Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

While mortgage rates will likely fall this year, conversations about how to increase accessibility to homeownership are still top of mind — and should be top of mind — across the real estate industry. nationally since 2004 , according to industry financial statements.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2021

Rocket Homes Real Estate , a real estate affiliate of Rocket Companies , is being investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for possibly violating the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) when it charged fees for referring Quicken’s mortgage clients to real estate agents, according to officials.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

After a deal to be acquired by CoStar Group fell through due to antitrust objections from the federal government, real estate brokerage and listings portal Redfin has scooped up the Atlanta-based rental platform. It’s only the second acquisition Redfin has made since its founding in 2004. Louis real estate.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

Under the FHA Modernization Act of 2008 , sellers, lenders and others with a financial interest in a real estate transaction are prohibited from providing DPA to FHA borrowers. Bush administration in 2004. “If If this change were made, the FHA program would join the other government-insured programs offered by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The holding company will invest in finance, insurance, and real estate businesses. The team co-founded several businesses, such as the fintech Enova, real estate investment trusts (REIT) Pangea Properties and New Lake , and the online lending company Avant.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Innovation should be encouraged across the real estate industry. The cost of title insurance has decreased 7% since 2004 thanks to industry investments in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). In contrast, title insurance alternatives do not provide coverage for these “hidden” or “unknown” risks.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

For most real estate industry professionals, title insurance needs no introduction. A trusted product , title insurance has been used to protect real estate transactions and property rights for over a century. nationally since 2004 and roughly 5% the past two years, based on the most recent industry data from 2021.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Goldstein founded StoicLane in September alongside Matt Foran and Jake Nice to invest in finance, insurance, and real estate businesses. The team co-founded several companies and, since 2004, they claim to have created $4 billion in equity value to investors.

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BiggerPockets

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Back in 2004, Jude Bernard was sitting at a blackjack table in Vegas. This wasn’t his first game of the day, nor his second, or even his third. Jude had […].

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2022

From 2004 to 2006, during the housing boom years, even though homes were moving at a rapid pace, buyers typically looked at nine homes. NAR Research has tracked the number of homes viewed since 1987 and eight is the lowest number on record.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New York-based Unlock Technologies , a fintech operating in the shared-equity market, and real estate investment firm Saluda Grade , have closed a $180 million private-label securitization (PLS) backed entirely by Unlock-originated residential home-equity agreements (HEAs).

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

Incredibly low mortgage rates (led) to an unprecedented increase in real estate transactions and substantially higher home values,” Diane Tomb, the CEO of ALTA said in a statement. In 2019, independent title underwriters such as Westcor, WFG and others, had a combined market share just shy of 15%.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

It’s only the second acquisition Redfin has made since its founding in 2004. Redfin then swooped in, agreeing to pay $608 million in cash to acquire the company despite RentPath’s $650 million bankruptcy restructuring.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This is affecting real people. Comps in 2004 vs 2022: In terms of real estate, when it comes to comp selection, we might have pulled comps differently in 2004 compared with 2022 because the market is different now. What I mean is the boundary line in North Oak Park is a bigger deal for value in today’s market.

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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. This classification is essential to the real estate industry, homeowners across the country, and to boosting the economy,” NAR declared. It was as boring as it sounds like.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2021

Created in 2004 by Barr Haney and Whitney Potter, OWN Marin generated $381 million in 2020 sales volume, the agent team reported, on 153 deal sides, meaning that the median home in which they represented seller or buyer was priced at $2.8 million.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

Once it debuts on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange , Angel Oak Mortgage would be classified as a real estate investment trust (REIT). “During the 14 years prior to the ‘bubble years’ of 2004 to 2007, private capital volume typically accounted for approximately 10% of annual mortgage production. trillion.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

While the overall expense to purchase a home has increased significantly the past few years, the cost of title insurance coverage has decreased 7% since 2004. “The surge in interest rates will impact housing affordability as prospective monthly payments on a typical new mortgage will climb dramatically,” Tomb said.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 10, 2023

Whether you’re an experienced real estate investor or a first-time homebuyer , it’s extremely important to have a full understanding of the problems surrounding defective drywall, and what to do if it’s found in the house you’re purchasing. What Exactly is Defective Drywall?

