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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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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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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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2024

Filed in late 2023 in Missouri by Daniel Umpa, a Maryland home seller, the Umpa suit , like the other commission lawsuits, accuses real estate industry players, including Real, of conspiring to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The Real Brokerage closed $14.4

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Smith will engage with both the military community as well as real estate professionals to further education on VA mortgage products. Unfortunately, too many veterans, as well as too many real estate professionals, don’t have the understanding they need to successfully utilize VA loans.

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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? For real estate professionals, this option presents an opportunity to capture more sales. This cohort accounted for 1,950,000 properties — equating to 39% of total homes purchased!

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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.

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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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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

If we then look at data from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), there were 2,063 Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase loans endorsed in 2022 — less than 1/10th of 1% of homes sold last year. We can effectively open up a new line of customers for real estate professionals with this financing,” Cooper said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

The top-producing Suarez Team is joining real estate firm The Real Brokerage , according to a company announcement on Wednesday. Before joining Real, the team was affiliated with Keller Williams Beverly Hills. Real president Sharran Srivatsaa expressed his enthusiasm in welcoming the Suarez Team to his brokerage. “I

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The revised plan would appear similar to the scrapped pay reduction in one respect – a focus on repeat business from Knock’s network of real estate agents. Founded in 2014 by Black, a founding member of real estate listings site Trulia , Knock helps consumers bid on a new home by fronting a cash offer.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Despite rising housing unaffordability , we in the real estate business know that homeownership is still a fantastic way to build generational wealth. “KeyBank’s betrayal of Black and low-income homebuyers continued in 2022” “KeyBank made 19.2% Back to Bob’s American dream. What do reporters do? They report!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

If discrimination is committed by appraisers – as the news headlines would suggest – fellow appraisers and real estate agents say they rarely witness or experience it. For non-appraisers, the greatest challenge was lack of inventory , with 66% of respondents selecting this response.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

and in order to answer that question, you need to understand how Real Estate Agents make money. If you could go back to your first year as a Real Estate Agent, what advice would you give yourself? One of the first questions new Realtors have for me is always 'how much money will I make in my first year?'

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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. It is high-volume work,” Alipour recalled.

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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. The lender made focused efforts to target the purchase market in 2021 and set up dedicated teams to cultivate relationships with real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Fannie Mae also plans to use hybrid appraisals more often in 2022, as part of its equity plan , which is intended to “reduce costs to the borrower and reduce potential risk of bias by creating greater separation between the appraiser and borrower.”. The State of Appraisals in 2022. How much less, Brenan wouldn’t say.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Real estate commissions are under the microscope. With the scrutiny of The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission and multiple lawsuits concerning how buyers’ brokers get paid, many brokers say it feels like an all-out war on the real estate industry. Judge Stephen R. Bough of 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

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And this year, we’re rolling the RealTrends Emerging Leaders award into the mix to spotlight leaders in real estate who are making their mark too. Joshua McGrath is the broker/owner of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Central in Charleston, WV. McGrath was an Emerging Leader honoree in 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Closing just shy of $100 million of production in 2022, he’s aiming for a higher loan origination volume in 2023. The lender originated a volume of $2 billion in 2022, with 72% of its total production coming from purchase mortgages. People were inquiring about getting a loan with me on my very first day,” Steinway said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

trillion in 2022, while refinance origination will dip by 62% to $860 billion from $2.26 LOs interviewed by HousingWire say that they have actively ramped up their attempts to connect with prospective borrowers and real estate agents. trillion in 2021. Meanwhile, others worry that they will soon wash out of the industry.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps early next year, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. Some 15 years ago, real estate agents had only a few choices when deciding which real estate business model to choose.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

It ceased that business in December 2022 after rising mortgage rates wreaked havoc on the housing industry. In line with AmeriFirst’s new motto, “broker pricing and banker service,” Bowlby noted that he will train loan originators to convince renters to buy and bring the deal to real estate agents. “If

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 13, 2022

today announced it will launch in August a nationwide service to capture property dimension and condition reports for Freddie Mac’s ACE+PDR offering which starts July 17th, 2022. Their national network of over 5,000 trained and certified data collectors can document properties within one calendar day of an order being placed. .:

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) handled about 6,400 assumptions, more than double the amount in 2022, according to The Wall Street Journal. Roam acts as a facilitator, synchronizing all stakeholders involved in the assumption process, including real estate, title and escrow agents, attorneys, and the buyer and seller themselves.

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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 fact, in 2022, over 20,000 loan officers joined the wholesale channel.

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Town & Country Residential Appraisals

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Confidence in the size of your home is a fundamental aspect of real estate, but have you ever wondered why the reported square footage can differ from one source to another? In this article, we will delve into the reasons behind these discrepancies and underscore the significance of precise measurements in the real estate world.

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Eppraisal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Here are a couple additional services your listing agent should be offering as the market changes. In fact, according to a May 31, 2022, article written by Anna Bahney on cnn.com, "Home prices rose 20.6% Professional home videos and virtual tours are coming back to the real estate listing services arena once again.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 5, 2023

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for December 2022! December 2022 Winners of the Top 10 for the Company are: Laurie Howe Bourgeois has been a licensed REALTOR® since 2000 and in the customer service industry for 34 years. Additionally, Eileen qualified for the 2022 President’s Club and the 2022 President’s Club ELITE!

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

With its supercharged growth over the past two years, it is no surprise that The Real Brokerage topped the 2024 RealTrends 500 Top Movers list for both transaction side count and sales volume. In 2023, Real recorded 48,905 sides, up 14,721 sides from 2022, and a sales volume of $21.2 billion, up $6.80

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

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.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And with millennials emerging as the largest generation of homebuyers in today’s market, comprising 28% of all homebuyers, real estate agents need to master social media or they might miss out. Sixty percent of agents surveyed believe that social media provides higher quality leads than the MLS.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 16, 2023

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for all of 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® out of the nearly 500 agents in Lamacchia Realty by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the year! Cyndi Deshaies received her real estate license in March 2017.

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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. To learn more about Lisa, click here.

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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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