Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

So he did what a lot of retail loan officers in the industry were doing — Mike would reclassify a self-generated lead as a corporate-generated lead, thus slashing his compensation from 125 basis points down to as low as 50 bps, giving him a low enough rate to win the client and eventually close the deal. The lower comp rate stung.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

1, 2024 , Washington state’s agency law requires agents to have a written agreement with buyers (as well as sellers) to spell out the exact scope of the services provided by the agent, as well as the compensation the client has agreed to pay them in return. As of Jan. It is kind of like dating,” Sax said. “So,

Buyers 457

Buyers Contracts Real Estate Agents 457

Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. of builders showed profitability with $1 million plus contracts on average. Homebuilding Contract Values.

Marketing 432

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

While the real estate industry is forever in flux, one constant is that it’s a relationship business. One of the biggest challenges for agents is finding new clients and staying top-of-mind until they are ready to buy or sell. Automated lead nurturing helps you consistently follow up with every client. Wondering how?

Real Estate 330

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GoForrmz

APRIL 12, 2021

Augment your manufacturing contracts with these powerful fields and features Digital form fields and features can significantly improve the completeness and professionalism of your manufacturing contracts and service agreements. Ready to digitize your digital manufacturing contracts and service agreements?

Contracts 158

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GoForrmz

JANUARY 19, 2023

In an all-digital world, meeting the data security and compliance requirements with your workplace documents is a minimum expectation of your clients. With GoFormz + eSign, you can now seamlessly digitize your paper documents while capturing legally binding electronic signatures - all within seconds.

Business 148

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

As the July deadline for the implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement approaches, the trade organization is looking to iron out some details about buyer broker agreements.

Buyers 447

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you’re known in your market as the expert who successfully sells properties between $1 to $3 million, how do you start getting clients looking for homes valued at $10 million+? Visit Coffee & Contracts 2. Go above and beyond to cater to the unique needs and desires of high-net-worth clients. Visit Agent Image 3.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you’re struggling to market your business on social media, or worse, haven’t even started yet, you might be in for a rude awakening in 2024. This is why creating an avatar of your ideal client and creating content for them (and only them) should be your primary goal on social media. Visit Coffee & Contracts 3.

Real Estate 392

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McKissock

JULY 6, 2022

The reality, however, is many agents struggle to properly set and manage the client’s expectations of how the chaos is going to work and how the process is going to play out. Managing client expectations is critical, and sadly, often overlooked as part of the agent/client relationship. As agents, we know better.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Some agents also reported that they show their seller clients what other sellers in the area were offering in terms of buy-side commissions. “I As of now, in my marketplace, it is business as usual until the Department of Justice takes a stand ,” the respondent continued.

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Inventory Agents Real Estate Sellers 359

Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

Tristan Watson has been promoted to the role of director of subservicing pricing and will oversee all revenue pricing generated by the subservicing business. Headquartered in Ewing, NJ, Cenlar FSB is a subservicer that caters to clients in all 50 states and U.S. Its client base includes banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Our comprehensive guide to the best real estate marketing tools provides you with a helpful assortment of easy-to-use, effective marketing products to turn your business into a revenue engine in 2024. It gives you a “first mover advantage”, providing robust follow-up tools that help you nurture potential seller clients with ease.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

“While we do not comment on pending litigation, Guild’s long-standing reputation for doing what’s right is built from our core values of integrity and respect, and we are committed to those values with every employee, client, and partner,” Guild said in a statement. Seely’s attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comments.

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Retail Contracts Loan Officers Mortgage 354

Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether you’re presenting to a good friend, a referral client or a colder lead, there are some universal mistakes you must avoid if you want to take the listing. Don’t make the appointment all about you Always make it all about the client: their needs, motivation, time frame and priorities. Don’t invite conflict!

Real Estate 334

Real Estate Inspection Clients Contracts 334

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. Still, reverse mortgage professionals are always keeping their eyes peeled, and a group of them shared what they’re looking out for in 2024 for their businesses.

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Mortgage Clients Business Law 331

Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates. Djon Luxury Real Estate is expanding its sell-side business, training buyer-side real estate agents on the necessary contracts and selling their value to the consumer.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Real estate agents are facing a contracting issue that could seriously upend the traditional housing landscape. In order to survive, buyer agents will need to show this value to buyers and be willing to have clients pay a set fee or a pre-negotiated percentage of the sale price to secure the business.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

“Maintaining MLS access is important if you want to still serve your clients,” Stella said. “I Despite asking their agents to cancel their NAR memberships, Redfin also acknowledged that agents in some areas may need to maintain their membership to continue conducting their business. “In It is a sales business,” Stella said. “If

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Streamline your business with unique digital form features It’s never been more important to have an efficient and streamlined process for gathering information and conducting your business. Digital forms offer a unique ability to customize how data is both presented and captured for your clients.

