Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life. Use this tool: Market Leader Market Leader is like your all-in-one tool for real estate leads. Its Network Boost guarantees at least 40 exclusive leads monthly, tailored to your chosen cities.

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Today, accountants are positioned as strategic advisors, integral to shaping the success trajectory of their clients. This shift is not merely about adopting new technologies; it’s about redefining how businesses operate, engage with clients, and position themselves in a competitive market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

People’s choices in homes and locations are evolving, and they’re relying more on digital tools to find their perfect place. Demonstrating you have a keen understanding of the whole client journey — from staging and listing to settling into a brand-new home — will give you a competitive advantage.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every loan on your book matters more than ever; the next lead you have is your most important. Luckily, the mortgage industry is cyclical, so let’s take a look at how you can turn a negative into a positive and grab clients’ attention through effective marketing , ultimately growing your book while others’ shrink.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

We’re bringing the resources of Fifth Third’s commercial bank to the mortgage industry to help our clients achieve their long-term strategic objectives,” Martin said. The quick fulfillment, together with a broad product offering, provides the tools necessary for mortgage bankers to succeed in a fast-paced, ever-changing industry.”. “At

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Your target client is likely a busy professional juggling personal and work responsibilities and hopping from one Open House to the next on the weekends. Additionally, PropertyBase packs some serious SEO power, along with built-in lead capture tools that collect email addresses through contact forms, gated pop-ups, and landing pages.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Your prospective clients need to know hat you’re a real estate agent and you’re still an active player in the field. Establishing and maintaining your visibility involves actively engaging with potential clients, networking and participating in the local real estate community. And the more potential clients will trust you.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Your real estate website should serve multiple functions, almost like a digital business card with an MLS listing storefront, a booking platform, a home valuation page, and even your background story and biography. Remember — your prospective clients are glancing through dozens of agents’ websites.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Clients will also benefit from access to new digital and customer relationship tools that improve every step in the lending experience, including servicing, a Guild strength for decades,” Thompson said in prepared remarks. The company has 39 active loan officers across its retail branches, according to Modex data.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Opportunity in the current mortgage market may be challenging to find — and that could arguably be truer for those who offer reverse mortgage products for clients. That leaves a reverse mortgage option, which would then eliminate the existing forward mortgage payment, and such clients remain key for Cullen’s business, he said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The agents in these two metros will remain W-2 employees who still receive benefits, including health care, 401(k) matching, mileage, dues, technology tools, team support and all listing marketing expenses, including photography, staging, yard signs and other collateral materials.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

Your potential clients are looking for experts to guide them through what could be the most significant financial decision of their lives. While this may seem too simple of a first step for a title expert, keep in mind that your clients may be starting from ground zero. We all know nothing is based on an exact rule book.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It’s time that tech providers took a page from the book of the people they serve. This massive collaboration is far from over, though, and continues to expand to include new partners and new tools, so we can all come together to make the entire process of homeownership as simple as possible. We’re taking that page.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Rocket’s servicing book unpaid principal balance, which includes subserviced loans, was $506 billion as of Sept. The company is integrating large language models to encompass over 3,300 new loan scenarios to the tool. AI will be at the center of how clients buy, sell and finance homes,” Krishna said. billion from $8.6

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

They can also perform post-project audits that now more than 52% of building companies rely on to assess budget, timeline and client feedback. Two-thirds of builders we polled operate with fixed price contracts — we also recommend this to our clients as fixed price contracts deliver higher gross margins no matter the material price increase.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

That question would be answered succinctly when the Dodd Frank Act retooled the entire consumer regulatory structure, redrafting lending and closing documents, stiffening enforcement of laws long on the books and creating new ones, and sending participants in the real estate process into a panic trying to figure out to make it all work.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

Knowing where the housing market is headed broadly allows us to stay ahead of the curve and make the right kind of decisions around legacy tools we’ve been using. We started using AI tools as early as 2017, we were early AI players and one of the first platforms to use it. But we’ve been adopting AI for almost seven years.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Technology applications within the residential real estate space are still burdened with unnecessary friction, preventing the average real estate agent from fully embracing these tools. The technologies that truly succeed are the ones that prioritize saving agents time and driving their business forward and so far there haven’t been many.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When mortgage lenders are talking about compliance in loan origination or mortgage servicing, the worst case can be pretty bad, so we often see companies investing heavily in the best tools. He knew it would be really tough to maintain the relationships with his partners and clients from a hospital bed. How marketing saved my business.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

