Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

RE/MAX executives were not shy about acknowledging the uncertainty that is currently plaguing the real estate industry during the firm’s first-quarter 2024 earnings call with analysts and investors Friday morning. Year over year, RE/MAX’s total agent count in Q1 2024 was down 0.2% million in Q1 2024, compared to a net loss of $0.7

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Lamacchia Realty’s Florida Regional Vice President and Vice President of Relocation, Shane Bronson , has officially been appointed as a Florida REALTORS® Director for 2024. Lucie Board of REALTORS® where he attends local meetings and events on a regular basis. Lamacchia Realty has been serving buyers and sellers since 2006.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Like Anywhere Real Estate Friday morning, the terms of RE/MAX’s $55 million settlement with plaintiffs in two bombshell buyer commission lawsuits have been made public. Final court approval of the settlement is expected in early 2024. independent regions, and U.S. We assert that protecting the U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 21, 2024

March 20, 2024 – Anthony Lamacchia was recently featured in Bloomberg Government regarding the National Association of REALTORS® Buyer Commission lawsuit. Anthony continues to advocate for REALTORS® and home buyers and sellers alike by speaking out.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Real estate agents are optimistic about the housing market and working to implement buyer agency agreement as we head into 2024, according to the RealTrends Q1 2024 AgentPulse survey. Better buyer and seller presentations to break down payment to a more granular level,” was one agent’s response.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Change is five years into its mission as a Community Development Financial Institution ( CDFI), a mission that has seen Change soar to become the nation’s largest non-QM lender. HousingWire: How do you view the lending landscape for 2024? To the buyer of an $800,000 home putting down 20%, the mortgage savings would be roughly $500.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Known as the “Real Life Realtor,” she’s the brain behind Real Life Real Estate Training. Smaller, more specific courses, such as The Buyer Presentation , are priced at $347. The club is currently offering founding member pricing for $25 per month or $250, but it’s a limited-time offer available only under April 30, 2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

You’ll get 20+ “how to” videos to help you understand the fundamentals of the job, buyer and seller checklists, action plans and other helpful resources. Check out the Utah Division of Real Estate and the Utah Association of REALTORS for up-to-date information about getting licensed and joining a brokerage in Utah in 2024.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 21, 2024

March 18, 2024 – The Wall Street Journal has quoted Anthony Lamacchia in their new article regarding the buyer commission lawsuit that the National Association of REALTORS® has been fighting over the last several months. Anthony emphasizes the importance of coaching REALTORS® so they can adjust to this change seamlessly.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 25, 2024

March 22, 2024 – The International Business Journal published an article highlighting Anthony Lamacchia and how he has come to the front lines to advocate for the real estate industry throughout the ongoing Buyer Commission lawsuit that the National Association of REALTORS® has been battling for months.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Illinois REALTORS Best Illinois real estate school for accommodating different learning styles Overall Rating: 4.2 Unlike other real estate schools, Illinois REALTORS is also the only advocate for private property rights at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois, and in communities across the state. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 22, 2024

March 20, 2024 – The buyer commission lawsuit affecting the National Association of REALTORS® has been making headlines for months, especially since NAR announced their proposed settlement on March 15th. In their new article, The Boston Globe dives into how this will affect consumers, particularly first-time home buyers.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 19, 2024

April 19, 2024 – Lamacchia Realty is pleased to announce that Lynn Walsh has joined Lamacchia Realty’s Leominster office. With Lynn comes local expertise of her hometown in Lunenburg where she has been the number one REALTOR since 2019, and all surrounding areas in north central Massachusetts.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In addition to Massachusetts-approved, prelicensing courses and continuing education courses for MA and NH license renewals, New England Academy provides professional development courses for sales and management development in an online, multimedia format. out of 5 stars Rating: 5 out of 5. out of 5 stars Rating: 5 out of 5.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Even as home prices began to decrease last year, mortgage rates remained high, leading both buyers and sellers to stay out of the housing market. Existing home sales fell to their lowest point in nearly 30 years in 2023, while the median price of a home reached a record high, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Some of these provisions include no longer requiring agents to be members of the National Association of Realtors or following NAR’s Code of Ethics or the MLS Handbook. With a final ruling not expected until mid-to-late spring 2024 , the real estate industry remains in limbo as the copycat lawsuits continue to pile up.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

15, 2024, to file a statement of interest, if the court wishes to hear the department’s views before making a decision about granting preliminary approval. Thus, MLS PIN would continue to organize and facilitate brokers’ blanket, unilateral offers of compensation to buyer brokers.” Leal also asked Saris to give the DOJ until Feb.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Nothing was off the table when National Association of Realtors (NAR) President Kevin Sears joined NextHome CEO James Dwiggins and chief strategy officer Keith Robinson on this week’s episode of their “Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered” podcast. But Kasper’s tenure was short-lived as she resigned in early January 2024 due to blackmail threats.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

