Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

The National Retail Federation found that during the 2022 holiday season, retailers saw 17.9% In the world of real estate , transactions are not merely about properties but also the people behind them. Add the clients’ names and the date of their closing. of the merchandise purchased being returned.

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Real Estate Clients Retail Client Relationships 407

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Even as the housing market slowed in 2022 and 2023, the fraudulent activity of bad actors did not let up. home buyers and sellers it survey were targeted with suspicious or potentially fraudulent activities, while 10% were targeted for real estate fraud and 5% suffered losses during their real estate transaction due to fraudster.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Sellers Buyers 448

Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

The slower housing market and uncertain economic conditions took their toll on the number of real estate brokerages and firms that were named to Inc. Last year , over 60 real estate brokerage firms or real estate teams made the list, but this number shrank to just 36 in 2023. They must be U.S.-based,

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Brokerage Real Estate Realty Real Estate Agent 370

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I’ve been an agent for 15 years, so I can’t aid in that. The researchers scraped this data from Redfin’s website over several months and amassed what they believe to be “the first systematic, nationwide evidence that buyer agents do in fact steer clients away from properties that offer low buyer commissions.”

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Clients Agents Buyers Sellers 459

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Marty Green thinks of the housing market in 2022 as two very different movies. But the housing market in the second half of 2022? The Big Chill” or “Frozen,” says Green, principal at real estate law firm Polunsky Beitel Green. Homeowners in 2022 also tapped into their home equity, which peaked at $11.5

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Agent Real Estate 525

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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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Clients Agents 369

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Husky Homes real estate team, led by Alison Crim, has joined Compass , the company announced on Tuesday. In 2022, the Husky Homes team closed 121 transactions and more than $48.4 In 2022, the Husky Homes team closed 121 transactions and more than $48.4 million in sales volume. million in sales volume.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Realty Technology 435

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Together, they will boast a total of 42 real estate agents , serving clients across different neighborhoods and price points throughout the Las Vegas Valley. “Working together as one group combines a vast range of industry backgrounds that contribute to expertise in every category of real estate.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients Agents 431

Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Roomvu , a Canadian-based video marketing platform for residential real estate agents, is partnering with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) and Realty One to mark Roomvu’s expansion into the U.S. expansion comes after Roomvu’s successful launch in Canada in 2022.

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Marketing Real Estate Real Estate Agent Realtors 432

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Nominations for the 2022 HousingWire Tech100 Mortgage and Tech100 Real estate are closing today. The Tech100 Real Estate Award recognizes the 100 technology companies that are changing the home sales process forever – from home search to lead management solutions, and remote closing to transaction management software.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Retail Technology 407

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Franchise real estate brokerage Keller Williams announced Tuesday that it is partnering with educational and test prep services platform Kaplan to create the KW School of Real Estate (KSCORE). While Kaplan has had their own program for years now, this is the first time they have partnered with a real estate brokerage.

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Real Estate Brokerage Real Estate Agent Agents 397

Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

In addition to the monetary award, Real has also agreed to implement business policy changes as part of the settlement, including “clarifications about the negotiability of commissions, prohibitions on claims that buyer agent services are free, and the inclusion of listing broker compensation offers in communications with clients.”

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Brokerage Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients 392

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With the residential real estate pendulum swinging from blissful exuberance in the second half of 2020 to extreme consternation for many today, brokers have had to pivot like never before. Broker/owners have been on quite a ride over the last few years. Retain and develop. Spend less money than you make.

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Real Estate Brokerage Advertising Housing Market 434

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

real estate teams and individual agents as clients for their accounting and bookkeeping services. The firm confirms actual financial and operational details of these businesses and assemble the data in useful benchmark studies to help their clients assess how effectively they are operating.

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Real Estate Business Brokerage Agents 396

Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

In the competitive world of real estate recruitment, brokerages fight for the attention and loyalty of talented agents who can drive their success. As the lifeblood of the industry, agents play an important role in attracting clients, closing deals and determining the ultimate profitability of a brokerage.

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Brokerage Real Estate Agents Training 354

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Class action attorneys allege real estate commission rates are too high and buyer brokers are being paid too much due to NAR rules. That requires real estate professionals to cooperate with each other by sharing pertinent information with competitors regarding the home and about the terms of a potential transaction.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Realtors Buyers 488

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Florida -based Keyes Company , an independent real estate brokerage , partnered with housing data aggregator BHR , the company announced Tuesday. Through this collaboration, all Keyes agents will benefit from RealReports, BHR’s flagship product. The product can be used as a tool to generate client leads.

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Brokerage Real Estate Agent Real Estate Tools 398

Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

Tech-focused real estate brokerage Radius , flush with $14 million in venture capital raised this past April, has launched a mortgage lending arm in California that it plans to roll out to additional markets sometime next year. Is now a good time to invest in real estate automation technologies?

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Brokerage Real Estate Lending Mortgage 418

Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

A couple of weeks ago, mortgage rates soared to a new 2023 high, reaching over 7% on a 30-year fixed-rate loan for the first time since November 2022. Yet higher mortgage rates aren’t all bad news for savvy real estate agents. Many real estate agents may shy away from working with landlords and renters.