By integrating a leasing automation tool with their current CRM , operators are experiencing conversion rates of 30% or more. We’ve had some clients even report internally that they’ve seen reduction in utilities just during the vacancy period by 9-10%.” Smart home automation can also lead to reduced energy costs, he added.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Don’t miss a recent episode with author and motivational speaker Mel Robbins as she discusses her mantra and new book, The 5 Second Rule , and how agents can apply the lesson in their real estate career. When it comes to podcasts, they’re often a quick and easy tool you can grab hold of and absorb while you’re on the go.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Gone are the days of weekly listing books and print advertisements with grainy black-and-white photos. The agents who spoke with RealTrends all viewed any time spent developing leads and cultivating relationships that will help them grow their client base as productive. The Compass tools are just incredible,” Warren said.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 387

Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

They will try to woo you with promises of free marketing materials, high commission splits, and fancy tech tools. Marketing and Technology: The marketing strategies and technology tools provided for agents. Additionally, they have budgeted nearly $1B in the next 10 years to continue improving tools and support for their agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Some lenders have made big investments in business intelligence tools and business analysts to provide reports, KPIs and dashboards. These executives also confide that they are not receiving valuable, interesting and actionable insights from the investment in tools and staff. And many executives may say, “So what?”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Retail people don’t get laid off as much because they own their book of business. Seasoned loan officers advise “sharpening your tools and getting good at your craft,” Woodward said. To stay afloat in a purchase-heavy market, he advised getting referrals from clients and making inroads with referral partners.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Plus, they offer a ton of learning tools online such as a progress tracker and goal setting for your studies. Feature for feature, you’re getting more tools, guides, e-books, and resources included in the lowest packaged price than any other school. What The CE Shop offers in value, it doesn’t take away in quality, either.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

When new clients come, they want to ensure that they chose the right mortgage broker or brokerage, as their success depends on you. You need to calm down your clients who are stressed and overwhelmed by the process. Collect written endorsements from your clients and previous customers to put them on your website.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Polly’s engine actually interoperates with a servicing book in a way that is completely unique to us. But the true rocket fuel is making sure LOs have access to immediate automation improvements and granular depth within their solution and tools that catapult them into an entirely new vector of opportunity. It was built this way!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2023

1] 180 Classroom hours are required before you become licensed in Texas Texas real estate license: Requirements checklist According to the Texas Real Estate Commision (TREC), a sales agent is a person who is licensed by the Real Estate Commission to act as an agent on behalf of a real estate broker and their clients. 14] Did you know?

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

Whatever their clients are asking for, they must try and accommodate them as quickly as possible. We have online tools that make it easier to submit applications and expedite response times. We’ve been through the evolution and growth of non-QM since the beginning and have a book of business that is in the billions.

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GoForrmz

JANUARY 25, 2024

New tech tools may be the service your maintenance team is missing The last 30 years have seen their fair share of technological advancements, and while it initially felt that these changes were limited to the communications and technology fields, it became rapidly apparent that no industry could escape the impacts.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I started three years ago when I started in real estate and my goal was to build a brand to help connect with new clients and to make sure past clients remember me. Over half of Realtors said that social media was their top lead-generating technology tool, according to an October survey report from the National Association of Realtors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some LOs are making inroads with potential clients through use of social media, leaning on their multilingual skills and doing old fashioned cold calling. However, some newcomers to the industry haven’t been lucky in growing their book of business. Meanwhile, others worry that they will soon wash out of the industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

But I am really great with crowds and with the pandemic I was looking for a way to stay in touch with my clients, so I decided to start filming some shows and posting them on social media and YouTube. We want real estate agents to look good for their clients, so we make sure they don’t have a cookie cutter closing experience.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

In addition to the aforementioned situations, at times we may have a client that appears to be more interested in our hitting a number, getting a report back quickly, or cheaper than they are in the support behind our opinion of the value of a property. We could be accused of being biased. That’s a hot topic right now in our profession.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

can be intimidating, the right study tools can make all the difference on exam day. Culture, cutting-edge technology, marketing assistance, and training are key to succeeding as an Ohio real estate agent, so look for a brokerage that provides the agent services and resources you need to maximize reach for your clients.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

I spent two days in Dallas at Southwest Airlines Headquarters, just off Dallas Love Airport, for research on one of my books. There’s a lot more to Southwest’s business model, and check out my book, “Strategically Transforming the Mortgage Banking Business” for a deep dive. I’ll give an example outside of our industry.

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