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Christian Wallace joins Real as the chief of integrated home services

Housing Wire

At Real, the company has made a huge investment by acquiring mortgage and title businesses and everybody is moving in the same direction to help both our agents and their clients be successful,” Wallace said in a statement. “As At Rocket Homes where Wallace worked from Feb. 2022 to Oct.

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Corcoran launches first franchise in Oregon

Housing Wire

Realtors , was founded in 2014 by Jackson and Matt Lesher. The brokerage boasts a team of roughly two dozen licensed agents , as well as support staff members in marketing, management and transaction coordination roles. ” Corcoran Prime, previously known as The Agency Inc.

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The Real Brokerage snags top Phoenix team

Housing Wire

Arizona-based David Newman and his 12-member team, David Newman Partners, are moving to The Real Brokerage, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Newman and his team serve clients in Phoenix, Scottsdale , Paradise Valley and Southeast Valley. Newman has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry.

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Risk of mortgage fraud is on the rise in the current market

Housing Wire

Eric Hill, an Atlanta real estate agent representing a nationwide homebuilder, had a plan to help more than 100 homebuyers get mortgages. In the specific area of mortgage fraud, however, SARs filings have trended downward at depository institutions, from a high of 35,258 filings in 2014 to 8,805 filings in 2021.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. These employee agents are exceedingly more productive than the average independent contractor agent. million real estate agents. A profitable division.

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Understanding the Role of the Real Estate Agent

Zillow

While real estate websites and mobile apps can help you identify houses you may be interested in, an experienced agent does much more, including: 1. Before you tour your first home, your agent will take time to learn more about your wants, needs, preferences, budget and motivation.

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The ‘double-edged sword’ of dual licensing

Housing Wire

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%. according to the company.