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Real Estate Agent Mortgage Landlords Real Estate 444

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A successful marketing strategy is essential in an environment of fierce competition among global real estate companies. ” Castellano was honored as a 2022 Emerging Leader — which is now a part of HousingWire’s Rising Stars award — for her work solidifying and articulating the value of the global luxury brand.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Design Marketing 366

Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

That’s kind of evaporated,” Martell said on Tuesday morning in a session during The Gathering , HousingWire’s real estate and mortgage conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona. million loss in 2022. . “On the cost side, obviously, we’re tightening our belts,” Martell said. Judge Stephen R.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Real Estate Renovations 347

Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Among those targets were a Memphis-based real estate company and a title company in Washington state that combined were swindled out of more than $200,000 through the scam. The victims targeted can be lenders, real estate agents, title companies and other escrow agents, attorneys as well as homebuyers and sellers.

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Real Estate Government Technology Real Estate Agent 393

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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 2022 to Oct. 2022 to Oct. At Rocket Homes where Wallace worked from Feb.

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Real Estate Agent Brokerage Real Estate Agents 411

Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Did you know that in 2022, both younger and older Baby Boomers made up the largest generation of American homebuyers? 2 However, these potential clients will also face challenges — namely market volatility, unpredictable interest rates and limited purchasing power due to increasing debt. What is reverse purchase financing?

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Finance Real Estate Agent Real Estate Insurance 479

Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

Before becoming an agent, she was a civil engineer. She ranked 102nd in the 2023 RealTrends ranking of the top agents in Illinois by volume. Her sales volume was of $25,146,500 in 2022. Compass joined the Chicago market in 2017 and has since grown to 22 offices and over 1,600 licensed agents, the company said.

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Real Estate Agent Agents Realtors Brokerage 352

Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

The duo will be part of the Your Nashville Agent team under the leadership of Aaron Joyce. In 2022, the team completed more than $60 million in real estate transactions, ranking them among the top 15 medium-sized agent teams by sides in Tennessee, according to RealTrends.

Real Estate 448

Real Estate Brokerage Agents Clients 448

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Christie’s International Real Estate appointed Jamie Duran as executive vice president and managing director of its Beverly Hills-based affiliate, the company announced on Wednesday. In her prior role with Coldwell Banker, she was president for the SoCal region and oversaw a $22 billion business in 2022. “We

Real Estate 443

Real Estate Agents Brokerage Clients 443

Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Through partnerships with Bubble Insurance Solutions and New American Funding , real estate agents at The Agency will have access to mortgage lending services and insurance services for their clients. The affiliation will provide The Agency’s agents with access to Bubble Insurance’s insurance coverage for their clients.

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Insurance Brokerage Clients Real Estate Agent 362

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

One of the biggest benefits of social media for real estate agents and mortgage brokers is the ability to highlight your success stories to connect with clients. To go back to the full HousingWire Annual 2022 on demand page, go here. Watch the full session below.

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Real Estate Agent Development Agents Real Estate 404

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Chris Lim is stepping down as president of Christie’s International Real Estate , according to an announcement on Tuesday. The brokerage noted that Lim will remain at Christie’s as a senior advisor and global brand ambassador, working to expand the relationship between the real estate business and the auction house, among other duties.

Real Estate 439

Real Estate Brokerage Real Estate Agent Technology 439

Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2023

The company’s GAAP net loss in Q1 was $411 million, a decline from 2022 Q4’s $493 million. Adjusted revenue exceeded the top end of our guidance, driven by healthy client demand and strong execution,” Jay Farner, CEO of Rocket Companies, said in a statement. decline from $19 billion in Q4 2022.

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Real Estate Agent Clients Mortgage Inventory 417

Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Pontiac, Michigan-based lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) Wednesday launched a new platform for independent mortgage brokers to access purchase leads, past clients and real estate agents — a move to entice and retain loan officers in a shrinking mortgage market. According to its earnings report, UWM originated $38.8

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Real Estate Clients 349

Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

As recently as five years ago, homeowners insurance was certainly not top of mind for most homebuyers and their real estate agents , but the rapidly rising cost of insurance premiums is changing that. That just shows you how impactful the cost of insurance is in the real estate market.”

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Real Estate Agent Insurance Real Estate Agents 479

Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

What Appraisers Wish Real Estate Agents Understood McKissock Survey Question: “What’s one thing you wish real estate agents knew about the appraisal process? I will always remember when, many years ago, a top local real estate agent asked me why I was driving around taking photos of homes.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Appraisal Agents 52

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Founded in 2022 by Eric Meadow, Home Sale Assured produces a “Guaranteed Backup” options contract, which enables existing homeowners to buy their next home before closing the sale of their current home. During this 90-day period, the client can work with a real estate agent to list their prior home.

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Contracts Real Estate Agent Tenants Retail 410

Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

Just six months ago, when a Missouri jury found HomeServices of America, Keller Williams and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions , the industry’s path forward was very murky. 16 to implement these changes.

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Realtors Real Estate Agent Real Estate Brokerage 409

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Another day and another class-action antitrust commission lawsuit accusing the real estate industry of colluding to inflate real estate agent commissions has been filed. 1, 1996 through the present, purchased in the United States residential real estate that was listed on an NAR MLS.”

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Real Estate Realtors Sellers Agents 459