Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending. I hadn’t developed a network for mortgage lending with Realtors,” Woodward said about his work at Interfirst in Indiana.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

Residential real estate brokerages will not do as well in 2022 as they did in 2021, but let’s not get carried away. billion in quarterly revenue, but the vast majority of that is from home sale commissions, which largely are returned to the company’s independent contractor real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“No matter what you want, you can find it here,” the Enterprise, Alabama-based agent said. Between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, Alabama’s population grew by 34,000 people, according to estimates published by the U.S. Inventory was the theme last year and it is shaping up to be the theme this year,” Ellison said. As of Feb.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Steinway is the sole loan officer in his branch and is supported by the rest of his five team members, who primarily focus on marketing its realtor relationships. Closing just shy of $100 million of production in 2022, he’s aiming for a higher loan origination volume in 2023. It’s the local relationships.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

Chantilly, Virginia-headquartered mortgage bank Prosperity Home Mortgage saw mortgage origination volume plummet by 40% last year — at a time when mortgage rates had more than doubled, home prices remained elevated and the market suffered from a shortage of inventory. . About 70% of Prosperity’s production comes from affiliate realtors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released a report on Friday that found 88% of all first-time homebuyers in the U.S. Lautz said she is not surprised by the record -ow number of first-time buyers, attributing the reasons to housing affordability, high home prices, rising interest rates and lack of home inventory.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

One of the first questions new Realtors have for me is always 'how much money will I make in my first year?' and in order to answer that question, you need to understand how Real Estate Agents make money. If you're looking to make 100k in your first year as a Realtor you'll want to first reverse engineer the process.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The New York-based independent bank exceeded its 2022 production volume of $400 million in August, but the end goal is far more ambitious: The company is aiming to produce between $3 billion to $5 billion in origination volume annually. Cliffco Mortgage Bankers is among the rare independent mortgage banks doing more business than last year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) estimates that baby boomers made up roughly 39%, or 2.32 If we then look at data from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), there were 2,063 Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase loans endorsed in 2022 — less than 1/10th of 1% of homes sold last year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Krichmar, whose $100 million-plus origination volume in 2022 consisted of 77% purchase loans, expects LOs to be working longer hours to find referral partners, trying to close loans faster than the others and diversifying their mortgage product offerings to combat an industry that shrank by more than half this year. He hit a record $2.47

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Empire Appraisal Group

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Lusky, DigitalVision, Getty Images Source: [link] FSBO Sellers Regret Not Having an Agent By Melissa Dittmann Tracey Survey: Sellers who go-it alone are twice as likely to be unsatisfied with the experience – and more likely to say their earlier opinion, “agents are overpaid,” was wrong.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. That partnership is everything,” Amy Breach, a Seattle-based Keller Williams agent, told HousingWire in late 2022. Attorneys, Realtors and clients are a big part of our repeat business.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

If discrimination is committed by appraisers – as the news headlines would suggest – fellow appraisers and real estate agents say they rarely witness or experience it. For non-appraisers, the greatest challenge was lack of inventory , with 66% of respondents selecting this response.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I started thinking about this when I saw the news coming from the National Association of Realtors about how far the current real estate market is out of balance. According to their public website, in June 2022, the supply of existing homes for sale would last 3 months. Why inventory levels matter to appraisers.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps early next year, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. By the fall, real estate agents in Boise, Idaho were passing around a video they didn’t like but couldn’t resist watching. on pace for 6.29

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

I’ve noticed recently that when I call real estate agents to confirm information about properties I am using in my appraisal, almost every agent answers their phone and if they don’t, even if I don’t leave a message, they call me back. In June of 2022, the list-to-sales price ratio was 103%.

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Eppraisal

MARCH 18, 2022

The inventory of homes available for sale was on the low side even before the Covid 19 pandemic. According to data from Realtor.com, "The inventory of homes for sale dropped 53% between April 2020 and April 2021." Be sure to do your research and find an agent that specializes in working with buyers.

