly updates via email
Home page
Sign in or register for an account Search by location or community name Add price, beds, baths and square footage info Go to advanced search to add criteria
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Advanced search
Enter criteria that match your buyer’s needs.
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Community results
Refine your search for real-time updating. See quick move-in listings Get an info snapshot for each community View builders with available promotions or events
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Community details
View photos Send a customized brochure to your buyers Email the builder or request an appointment See current promotions and events View available homes, plans
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Community details (continued) Read detailed community description Get info on schools, amenities and utilities See builder commission information (if provided)
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Community details (continued)
View map and get directions to community Take additional actions, including saving a listing, sharing on social networks, visiting the builder web site and contacting the builder
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Customized brochure Personalize your brochures to include headshot, logo and contact information Send your clients brochures that include no builder contact info
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My Clients Maintain client records to track your activities and save favorite communities and homes
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My Clients (continued) Keep notes about client preferences Maintain a log of your activities on the client’s behalf Save properties that may be of interest to your client
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My Clients (continued) Throughout the site, save your activities to client records for future reference.
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My Favorites Save your favorite community and home listings for future reference
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Resource Center Read new home sales articles written by industry experts in the resource center.
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Weekly email updates Sign up for weekly listing updates via email View builder promos, new inventory and special events
