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Despite the rise of different types of investment, real estate remains extremely popular, as people view the market as quite stable from a long-term perspective. One unique aspect in this context is that not only locals, but also buyers living abroad, may be interested in pursuing valuable real estate.

This presents an opportunity for owners and luxury home agents. However, there are also challenges in this market—one of them being that price reports are often available only on geo-restricted platforms. In this article, we look deeper into this issue and offer some solutions to access useful information about real estate sales.

Navigating Local-Only Price

For remote investors, it’s hard to get local real estate price info when reports are only available in certain regions. One solution is using residential proxies. These let users connect through real devices in the target area, giving them a local IP address to access region-locked content.

So, what’s a rotating residential proxy? It’s a proxy that gives you a new residential IP address each time you make a request. It pulls from a pool of real user devices around the world. For example, if you send 100 searches to a property site, it can look like they’re coming from 100 different local users. This makes your activity seem natural, helping you avoid getting blocked by websites while gathering data.

Crucially, these proxies can assign IPs from various locations, enabling you to view region-specific material otherwise blocked to outsiders. In short, rotating residential proxies provide two big advantages for accessing local-only real estate data: anonymity and geo-flexibility. They hide the researcher’s true location and identity while effectively placing them “on the ground” in whichever market they need to analyze.

Evolving Pricing Strategies and Buyer Priorities in 2025

Pricing a home correctly is as much an art as it is a science in 2025. Over the past decade, strategies have shifted to adapt to a more informed buyer base and a more unpredictable market. Unlike in 2015, when moderate interest rates and recovering markets allowed for gradual price appreciation, the 2025 market is defined by high mortgage rates, low inventory, and price-sensitive buyers. High rates and elevated home prices have created affordability issues for many buyers, meaning overpriced listings now stagnate quickly.

Sellers and agents have learned that today’s buyers are highly savvy and data-driven – armed with online tools, they instantly know a home’s sales history and comparable sales in the neighborhood. As one real estate guide quipped, the longer a house sits unsold, the more buyers see an opportunity for leverage to negotiate a lower price. Thus, a key strategy is to price it right from day one.

In many markets, homes still sell close to their asking price (with sale-to-list ratios around 100% in some areas ), so setting an accurate, market-aligned price initially is crucial to attract interest and possibly even incite a bidding situation. An overpriced home can sit on the market too long and may end up selling for less after multiple price drops. In 2025, setting the right price from the start is more important than ever.

Another point in pricing strategy is the emphasis on hyper-local market data and timing. Sellers are encouraged to work with agents who deeply understand the specific neighborhood or even micro-market. Real estate has become so localized that even within the same city, one suburb could still be a seller’s market while another cools off. Top agents use up-to-the-minute comparable sales (comps) from the immediate vicinity – sometimes within a few blocks – to fine-tune the list price.

Pricing strategies now frequently involve analyzing very recent sales (the last few weeks rather than last year) and honestly accounting for a home’s condition relative to those comps. If a nearby similar home sold last month but had a new roof and modern upgrades, a seller with an older home may need to price a bit lower or invest in improvements. “Make sure your agent knows the exact area,” advises one agent, because even two neighborhoods a mile apart can have different pricing dynamics. In short, precision and local expertise are key strategies: one-size-fits-all pricing models have given way to tailored approaches that consider local supply, demand, and nuances.