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Benjamin Swan Keller Williams Realty Sioux Falls

With 25+ years in business, marketing, & sales, I’m excited to bring my expertise to real estate.

As a lifelong Sioux Falls resident and founder of New Chapter Real Estate, I’m dedicated to helping clients find their dream homes & investment properties.

09/24/2026

Pending sales slipped 5.4% in June. Here's why buyers should be paying attention. 👇

Contract signings fell 5.4% month-over-month as mortgage rates hit their highest point in nearly a year, alongside record-high home prices. It's a tough combination, especially for first-time buyers.

But fewer buyers signing contracts right now usually means less competition for the ones who do. If you've been priced out of bidding wars, this pullback could be your opening — sellers have less leverage when demand cools, even briefly.

Want to know what this shift means for your specific search? DM me "PENDING" and let's talk timing. 🏡

09/23/2026

The one thing I ask at every listing appointment that most agents won't.

"What are you actually afraid of right now?"

Not "what's your timeline" or "have you thought about price." Those are easy questions with rehearsed answers. That one isn't.

Sometimes it's the fear of leaving money on the table. Sometimes it's not knowing where they're going next. Sometimes it's just not being ready to say goodbye to the house, even if they're ready to move.

Most agents skip it because it's uncomfortable. I ask it because you can't actually price, market, or negotiate for someone until you know what they're really up against.

If you're thinking about selling, let's start there.

09/21/2026

"Sorry, I didn't mean to unload on you."

I hear this more than people realize. And every time, I say the same thing back: don't apologize.

Buying or selling a home isn't just paperwork — it's roots, it's a next chapter, it's keys that'll matter to your kids one day. Behind every offer is a family betting on themselves. I don't forget that, even on my busiest weeks. You're never just a file on my desk.

So talk to me as long as you need to. That's not extra. That's the job. 🏡

09/18/2026

Finding the house is the easy part. Here's what you're actually hiring me for 👇

Anyone can scroll Zillow. What you're paying for is the negotiation that saves you thousands. The inspection red flags I catch before you fall in love with a money pit. The contract language that protects you if something goes sideways. The 11pm text when your offer's on the line and you need someone who actually knows what to do next.

Finding the house? That's the fun part. Getting you into it — safely, smartly, and for the right price? That's the job. 🏡

09/17/2026

Gen Z just hit a home-buying milestone nobody saw coming. 🔑
For years, the story wrote itself: young people are locked out. Priced out. Doomed to rent forever. It made great headlines and even better comment-section arguments.

Meanwhile, quietly, buyers born after 1997 just claimed 20% of all home purchase rate locks — the largest share on record. One in five. And it's not one lucky city: every major region is seeing pending sales grow year-over-year, even at today's rates.
Here's what they figured out that the headlines didn't: nobody handed them perfect conditions, so they stopped waiting for them.
They're buying the smaller starter home instead of holding out for the dream one. Co-buying with siblings and best friends. Digging up down payment assistance programs most people never research. House hacking duplexes so the tenant next door helps cover the mortgage.

Different playbooks. Same result: equity instead of another year of rent receipts.

So if the youngest buyers in the market are getting keys right now, "impossible" was never the right word. Unplanned was.

You don't need a miracle. You need a plan. DM me "PLAN" and let's build yours. 📲
📊 Sources: HousingWire / NAR

09/16/2026

You don't have to choose between selling fast and selling for top dollar. But here's what you've got to do 👇

I had a seller last year who wanted both, and honestly? So does everyone. The sellers who get it aren't lucky — they just don't fight me on the boring stuff. They let me price it based on what's actually closing nearby, not what Zillow says or what the neighbor "heard." They fix the weird stuff before showings instead of after the third buyer mentions it. And they trust the first two weeks matter more than the next two months combined.

Do those three things and you're not choosing anymore. You're just... doing it right. 🏡

09/14/2026

May I be the agent they invite back...

To the housewarming. The graduation party in the yard they fell in love with on the first showing. The anniversary dinner in the kitchen we almost talked them out of because of the outdated counters. The wedding under the tree they said "this is the one" under.

I'm not just trying to get someone into a house. I'm hoping to still be there — a familiar face at every milestone that happens inside it. That's the kind of agent I want to be, in every lifetime. 🏡

09/11/2026

Is the best time to sell behind us? 👇

Here's the truth: there's no perfect window, and there never really was. What actually matters is your window — your equity, your next move, your timeline. I've had clients sell in "bad" markets and walk away thrilled, because we priced it right and marketed it well. And I've seen people wait for the "perfect" market that never quite arrives.

The best time to sell isn't a headline. It's when your numbers make sense. Let's figure out if now is that time for you. 🏡

09/10/2026

Prices rose in 80% of metros last quarter. Here's what that means if you've been waiting to list. 👇

Here's the number that jumped out at me: home prices rose in 80% of metro markets last quarter, up from 71% the quarter before. Not a slowdown — momentum building, quietly, while everyone's still arguing about whether "the market" is good or bad.

The national median for a single-family home is now $434,900. If you bought even a few years ago, there's a real chance you're sitting on more equity than you think — not because of some prediction, but because of what's already happened in your market.

I'd rather show you the actual number than the vibe. DM me "EQUITY" and I'll pull it for you. 🏡

09/09/2026

Here's the difference between listed and marketed 👇

I see it all the time — a home sits for weeks, and the seller says "I don't get it, we listed it!"

That's exactly the problem. Listing is just putting a sign in the yard and hoping. Marketing is the professional photos that make someone stop scrolling, the price that's actually strategic (not just a guess), the story that makes a buyer picture their life there — and me personally putting it in front of the right people, not just the MLS.

One sits and waits. The other goes and finds your buyer. That's the job. 🏡

Address

6300 South Connie Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD
57108

Telephone

+16053761388

Website

https://benswan.kw.com/

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