MLS PIN is broker-owned, so it is not required to abide by the rules of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), including its Participation Rule. But MLS PIN has nonetheless adopted a similar rule that requires listing brokers to offer a blanket, unilateral offer of compensation to buyer agents in order to submit a listing to MLS PIN.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2024, Tate received Coldwell Banker’s International President’s Premier Award representing the company’s top 1% of all sales professionals. Both buyers and sellers value the combined benefits of his individual talents along with membership in one of the most respected real estate firms in New York City.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 3, 2024

has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for December 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Laurie joined Lamacchia Realty Leominster in the spring of 2019.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The National Association of Realtors continues to face demands for change from staffers and members in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations brought forth in the New York Times exposé. Goldberg , the trade group’s current CEO, is currently set to retire at the end of 2024, closing out his 30-year career at NAR.

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Eppraisal

JANUARY 24, 2023

This series will look at locating the right land; navigating through the purchasing process; engaging a lender to finance the purchase; developing the land in compliance with federal, state and local laws; and re-selling the improved property at  the right time. Access is a big issue for home buyers. What are the zoning rules?

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity, or LIRA, a measure developed by Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University , seems to support Mohan’s assessment, showing that year over year “expenditures for home improvements and maintenance will post a modest decline of 2.8% through the first quarter of 2024.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

Sales from 2022 to 2023 were down 14%,” Mark Fischer, the CEO of the Indiana Realtors Association , said. “We But as the calendar flipped to 2024 and as we inch closer to the spring selling season, Fischer said things have started to pick up. in mid-January 2024. as of February 29, 2024.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 12, 2024

Lamacchia Realty is incredibly proud of all our REALTORS® in Worcester County who helped the brokerage achieve this ranking. I'm thrilled to see our Worcester office REALTORS® and staff earn the top spot in Worcester County once again! Looking ahead, we're eager to further extend our lead in 2024!

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

As the chart shows, a historically large segment of Millennials is inching toward 36, the median age of a first-time home buyer in the U.S. also the oldest age of a first-timer ever recorded by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). An index score of 100 means that a buyer with a median U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2023

I developed a ton of great relationships over that time there. I expect us to have around 15 producing LOs by the end of the year, really taking a big jump into 2024. The realtor partners that we have there seem to have been pretty consistent, even in these more challenging times. Kim: Are the new hires coming from your network?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

Local community developers bidding on foreclosures in the second half of 2023 are signaling a slowdown in U.S. home price appreciation in the first half of 2024, with a rising risk that appreciation will dip back into negative territory. These markets are more likely to see continuing home price appreciation in early 2024.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 26, 2024

Elevated condo association and special assessment fees present an additional financial burden for condo owners, deterring potential buyers unless the purchase price is reduced sufficiently to offset the higher ongoing monthly costs. Source Inventory rises when more sellers are listing than buyers are buying.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

BH: I have heard some comments from CoStar about how Homes.com is well positioned for success regardless of what happens with the buyer broker compensation lawsuits. If the buyer broker commission rules goes away that revenue model for the portals goes away for sure. Could you elaborate on this?

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 31, 2023

I am very excited to welcome all the Right Choice Realtors and staff into our Lamacchia Family. Lamacchia Realty has been serving buyers and sellers in Bristol County for over a decade but has been waiting for the perfect opportunity to open a branch office location. Dawn was also once a recipient of Local REALTOR® of the Year in 2003.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 9, 2024

That was highlighted by a 30% month-to-month gain in total home sales (single-family, townhome and condos combined) across the county in March and unseasonably low supply for buyers. Mortgage rates continue to be the focus of both sellers and buyers, waiting for something to give. and end next year at about 6.0%.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The affordability question is becoming more difficult to justify too, as home prices and interest rates rise amid other challenges facing buyers.“That’s Buyers with the deepest pockets may wait, however. home buyers. Yes, buyers and sellers, we are in a rare price correction period for single-family home sales in King County.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Related Articles 8 top real estate lead generation companies for 2024 8 best places to buy real estate leads in 2024 The 11 best real estate CRMs for 2024 Our deep dive on the brokerages Thanks to the internet, we’ve got all kinds of information at our fingertips. There is continued value with KW for experienced agents as well.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

FHFA Report: Underutilization of Appraisal Time Adjustments Published: 1/8/2024 Excerpts: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Housing Administration appraisal guidelines require such adjustments whenever market conditions have been changing. over the course of 2024, declining from the 2023 average of 6.9%. baths, 7,455 sq.ft.,

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Alabama Center for Real Estate provides helpful charts and statistics from data it gets from The Alabama Association of Realtors. 3) Avoiding Overpricing: If the DOM trend for sold properties in the area is longer than normal, it signals that buyers are taking longer to make a purchase decision and demand may not be strong.

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