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Joseph Ribeiro Joins the Business Development Team

Lamacchia Realty

After spending nearly a year as a REALTORĀ® with Lamacchia Realty, Joseph Ribeiro has made the exciting jump to the Business Development team. During his time as a REALTORĀ®, Joseph expertly served buyers and sellers throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island since 2017. "We We are so excited to add Joey to our team.

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Chris Rochon Joins Business Development Team

Lamacchia Realty

After spending over a year as a REALTOR with Lamacchia Realty, Chris Rochon has made the exciting jump to the Business Development team. Chris served buyers and sellers in the Greater Merrimack Valley area during his time as a REALTOR. He always loved working with people, getting to know the other REALTORS just as well as his clients.

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. Recently, Interested Party Contributions (or seller concessions) have been allowed with HECM for Purchase loans. Yet staggeringly few are aware of its existence.

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Opinion: Why real estate agents shouldnā€™t worry about commission changes

Housing Wire

And before getting my real estate license in 2009, I had the same opinion, too. A seller and agent/brokerage either agrees to the terms and compensation or they donā€™t. When I go to listing appointments a seller asks what my commission is. I state it is ā€œXā€ and the seller either agrees or disagrees. Will sellers pay less?

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As vacant foreclosures increase, so does buyer interest

Housing Wire

ā€œWe still have vacancy and blight issues but they are not crippling as they were a decade ago,ā€ said Ian Beniston, executive director at the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC), a nonprofit community development corporation in Youngstown, Ohio. In 2008, 2009, it was triage. Rising demand for vacant distress.

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Reverse mortgage volume, securities issuance fall in February

Housing Wire

I think the best places to focus right now are giving the H4P a muscular new push due to the seller concessions update , and working with forward mortgage distribution and servicing opportunities to convert forward loans into new reverse borrowers,ā€ he said. No pressure, really ā€” the Ginnie Mae market is very liquid,ā€ he said.

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Rechat CEO Shayan Hamidi on keeping up with the furious pace of AI

Housing Wire

This is from 2009 ā€” I opened up a high-tech real estate brokerage with actual agents, working through transactions day in day out and really understanding what processes look like. For us, it’s all about creating one streamlined experience for whatever that agent is doing with buyers or sellers.