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McKissock

AUGUST 14, 2022

The housing market has cooled since the intensity of the post-pandemic real estate rush, but the seller’s market we experienced has left us with plenty of discussion about what the nation’s housing inventory looks like. Housing Inventory So Low? Why It’s Hard to Meet Housing Inventory Needs Right Now. Why Is U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers from each city share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. 1 housing market for spring 2022, there is no doubt that the housing market in Rapid City is one to watch. In March 2022, the median list price of a home was up 21.4%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ve all heard the news: over 60,000 real estate agents left the profession in the first half of 2023. Whether you’re newly licensed or an experienced agent who had a productive year — if you’re looking for a change, it’s likely you’ve started receiving emails, letters, and phone calls from all kinds of real estate firms.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

Back then, the real estate agent found a home and the purchaser went to their bank and got a loan. This is a customer of an agent, and a customer of a bank, conducting a financial transaction and contractual purchase transaction. The 2022 inflation market fixed it for us. The builders will have more inventory.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

over that same period but 25% below the volume of July 2022. That the company is adding 500 loan officers this year to exclusively go after real estate agent referrals underscores how serious they’re taking the current environment. Ishbia says 2022 and 2023 are the grind-it-out years and 2024 will be a bit better.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

The 2021 real estate market was one for the ages: record low interest rates and housing inventory gave way to record high home prices and sales. All firms in the 2022 RT500 did approximately 40.6% of all Realtors. All firms in the 2022 RT500 did approximately 40.6% of all Realtors. and sales volume.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Data through the first half of 2022 has been tallied on Ohio land for sale. All indicators show an extremely positive trend that will likely continue through the rest of 2022 and beyond. And undeveloped land is increasingly attractive for investors after favorable reports from the Ohio REALTORS®. billion).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps early next year, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. Some 15 years ago, real estate agents had only a few choices when deciding which real estate business model to choose.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

New York City, New York In many ways the spring of 2022 marked the full return of New York City and for a real estate agent like Johnson Tsai, a lead agent at REAL, this meant a massive up-tick in rental demand. “We The market is more of a balance market now,” she said. “We

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Birmingham Appraisal

JANUARY 24, 2024

As someone knee-deep in residential real estate appraisal, I’ve got a nugget of wisdom to share: housing statistics are your not-so-secret weapon for leveling up in the real estate hustle. Quick Lowdown for Real Estate Agents Let’s keep it real—real estate is more than just bricks and mortar changing hands.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

housing supply is dwindling once again as homes continue to fly off the market at record prices,” said Jeremy Sicklick, CEO of real estate data analytics firm HouseCanary. For homebuyers, across the country we expect the shortage of homes for sale to extend well into 2022.”. Selling out: America’s local landlords.

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Cornerstone

JANUARY 7, 2022

Now it’s 2022, and both homebuyers and sellers have questions. Housing market predictions 2022: Insight from 5 experts. Here’s what you can expect for 2022, according to the experts: 1. Here’s what you can expect for 2022, according to the experts: 1. Experts agree that rate increases will continue through 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. These employee agents are exceedingly more productive than the average independent contractor agent. Redfin was an amazing place to start my real estate career. “I

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 12, 2022

Houston Real Estate Market Forecast: Current Data & 2022 Predictions. Review current Houston real estate data & lessons from past hurricanes and trends. This is more concerning now that 71% of Houston Realtors have sold less than 5 homes in their entire career. Concerned about a housing market crash?

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Empire Appraisal Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

Florida Realtors. The start of the year, of course, is when homeowners and real estate agents start to bring new inventory to market. Even if sellers don’t come out in quite their usual numbers this year, there may still be enough additional inventory to push home prices down. NEW YORK – The U.S.

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A great skill to have for a real estate agent, or anyone in the real estate industry, is the ability to download sales data from your local MLS and import it into a spreadsheet program like Excel or Google Sheets. In my last post, I discussed statistics related to supply and demand.

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Eppraisal

MAY 10, 2022

Real estate agents don't get paid for their work until a property closes. Real estate commissions however, are not set percentages. In fact, some real estate brokerages set a minimum amount of commission required rather than a set percentage. Variable Commissions Commissions can also be variable.

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Houston Properties

JULY 18, 2022

For questions, advice, Energy Corridor TX real estate recommendations, or off-market MLS listings, contact Paige Martin, head of the Houston Properties Team and rated as the best Keller Williams Memorial realtor the last four years. "The 5 Interesting Energy Corridor Real Estate Market Trends. Get PDF Now.

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Houston Properties

JULY 15, 2022

Homebuyers benefit from the help of the best Southampton Houston realtor who knows how to navigate the neighborhood, its deed restrictions, and non-MLS inventory. 5 Key Southampton Houston Real Estate Market Trends. The Best Houston Realtor to Sell Your Home. 5 Key Southampton Houston Real Estate Market Trends.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From low inventory levels to increasing mortgage rates , the real estate landscape has experienced a multitude of changes and challenges over the last several years, leaving many sellers wondering when the “right” time to list would be given current market conditions. At Lamacchia Realty, our REALTORS® do this every day!

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