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Real Estate cold outreach
got a 3.1% reply rate in 2024.
Of an estimated ~12M cold messages sent in the real estate sector last year, ~11.6M went unanswered. Here is why, what the top accounts do differently, and where your own outreach sits in the distribution.
3.1%
Reply rate
~12M
Messages sent (2024)
~11.6M
Unanswered
Source: Apollo 2024 real-estate vertical. Conservative midpoint of cited range.
Why real estate cold outreach is hard
B2B real estate (CRE, PropTech) buyers are a small, well-known cohort and they remember vendors. Cold outbound has to clear a 'have I heard of you?' bar that doesn't exist in newer verticals.
The top two gaps killing reply rate in this sector
- No anchor to a known deal or comp in touch 1, so the prospect can't place the sender on the local map.
- Missing the channel switch to email by touch 4 — real estate buyers do most of their work in inbox, not LinkedIn.
The fix that works
Touch 1 cites a recent transaction or property the prospect's firm closed. Email by touch 4. Switch fixes 60% of the gap by itself.
Where does your own account sit?
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