Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

1 city in population growth for the last eight years and it was the hottest job market in 2019 and 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. Rapidly accelerating home prices come with a variety of challenges for lenders and real estate agents, including one of the biggest pain points right now — the appraisal gap.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

” How real estate agents can alleviate consumer pain points in a tight market. The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. But that’s not slowing down buyers. Presented by: Move Sales.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

District Court in Utah, accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. 9, 2020, and the present, and paid a buyer broker commission. Buyer brokers would thus have to compete with one another by offering a lower commission rate.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. “I had one client in St. “I had one client in St. As work-from-home became the norm throughout the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Summary The Millionaire Real Estate Agent Drive with NAR Real Estate Rockstars Podcast The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience Real Trending by HousingWire Elite Agent Secrets The Listings Lab Podcast with Jess Lenouvel Real Estate Training and Coaching School 5AM Call Keeping it Real The full picture 1.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

According to Martell , the mortgage market’s origination volume totaled $4 trillion in both 2020 and 2021, and “unfortunately” the decline in loan production “is not going to be cured by a 50-basis-point reduction” in mortgage rates. The company now has a digital HELOC offering. Judge Stephen R.

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McKissock

APRIL 28, 2021

It makes sense, but it can make the real estate process even tougher for buyers. That means it’s often the real estate agent’s job to ease their minds and lighten the situation. Here’s how to handle emotional buyers like the pro that you are. Know Their Problems — and Solve Them.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

District Court for Northern California, accusing the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Sellers can sell their home for more and have their home seen by more buyers while buyers have more choices of homes and can afford representation.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Real estate agent safety has been a concern for years, as the job requires showing empty homes or homes occupied by others, and meeting new people, often alone. As September is Realtor Safety Month, the National Association of Realtors has released its 2020 Member Safety Report. Those fears are not unfounded.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Currently, in order to list a property, the listing broker must make an offer of at least one cent, but under the settlement, MLS PIN would drop that to zero dollars. “The modified rule still gives sellers and their listing brokers a role in setting compensation for buyers’ brokers,” the filing states.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

An assumable mortgage enables a qualified buyer to take over a seller’s mortgage terms, including the existing balance and interest rate. trillion in mortgages were originated in 2020 and 2021, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported. How do you help real estate agents? Raunaq Singh About $8.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed last week the changes it would like to see in how real estate agents and brokers are compensated through its statement of interest filed in the MLS Property Information Network commission lawsuit , few in the real estate industry were surprised by the agency’s desire to decouple commissions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

.” Houses were selling at a fever pitch in a matter of days, with multiple offers, waived contingencies and buyers paying $100,000(!) The Big Chill” or “Frozen,” says Green, principal at real estate law firm Polunsky Beitel Green. over asking price. High octane stuff. But the housing market in the second half of 2022?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Becca Summers does not typically include Wells Fargo on the lender recommendation list she gives to clients. However, when mortgage rates started rising in the spring, Summers encouraged her clients to take advantage of the bank’s mortgage rate lock product. Looking back, Summers is glad she encouraged her buyers to swap lenders.

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McKissock

APRIL 20, 2021

Becoming a real estate agent requires a giant leap of faith and an investment of time and money. That’s why some agents may choose to test the waters with a part-time real estate position while hanging onto a steady income from another job. Finding time for part-time real estate.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

“According to NAR over 69% of buyers have a home to sell, so really homeowners represent the earliest buyer. Buyside helps real estate agents and loan officers engage homeowners with not just home value tools but also branded wealth optimization tips on their home’s equity so homeowners can now truly view their home as an asset.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2021

How real estate agents can alleviate consumer pain points in a tight market. The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. Presented by: Move Sales.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. By the end of 2020 the organization’s membership had soared to 1.48 million members.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

homeowners are “house-rich, cash-poor,” home equity investment firm Hometap provides clients with a way to tap into their home equity instead of selling their home or taking out a loan. Kim: What are some ways Hometap sees a potential partnership with real estate agents or loan originators?

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

They also had to pay for the brokerage sign outside their home, newspaper advertising, online ads and the brochures for potential buyers. Home buyers like my mother and father outside the U.S. If a showing is to happen, buyers must make appointments with each seller auctioneer to view those homes. An additional $6,400.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The second week of the Sitzer/Burnett class-action buyer broker commission antitrust lawsuit kicked off with a bang. Warner claimed that Blefari’s statements were not a rule for agents to follow, but an example of what Blefari would do. In her testimony, she noted that training modules receive very few views.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ With efficiency metrics and client outcomes like these it’s no surprise that the company continued to attract capital and investor interest. In 2016 LLR led a $26.5 No surprise here.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 17, 2021

Between 2002-2005 in many markets, the real estate market was scorching, much like it is today. Prices were escalating quickly, and buyers were purchasing in a frenzy for fear of being left behind and not being able to get their foot on the property ladder. This is no different than ignoring declining trends.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Each year RealTrends releases its list of the highest performing real estate agents in the country, and, like clockwork, Ben Caballero of Dallas-based HomesUSA tops the list. In 2020, Cabellero reported 6,409 transaction sides — or 18 home sales a day — for a deal volume of $2.2 And are these numbers for real?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. The agents who spoke with RealTrends all viewed any time spent developing leads and cultivating relationships that will help them grow their client base as productive. In 2020, it launched its own agent-focused product, dubbed “pl@tform.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals’ three-judge panel concurred with a lower district court’s decision that HomeServices is not permitted to enforce arbitration agreements signed by seller clients of franchisees under its authority. billion in commissions they paid to buyers’ agents in the past eight years.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

A lot of my clients will get insurance quotes three months into the project and then about a year later they are getting their final quote. One of my recent new home buyers got their final quote on a property a 30-minute drive from the coast and it had gone up 40% from a year ago. Entry level homebuyers are getting hit hardest. “If

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2022

He is alluding to Compass CEO Robert Reffkin, who failed to deliver on a stated goal to have 20% market share in 20 major American markets by 2020. Samson has a different business model and branding than Compass, but both brokerages identify as “agent-centric.”. real estate agent is in peril. Samson reported $9.6

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. While the median home sale price in December 2021 was lower than in 2020, in November, sales prices hit a five-year high of $482,500, according to Redfin. Conway, Arkansas. Paradise, California.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

2020 proved that we all need to work to find new ways to generate business. Buyers are being outbid, above asking price has become the normal in many areas and the trajectory of the market seems to be moving in a much different direction than many are used to.

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McKissock

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Good news for agents working with first-time home buyers on a budget: after nearly two years of ultra-low inventory and rising property values, small, affordable homes are starting to hit the market at a steady rate. 1: The shift presents an opportunity for new real estate agents to hit the field. . #1:

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

billion in the wholesale channel in 2020 (compared to about $62 billion in retail), lost roughly 5% of its broker clients to UWM, according to company executives. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. . “We’re up over 100 inquiries since March 4.” Presented by: Propertybase.

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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. These employee agents are exceedingly more productive than the average independent contractor agent. million real estate agents.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I am in the camp with many that believe the market will continue to feel price pressure, at least until inventory levels begin to return to normal (2019 or early 2020 levels, at least). I can see why loan officers, real estate agents, or buyers might push back on appraisers’ conclusions.

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Lamacchia Realty

MAY 7, 2024

Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. Her desire to help her clients earned Shauna the title of Rising Star in the September 2021 issue of the South Shore Real Producers Magazine !

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Outsiders to the real estate industry may assume that the tight market has real estate agents hanging up their hats. In reality, today’s agents are seizing the market and feeling confident. Real estate agents are still confident in the industry and the market. The answer is undeniable.

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