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 31, 2023

Lamacchia Realty is thrilled to announce that well-known legacy real estate brokerage Right Choice Real Estate is now a part of Lamacchia Realty. Right Choice Real Estate was founded over 25 years ago by two very well-respected broker owners, Ron and Dawn Rusin. In 1991, Ron started Ron Rusin Real Estate.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One area in the mortgage and real estate industry that has been evolving for nearly two decades is digital closings. In real estate transactions, notarizations must provide certainty for property transfer. In Japan, the word for “improvement” is kaizen. Easiest not always best.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 21, 2021

This defective drywall was imported mostly between 2004-2008. So, if you’re purchasing a home that was built after August of 2004, it’s best to check with the seller and their agent about the drywall. Our team of expert real estate agents will get you the home of your dreams at the right price!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Unison, launched in 2004, joins another California-based fintech competitor, Point , in pursuing efforts to tap the secondary market to create more liquidity for the financing of shared home-equity contracts.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 30, 2023

The real estate market in Coral Gables is highly competitive, with the median home sale price estimated at $1,394,444, up 87% from February 2022. The Huskies have walked away with the victory in 1999, 2004, 2011, and most recently in 2014. The real estate market is steadily growing, with an average home sale price of $858,759.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2022

Then, that led to REMICs — real estate mortgage investment conduits — and the market really took off from there. HW: From 2004-2008 — at the height of the financial crisis — you served as EVP and chief business officer at Freddie Mac. CMOs or collateralized mortgage obligations were developed.

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Appraisal Partners Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In 2004, the Fairfax House was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. A real estate agent or an appraiser without the market knowledge may cost you thousands of dollars throughout your real estate transaction. The home currently resides at 9401 Manchester Rd.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

He has been with Carrington for nearly 20 years after joining as associate director and head of analytics in 2004. Taffet, meanwhile, will be in charge of day-to-day operations and oversight of the company, a task he’s been handling for some time now.

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McKissock

JULY 29, 2020

He has been a practicing real property appraiser since 1987, and has been instructing and authoring appraisal courses since 1992. From 2004 to 2013, Dan was a member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, serving for five years as vice-chairman and three years as chairman.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Census Bureau shows how the business landscapes changed for homebuilders , lessors, agents , brokerages and other real estate professionals in the first full year after the pandemic began. Lessors The picture was far less rosy for real estate lessors (typically landlords and real estate investment trusts ) in 2021.

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Empire Appraisal Group

MAY 13, 2021

Product risk—such as from mortgages with introductory periods, teaser rates, or balloon payments—comprised about 40% of the mortgage market between 2004 to 2006. Housing inventories are low, credit remains tight, and lenders aren’t issuing risky loans at rates like they did back then.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Real estate executives disagree on many things, but nearly everyone agrees that the terms of the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement agreement , if approved by the court (a big if), would generate significant change within the industry. In terms of transparency, I don’t think we have anything to fear here.

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McKissock

MARCH 15, 2022

While there is some unpredictability before spikes or plunges, there are many signs that can point to a growing real estate bubble or a burst. Below we describe a variety of market events that may indicate that the real estate market is on the verge of a housing boom or housing bust. Signs of a possible real estate burst.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on all cash sales, bad bank, FHFA/Fannie, speaking at real estate agent meetings, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. Custom-built in 2004, the 50,275-square-foot mountain spread sits on 75 acres just west of Denver. That’s a net 20% gain.

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McKissock

AUGUST 11, 2020

Here are several do’s and don’ts to help you avoid situations that may get you into trouble as a real estate appraiser. Such an act might appear to make everybody happy, e.g., the lender/client gets to make a loan, the real estate agent gets a commission, the buyers get the house, etc.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Even as California lost nearly 215,000 residents to net migration in 2022, census data also shows that the Golden State saw a net increase of almost 44,000 Gen Z adults (people born between 1996 and 2004, excluding students) who moved there from other states.

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McKissock

DECEMBER 15, 2020

He has been a practicing real property appraiser since 1987, and has been instructing and authoring appraisal courses since 1992. From 2004 to 2013, Dan was a member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, serving for five years as vice-chairman and three years as chairman.

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McKissock

JULY 24, 2020

Each state has its own set of administrative procedures used to handle disciplinary complaints against licensees of various professions, such as appraisers, real estate agents and broker s, doctors, nurses, accountants, etc. Administrative procedures.

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