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Mark Willis steps back into CEO role at Keller Williams

Housing Wire

Mark Willis, who served as CEO of Keller Williams from 2005 to 2014, has stepped back into the role effective immediately. In 2002, he joined the firm’s executive team, serving as president, before a nine-year stint as CEO from 2005 to 2014. Marc King will continue to serve as President of Keller Williams. He left the company in 2016.

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Why purchase application data is below 2008 levels

Housing Wire

But I need to explain why this level has more in common with 2014 housing data than the credit stress markets of 2005-2008, and why you should care. With the massive housing inflation since 2020 and higher mortgage rates, we are back to familiar territory with existing home sales and purchase application data: we are back to 2014 levels.

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Tracy Kasper officially installed as NAR’s new president

Housing Wire

He is the broker/owner of Better Homes Realty and Brown Commercial Investment Real Estate Services in Oakland, California , and was president of the California Association of Realtors in 2014. He has been on NAR’s board of directors since 2011.

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San Francisco-based OWN Real Estate makes the leap to Keller Williams

Housing Wire

He also cited Keller Williams’ referral network as one of the reasons that drew him back to the brokerage, where he worked from 2014 to 2019 in various roles. Debbie Bradley, regional operations manager of Northern California and Hawaii for Keller Williams, warmly welcomed Leung to the brokerage.

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Bloomberg's Masters in Business: Jonathan Miller on High Mortgage Rates

Miller Samuel

I joined my friend Barry Ritholtz of RWM and of The Big Picture on his Bloomberg Radio MIB podcast for the sixth time since 2014. Here are the previous interviews from 2014 , 2016 , 2020 , 2021 and 2022. Here's the transcript , book recommendations , and the podcast version!

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Existing Home Sales End 2022 with Weakest Year Since 2014

Eyes on Housing

As elevated mortgage rates and tight inventory continue to weaken housing demand, the volume of existing home sales declined for an eleventh consecutive month as of December, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This is the longest run of declines since 1999.

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Bank of America defeats Cook County, Illinois appeal over predatory lending claims

Housing Wire

Cook County initially sued BofA and other banks in 2014, alleging that the company had violated the Fair Housing Act in making credit too easily available to borrowers in the Chicagoland area with mortgages the county described as “unchecked or improper.” The news was first reported by Bloomberg Law.

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