McKissock

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Hiring an expert is still preferred, and, in a 2020 study, more than half of buyers said that real estate agents helped them glean more information than they otherwise would have from online portals, saving significant amounts of time, money, and stress. How Can Real Estate Agents Help Online Buyers and Sellers?

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2021

billion in closed loans in the first quarter of 2020, more than double its originations in Q1 2020. billion, a dramatic increase from the $99 million in profit the first quarter of 2020. billion in the first quarter of 2020. billion through its TPO channel, and its gain-on-sale margin was 1.93%, up from 0.79% in Q1 2020.

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McKissock

APRIL 28, 2021

As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process. This trend has been on the rise since 2001 when only 69% of buyers used a real estate agent. . As the real estate agent, it’s your job to assuage these fears.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

More critical than training on skills is training on having a strong mindset,” said Matt Weaver. My customer is the real estate agent. It is very simple to say that 2020 or 2021 were such great years, those were the good old times. Mindset is everything. Weaver is the No. 1 LO in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ve all heard the news: over 60,000 real estate agents left the profession in the first half of 2023. Whether you’re newly licensed or an experienced agent who had a productive year — if you’re looking for a change, it’s likely you’ve started receiving emails, letters, and phone calls from all kinds of real estate firms.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2023

In markets with higher volume, such as 2020-2021, it can be difficult for appraisers to keep up with demand — which slows loan processing times and drives up costs for borrowers. The PDR can be completed by a trained property data collector, as long as lenders meet the requirements outlined in Freddie Mac’s Guide.

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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

AUGUST 1, 2023

When the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to zero on March 15, 2020 and set off an extraordinary real estate boom, Rocket Mortgage was ready. billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 Its parent Rocket Companies rode the wave to a stunning $9.4 billion in 2021. billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Real’s big splash on the 2024 RealTrends rankings come as its agent count has soared to over 16,000 agents spread across the U.S. In comparison, at the end of Q4 2021, Real’s agent count was just 3,850 agents, a figure that already represented a 161% annual increase from Q4 2020. and Canada.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

More people are realizing that not only is the wholesale channel the best place for a consumer to get a loan, but it’s also the best place for a loan officer to work and the best lending partner for a real estate agent. In 2020 and 2021 when refinances were booming, we saw every lender thriving.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

WEST , a Williston Financial Group company, announced this week that its cybersecurity service WESTprotect.com , created to aid title and real estate agents as well as lenders from potential online risks and email fraud, is now available on an on-demand and self-serve basis. billion related to fraud complaints.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Alipour gushed about Redfin’s training program, and she accessed maternity leave benefits other agents lack. But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. Redfin was an amazing place to start my real estate career.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

trillion in mortgages were originated in 2020 and 2021, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported. How do you help real estate agents? We help listing agents generate significantly more buyers for their home sales. As a result, the industry hasn’t been trained on the ins and outs of the assumptions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With the market shift, LOs whose businesses were mainly driven by refinances in 2020 and 2021, must quickly shift gears and figure out ways to bring in purchase leads. LOs interviewed by HousingWire say that they have actively ramped up their attempts to connect with prospective borrowers and real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Other top challenges included “educating real estate agents and consumers” (26%) and “generating new business” (24%). However, as the market has slowed, PropLogix believe the percentage of title agents feeling that generating new business is their greatest challenge has increased.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Back in 2017, RealTrends partnered with the California Association of Realtors to study real estate teams. in 2020 over 2019. sides in 2020 versus 106.9 It offers a powerful benchmark for teams to gauge performance against and brokers to determine value-added services to offer their agents.

