Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Despite this drop, investment returns for home sellers is still up from 48.8% Metro results for home sellers. These high levels of all-cash offers also coincides with a rise in institutional investment purchases, accounting for 6.7% The post Where home seller profit margins are shrinking appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation announced on Tuesday a series of reverse mortgage maneuvers designed to increase the company’s investment in the space. To ‘lead by example’ “These strategic investments reflect our deep commitment to the future of our reverse mortgage business,” said Steve Jacobsen, CEO of Fairway.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

California-based home equity investment firm Splitero launched its own real estate brokerage , Splitero Homes, this week. Launched in 2021, Splitero’s main focus is on home equity investments (HEI), which differs from home equity lines of credit (HELOC). Clients must retain a stake of at least 20% in their homes.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2021

Fannie Mae is tightening the underwriting criteria for second homes and investment properties, the government sponsored entity said in a letter to sellers on Wednesday. “One of those restrictions is a 7% limit on our acquisition of single-family mortgage loans secured by second home and investment properties.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Nonbank mortgage lender and servicer Mr. Cooper has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the investment management firm Roosevelt Management Company, LLC., Financial terms were not disclosed due to a non-disclosure agreement with the seller. the company confirmed on Friday. residential markets over the last decade.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Through a home equity investment, homeowners can receive cash upfront in exchange for a share of the home’s future value. Hometap is among a handful of companies — including Unison , Unlock , Point and Aspire — that offer home equity investments. The annual investment volume in the U.S.

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Inman

MAY 21, 2024

Managing broker and new Inman contributor Cassie Walker Johnson writes that in the evolving real estate market, investing in buyer agent compensation is a wise decision that benefits everyone involved.

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Inman

JULY 14, 2023

Sellers are always seeking ways to maximize their return on investment when selling a home. Mauricio Umansky shares the key updates to focus on so they can get the most out of the transaction.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

How can you capitalize on your first investment property? Whether your first investment property will be a rental or a flip, your goal is to walk away with more money than you put into it. Keep in mind that investment homebuyers will be required to put down a minimum of 15% to secure financing, according to Lending Tree.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

The federal government is well aware that mortgage lenders and industry stakeholders are frustrated by the 7% cap on second homes and investment properties that was implemented as part of a broader series of amendments to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ‘s Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements. The revised PSPAs require that beginning Jan.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

False: The NAR settlement will, for the first time, allow sellers to no longer pay compensation for an agent bringing the buyer. There has never been an obligation for a seller to pay buyer agent compensation , yet it is a practice that’s worked well.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

The Mortgage Bankers Association on Tuesday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria expressing concern over several amendments to the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements announced in January , including changes to investment properties.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“This collaboration reflects our dedication to equipping NAR members with innovative solutions that cater to the evolving needs of their clients, ensuring a smooth experience for sellers and buyers alike,” said Rhonny Barragan, NAR vice president of strategic alliances in an announcement of the deal.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

When it comes to home staging, there are two homeowner camps: those who think it’s a waste of money and don’t want to pay more to make their home more attractive to buyers and those who realize the worth and are willing to make the investment needed. Overall, in 2024, cutting corners on staging is a risk that sellers cannot afford to take.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The combined share of millennials, both younger (ages 25 to 33) and older (ages 34 to 43), made up a combined 38% of the home purchase market last year, up from 28% in 2022, according to the 2024 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

With more than 16 years of real estate experience, Wood brings extensive expertise in sales, rentals and real estate investing. I am passionate about providing white-glove service to my buyers and sellers, and Coldwell Banker Realty will enable me to enhance that important aspect of my business,” Wood said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When creating retirement plans, people often consider their investments and other financial assets when determining the future course to take, but they rarely consider what is often their most valuable asset: their home. The standard protocol for accessing equity has been to sell the property,” Resch said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

The basis of the idea goes something like this: in today’s high-tech digital world, there exists abundant online resources whereby any buyer can review any property, compare any property value, draw an accurate opinion of any property value, and even reach out directly to sellers to negotiate a transaction. That’s a pretty big task.