Business 78

Business Clients Legal Contracts 78

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ultimately, every homebuyer prospect, every contract and every negotiation is different, but your value should be consistent for all situations and clients. In fact, you will become known as a true professional and receive repeat and referral business as a result of doing the best job possible for your clients.

Clients 378

Clients Real Estate Inspection Buyers 378

Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

While ChatGPT has become a go-to tool for many of us, predictive analytics tools offer a more efficient, data-driven approach to generating new client leads. Visit Coffee & Contracts AI Enhanced CRMs AI significantly revolutionizes customer relationship management (CRM), offering a blend of efficiency and personalization.

Real Estate Agent 347

Real Estate Agent Tools Real Estate Agents 347

Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

loanDepot is accusing its competitor Movement Mortgage of damaging its business by hiring over 25 employees in three months and “effectively crippling” “now-depleted” branches. It also accuses Movement of inducing these employees to breach contracts by soliciting others to leave loanDepot.

Retail 345

Retail Contracts Legal Business 345

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

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. Create interactive polls on platforms like Instagram stories and posts to boost engagement and better understand your client’s preferences.

Real Estate 358

Real Estate Marketing Real Estate Agent Tools 358

McKissock

JUNE 21, 2021

Contracts fall through. When those things happen, it will be up to you to deliver the bad news honestly and openly, without destroying your clients’ confidence in you or the whole process. Follow these tips to break bad news to real clients. Even if you are busy and stressed to the max. Bad things happen.

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Clients Real Estate Contracts Business 98

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales. Market Leader’s unique approach focuses on nurturing leads for long-term client relationships, so it’s great for a solo agent who’s just starting to build their email list.

Real Estate 340

Real Estate Real Estate Agent Tools Agents 340

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

California-based retail lender JVM Lending plans to drum up business this year — but by doing the exact opposite. The lender runs its business based on a “no-loan-officer” model in which all of its 45 employees are licensed and delegated to a specific role in closing a loan. A lender with $624.6

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Lending Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Retail 355

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

In business, we use proper language and leave the LOLs for after-hours. Use real words to do real business. 1 for texting in business : “OMG, I was ROFL when my BFF told me, TBH, about her date last night. Respect the clock and save business conversations for business hours. This also applies to time zones.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Business 339

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Prospective Arizona real estate agents must fulfill a 90-hour prelicensing program from an Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE)-approved school and pass a six-hour contract writing course , for a total of 96 class hours. Course includes contracts used in real estate transactions with samples and practical contract completion exercises.

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Real Estate Contracts Law Real Estate Agent 315

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

As an added benefit, social media provides a space for client testimonials and reviews, which are invaluable for building an agent’s reputation and encouraging referrals. Once you create your content, you can use Meta Business Suite to boost posts on Instagram or Facebook, or create customized and targeted ads to reach your desired audience.

Real Estate 358

Real Estate Sellers Real Estate Agent Tools 358

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As a SmartZip user, you’ll get immediate access to its customer relationship management (CRM) tool, pre-populated with client data from your target market so you can begin marketing to those potential sellers. Reach 150 captures your clients’ positive reviews and showcases them to your contacts across the web.

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Advertising Real Estate Tools Sellers 348

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

After 25 days on the market, there were no takers for the 1,400-square-foot home and Pellegrini counseled his client about potentially lowering the listing price. Pellegrini told his client to take the offer right away. Then Zillow came along. Zillow has declined to comment on its decision beyond an Oct. More will be known Nov.

Supply Chain 526

Supply Chain Real Estate Real Estate Agent Clients 526

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Maxwell acquired LenderSelect Mortgage Group from Blue Ridge Bank in May to expand its secondary market trading platform, bringing hundreds of new clients to the company’s other solutions. That is Maxwell’s second acquisition since its inception in 2015.

Lending 360

Lending Technology Loan Officers Clients 360

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Pontiac-based wholesale lender filed two lawsuits on Wednesday in Michigan federal court accusing broker partners of breach of contract for originating mortgages to its competitors. A warranty in the addendum said that if brokers submitted loans to Rocket or Fairway, it would constitute a breach of contract.

Contracts 366

Contracts Brokerage Investing Mortgage 366

Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

But despite the uncertainty and the soon-to-beimplemented business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement , RE/MAX leaders are confident in the brokerage’s ability to succeed in this changing environment. annualized decline in U.S. and Canada to 64,322 agents.

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Agents Real Estate Training Buyers 319

Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

In fact, if you were to describe the home-buying experience solely upon the things we see in advertisements, the home-buying process would end with the sales contract, and all parties would merrily proceed directly to the handing over of the keys. However, the settlement process varies from client to client, location to location.

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HOA Property Management Real Estate Agent Technology 403

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Due to how HomeServices and its affiliates handle their client contracts, if a dispute arises, each client is entitled to individual arbitration of their claims. 27, 2019, and the present — 118 different client agreements that are subject to arbitration fall under the laws of 35 different states.

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Realty Real Estate Law Brokerage 348