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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.” ” Fairway, which did about $3.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“Another loan closing today is for a real estate agent who is an investor and has done many mortgages in the past. Mike did not hesitate: “I did more pricing exceptions for the real estate agent,” he said in an interview on the day of the loan closings. She’s well educated. It’s not without risk.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

She also agreed that every HomeServices agent in Missouri is a member of the MLS and that the firm advocates for clear cooperation. In her testimony, she noted that training modules receive very few views. He also noted that the is no requirement that a real estate agent has to join the trade organization.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

One significant factor behind the lack of evolution in the appraisal industry is that the American housing market has grown at a much higher rate than the pool of licensed professionals that are legally certified to appraise residential real estate. In 2020, the use of “blind” appraisal waivers reached staggering, record highs.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2022

But the high-rate environment seems to have exposed the vulnerability of lenders that are more reliant on refinancings through a call center model and don’t have strong relationships with local real estate agents. Now that the refi market slowed down they have time and are doing the customer support for agents again.”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The year] 2020 and 2021 was all about how quickly a lender could execute. mortgages were originated in 2020 or 2021, when the pandemic drove borrowing costs to historic lows. Nurturing referral partners, training agents Mortgage origination volume for 2023 are expected at around $1.64 About 80% of that figure, or $1.32

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

Eric Hill, an Atlanta real estate agent representing a nationwide homebuilder, had a plan to help more than 100 homebuyers get mortgages. Year over year as of Q4 of last year, the index was up 26.7% — from 109 in Q4 2020. Following is a breakdown of SARs filings by institutional category for 2021, compared with 2020.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Joshua McGrath is the broker/owner of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Central in Charleston, WV. million in 2020 to $7.265 million in 2021. I love to teach and train, motivate and inspire. McGrath was an Emerging Leader honoree in 2022. McGrath has grown his company from a gross commission amount of $5.3

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Some 15 years ago, real estate agents had only a few choices when deciding which real estate business model to choose. From virtual, capped models to low-fee and discount, agents can pick the company that best fits their needs. for 2020, down from 13.8% Today, the choices are abundant.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And servicers may want to suggest homeowners contact a real estate agent if the distressed homeowner is considering selling their home.” Ethical concerns even arose for licensed real estate agents who approached distressed homeowners to list properties even though those agents were also representing prospective buyers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

In March 2020 all of that changed. Now is the time for lenders to take inventory of businesses that have referred borrowers and also evaluate the landscape of the prospective real estate agents, builders, insurance agents, financial advisers and settlement partners operating in the local market. trillion in U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. The change resulted in Better’s exit from its real estate business.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Leominster office went from 536 sales in 2020 to 724 sales in 2021. I am so proud of all the agents who had a part in our growth this year and especially proud of Laurie Howe Bourgeois for achieving #1 REALTOR in Leominster and Worcester County for 2021. training ,? That is a 35% increase in sales in just one year.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 3, 2024

Eileen is a member of the Lamacchia Realty 2017 , 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, and 2022 President’s Club , and the 2020 , 2021, 2022 President’s Club ELITE. She was awarded Most Transactions and Most Sales Volume in 2018 2019 , 2020 , and 2021 for our Woburn Office.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 7, 2024

February 2024 Winners of the Top 10 for the Company are: Cheryl Perry is an experienced real estate agent based in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She began her career in 2010 with a passion for working with people and helping them achieve their real estate objectives.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

In the 2021 rankings (based on 2020 data), these same firms closed just over $14 billion, so the increase was 43% in one year among just these four firms.”. Compass got there largely through key acquisitions of top-producing real estate agents and teams, which was a different way to grow.” 1 for many years.

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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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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 7, 2021

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. Shauna is a member of the 2019 President’s Club and was recognized as a Top Producer for 2020. Lisa was recognized as a Top Producer for 2020.

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Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Eileen is a member of the Lamacchia Realty 2017 , 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, and 2022 President’s Club , and the 2020 , 2021, and 2022 President’s Club ELITE. She was awarded Most Sales and Most Sales Volume in 2018 2019 , 2020 , and 2021 for our Woburn Office. To learn more about the team, click here.

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Realtor

MAY 15, 2023

. “For a hybrid appraisal, the inspection, sketch, and photos are completed by a third party,” says Matthew Love , a HUD/FHA-approved Certified Residential Appraiser at Real Estate Bees. “Another appraiser, an appraiser trainee, a real estate agent, or a home inspector can provide this service,” adds Love.

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