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Homeowners, Don’t Make These Appraisal Mistakes When Selling Your Home As a real estate appraiser, I have seen many mistakes that sellers make during the appraisal process. In this blog post, I will discuss some of the most common mistakes sellers should avoid during a real estate appraisal.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez is partnering with Newzip , a tech-enabled real estate platform, to roll out a program aimed to save buyers and sellers on credit costs. Sellers can receive a 1% real estate agent commission reduction when selling with a Newzip-affiliated agent.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 2, 2024

Concurrently, investment returns for sellers have decreased for the second consecutive quarter following several rises last year, reaching their lowest point since mid-2021. Despite the decline in seller returns, they continued to outperform most of the housing market boom observed over the past decade.

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BiggerPockets

AUGUST 17, 2021

Learning about seller financing is a major revelation for many investors, perhaps even as exciting and intoxicating as the feeling they experienced when they first learned about real estate investing. Is it as good as it sounds?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Zillow Group continues to invest in tech solutions to help agents deliver an increasingly seamless experience for our shared customers,” Susan Daimler, the president of Zillow, said in a statement. The acquisition purchase price includes $400 million of initial cash consideration and up to $100 million in potential cash earnout.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

FHA will move forward with its proposal that permits contributions by the property seller, real estate agent, builder, or developer to HECM for Purchase borrowers’ closing costs,” the update said. Any kind of extra help that our borrowers could obtain to lower their investment would be a welcome change.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

Filed in late 2023 in Missouri by Daniel Umpa, a Maryland home seller, the Umpa suit , like the other commission lawsuits, accuses real estate industry players, including Real, of conspiring to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.

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Mashvisor

AUGUST 24, 2023

A Agreement of Sale: It is a document that is sent by the buyer to a seller of an investment property detailing the price and conditions of the sale of…

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

Within three hours at DealMakers, I already learned enough information to more than justify the time and money invested. Buyers and sellers alike must learn to navigate these uncharted waters. Less cash up front Every seller would love a duffle bag of cash dropped on their desk. For some, it’s like a child.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

So, it’s not surprising to see the administration and members of Congress announcing big-ticket legislative initiatives to boost homeownership — like a first-time homebuyer tax credit and the Neighborhood Investment Act to fix up older homes. The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) applauds these initiatives.

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McKissock

JULY 10, 2022

How do you determine the investment value of a property? When estimating a property’s investment value, there are a variety of real estate valuation methods you can use. A real estate investment property is like a money machine. per square foot be a good investment? Well, it’s an art. Valuation methods.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

It also bans NAR from setting rules that would allow a seller’s agent to set compensation for a buyer’s agent, removes commission information from MLS fields, and strikes any requirements that agents subscribe to multiple-listing services. Zillow declined to comment on recent stock price movements.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

While the past two years have been challenging to say the least for prospective homebuyers , homeowners have been reaping the fruits of their investments, as home prices steadily appreciated for the past three years. According to the 2023 NAR Profile of home buyers and sellers, the typical downpayment for first-time buyers was 8%.

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Kairos Appraisal Services

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Seller concessions are costs the seller agrees to cover for the buyer’s closing fees on a home purchase.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Before the new law was enforced, many condo associations were investing their reserves in government-insured instruments, sacrificing their liquidity to generate a return. As a result, new condo listings are flooding the market in Florida as sellers try to unload their properties at a discount.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

No other competitor comes close to our investment to drive leads to all agents,” the video states. Part of this investment, Florance said, was to build content on roughly 21,000 neighborhoods across the U.S., We invested a lot in that and we are investing three or four times as much in this campaign,” Florance said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

So, it’s not surprising to see the administration and members of Congress announcing big ticket legislative initiatives to boost homeownership – like a 1 st time homebuyer tax credit and the Neighborhood Investment Act to fix up older homes. The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) applauds these initiatives.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It offers a multichannel online advertising service that finds and attracts potential leads, leveraging search intent targeting and social information to engage with potential buyers and sellers. If you’re into real estate marketing, it’s a go-to for everything from business cards to eye-catching online ads.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

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.

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