Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While tax planning is a year-round task, real estate agents can take some specific actions before the New Year to significantly cut their taxable income. For instance, you might also work at a coffee shop, co-working space, and meet clients in their homes. For 2023, the rate for business use is 65.5 cents per mile.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez is partnering with Newzip , a tech-enabled real estate platform, to roll out a program aimed to save buyers and sellers on credit costs. Dubbed Newrez Home Rewards, buyers will be matched with a real estate agent who works with Newzip and provided booking services.

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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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Keller Williams Realty has partnered exclusively with the online learning platform Coursera to offer a comprehensive introduction to the business of real estate. Dubbed the KW Real Estate Agent Professional certificate, the program will give participants a head start in the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

About one-third (32%) of real estate agents report having worked with at least one client who wanted to move for political reasons, according to a new Redfin report. And a record share of homebuyers relocated to a different metro area in 2023. The survey was conducted in December 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

“We are ecstatic to partner with Nikki and combine our resources to launch Lever, an innovative new platform and network for real estate agents,” Chris Heller , the president of OJO, said in a statement. In 2023, the firm launched Movoto Pro+ , an exclusive real estate network for top teams.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Louis-based Clever Real Estate found that recent homebuyers, as well as people who are considering a home purchase in the next year, are experiencing a laundry list of difficulties. Last month, Clever surveyed a total of 920 Americans about their views of the home purchase process and real estate agents.

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Inman

JANUARY 19, 2023

Whether you’re going all in on video in 2023 or creating your first, these 23 video content ideas from Jimmy Burgess will get you in front of more potential clients, position you as the local expert and get your creative juices flowing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Detroit-based lender plans to recruit up to 500 LOs by the end of 2023, more than triple the current local LO pool. The feature , published earlier this month, noted that Rocket embarked on a local LO hiring spree in 2023 to capture purchase market business from real estate agent connections.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

“TomAI is helping me more than any other AI tool out there,” Tracy Duggan, a Memphis-based agens and Tom Ferry coaching client, said in a statement. A beta version of the tool launched in August 2023 for Tom Ferry coaching clients. or 8 p.m.” The NAR settlement hasn’t changed that — it’s just made it non-negotiable.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The real estate agent works with the seller and a Guaranteed Rate loan officer to pay a fee and lock in the discounted rate for a buyer. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate at HousingWire’s Rates Center sits at 6.66% after going through a roller coaster ride in 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As brokers and LOs close out a challenging year and set their sights on 2023, it could be tempting to take a pessimistic view. However, there are actionable steps and strategies they can take to ensure 2023 is as profitable as possible. Most industry observers expect 2023 to be much more consistent.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

In November 2023, Wood indicated that the trial would take place in the fourth quarter of 2024 , but the status report findings appear to change the timeline. The suit obtained class certification in March 2023. The trial would take place in Chicago at the U.S. The class encompasses home sellers across 20 local MLSs.

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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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With access to cutting-edge tools like Performance Tracker, Compass AI , and the innovative Compass Collections, we are poised to enhance our client experience and deliver unparalleled service through the industry’s leading technology platform.” The team specializes in buyer and seller representation as well as new construction.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Because of an apparent error made by staff at ICE Mortgage Technology ‘s Surefire customer relationship management (CRM) platform, more than 600,000 emails and texts were sent without permission to real estate agents, business partners and past clients of loan officers around the country.

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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. Magazine ’s 5000 list for 2023, a ranking of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. Last year’s top ranked real estate brokerage firm, DASH Carolina , dropped from No.

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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. Lofty home prices make matters worse – the median home sales price was $436,800 as of Q1 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

He added: “This deeper integration between two of our most-beloved products is all about making it easier for agents to really delight their clients — to be that expert, to have the answers, and to stay in touch long after or long before that contact is ready to transact.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Despite mentioning that a reverse mortgage can be used for the purchase of a new home, much of this article seems designed to introduce real estate agents to the concept of the H4P product. Reverse mortgage professionals have explained to RMD that a big focus of referral outreach this year is centered on real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

million net loss reported in Q1 2023. million, compared to Q1 2023’s free cash-flow loss of $59 million. First, more buyers are using agents in 2023 than in 2003. Third, Compass agents have doubled down on training to help them better communicate their value proposition. That is an improvement over its $150.2

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Alex Elezaj, chief strategy officer at UWM , about the work independent mortgage brokers can do right now to prepare for when rates drop and how to go above and beyond for clients. The reality is, we can’t control the rates, but we can control the service we provide and make sure we stay in front of past clients.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

At the 2024 Keller Williams Family Reunion event in Las Vegas, co-founder and executive chairman Gary Keller took the stage on Tuesday and spoke to a room full of real estate agents about the importance of buyer agency agreements within the context of the ongoing antitrust lawsuits.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

“This collaboration underscores our shared commitment to innovation and excellence in the real estate industry,” said Chris Basinger, a 2023 HousingWire Rising Star and senior vice president of Growth at Earnnest. “By As a leader in the real estate industry, EXIT Realty Corp.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , lost money in 2023 , but executives have expressed confidence about a big turnaround by touting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the company’s profitability. Rocket’s stock price rose to $11.75 per share at market open on Friday, up from $10.98

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Your real estate website should serve multiple functions, almost like a digital business card with an MLS listing storefront, a booking platform, a home valuation page, and even your background story and biography. Remember — your prospective clients are glancing through dozens of agents’ websites.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By incorporating this outlook into their strategic planning, mortgage originators may better anticipate changes, adapt their client service, and meet their goals. Analyzing the details of market demand will help originators identify how they can better serve clients with unique financial backgrounds through niche products like non-QM loans.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“They are an incredibly advanced real estate tool and one of the first AI-powered products we believe will 10x our agents’ business.” The product can be used as a tool to generate client leads. For example, when a consumer is looking at an agent’s RealReport, they typically give out their contact information.

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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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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

Join us in this article as we discuss the many different benefits of a Ventura Realtor when buying land in 2023 and why you should consider this as an option before you take the long road all by yourself. Using a realtor to buy land in 2023 has many benefits as we have just seen. Let’s get started. Should you get a Realtor?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Census Bureau , the homeownership rate for whites in fourth-quarter 2023 was 73.8%. Down payment assistance (DPA) programs are a way for real estate agents and mortgage originators to bridge the gap for their clients. The rate for Asian Americans was 63%, with Hispanic Americans at 49.8%

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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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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

With her 20 years of experience, Hodge is one of the top-producing agents in the western suburbs of Chicago. 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.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the real estate market continues to grapple with high interest rates and low inventory, agents entering the market are looking for affordable client relationship management (CRM) tools that offer a cost-effective means to automate and manage client interactions.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life. ProspectsPLUS!

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