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How to write a lead-winning, memorable real estate agent bio (+ examples)

Housing Wire

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Compass CEO Reffkin believes agents will still be valued in a post-settlement world

Housing Wire

Robert Reffkin is confident that Compass and its agents have what it takes to continue growing and succeeding in the changing real estate environment. “In First, more buyers are using agents in 2023 than in 2003. Second, buyer agreements are not new. Reffkin’s confidence came from what he called “five facts.”

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Nations Lending, Carpenter Realtors launch Commitment Mortgage

Housing Wire

Full-service mortgage lender Nations Lending and local Indiana real estate firm Carpenter Realtors launched a joint venture, Commitment Mortgage , in order to offer an end-to-end experience — from finding a home to closing a loan in a cooled-down housing market. “We According to the NMLS , Commitment Mortgage has four sponsored MLOs.

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“Collusion,” agent training are the focus on day three of the Sitzer/Burnett trial

Housing Wire

The third day of the highly consequential Sitzer/Burnett class action buyer broker commission lawsuit included a deep dive into the training materials used by various brokerages and the testimony of three of the named plaintiffs. Ellis is a Missouri homeowner and the daughter of a 30-year real estate industry veteran.

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Lenders target growing Hispanic homeownership market

Housing Wire

The new program and tool launches come as potential Hispanic home buyers face a tight housing market with historic low level of supply for affordable homes. CrossCountry, founded in 2003 by Ronald Leonhardt, has more than 8,000 employees with nearly 600 branches across 50 states. billion in loans.

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Cardinals of a different feather: Inside Samson Properties’ unique model

Housing Wire

Donny Samson is quite aware of this particular moment in residential real estate history. “I real estate agent is in peril. The Department of Justice Antitrust Division is in its ninth month of a broad inquiry into what consumers pay on real estate commissions, which DOJ officials appear to think is too much.

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The last time houses were this unaffordable was 2006

Housing Wire

Potential borrowers who’ve been priced out of the housing market need to be able to compete with an increasingly growing share of cash buyers and investors who are beating them in bidding wars. How lenders can continue to serve borrowers despite housing affordability challenges. Presented by: Finance of America.