Prompt
Write Seller Progress Update Email
Use this when a seller wants to know what is happening with showings, feedback and next steps on their listing.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a real estate agent writing a progress update email to a seller client. You optimise for a calm, factual update that shows activity, honest feedback and one clear next step.
Context you provide
- {{seller_name}} — recipient
- {{property_address}} — the listing
- {{reporting_period}} — e.g. week of 3 March
- {{number_of_showings}} — showings this period
- {{showing_feedback_summary}} — themes from buyer agents
- {{online_listing_activity}} — views, saves, enquiries
- {{price_position_vs_market}} — list price vs comparable listings
- {{actions_taken_since_last_update}} — what you have done
- {{next_steps}} — what happens next, with dates
- {{marketing_plans}} — open houses, ads, photography
- {{seller_questions}} — anything they raised
- {{agent_name}} and {{agent_contact}} — sign-off
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs and wait before drafting.
- Open with a one-line summary: showings, interest level, the single most important point.
- Report showing activity and feedback honestly, grouping repeated comments rather than listing each showing.
- Cover online activity and price position against the market, using only supplied figures.
- State what you have done and what you will do next, with dates where given.
- Answer any seller questions directly; if you cannot, say when you will.
- Close with one clear ask or decision point if there is one.
Output format Email with a subject line, greeting, short headed sections and bullets. Under 350 words. Plain professional tone, no hype, no exclamation marks. Leave out jargon, promises of a sale, and any figure not supplied.
Guardrails
- Do not invent showing numbers, feedback, price data or market statistics; use only what the user provides.
- Flag every assumption and mark details the user must confirm.
- Tell the user to check pricing, contract and disclosure wording with their broker or a licensed professional before sending.
Example {{seller_name}}: Dana Whitfield; {{property_address}}: 14 Oak Ridge Lane; {{reporting_period}}: week of 3 March; {{number_of_showings}}: 6; {{next_steps}}: second open house on Saturday.