Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools equip real estate agents with unprecedented capabilities. Similarly, data-driven marketing can be more cost effective, helping you focus your marketing budget on homeowners who are most likely to sell, and on buyers who are actively looking for their next home.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Real estate agents are always looking for vetted, high-quality leads — and especially so during 2023 market conditions. These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. 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. only one year ago.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

March 2020 is a month the real estate industry will never forget. Over the course of a few days, much of the private real estate sector transitioned from office buildings to home offices. The most prepared companies had pandemic and business continuity protocols in place. Their answers were no surprise.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sure, your real estate landing pages look great — but do they convert? A good real estate website includes more than just drool-worthy images of homes priced to sell. Check out this example: This Placester real estate landing page caters to buyers looking for listings.

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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. Extending a broad (but strategic) net is part of knowing how to generate buyer leads in real estate.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In May the real estate agent listed a two-bedroom home in Fountain Hills, Arizona, 30 miles north of Phoenix, for $342,000. After 25 days on the market, there were no takers for the 1,400-square-foot home and Pellegrini counseled his client about potentially lowering the listing price. Zillow CEO Rich Barton. Already a member?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

Real estate listing giants Zillow and CoStar are currently embattled in a fight for listing portal supremacy. The battle began heating up in September 2023 when CoStar’s residential real estate platform Homes.com surpassed 100 million unique monthly visitors, becoming the second most popular listing portal behind Zillow.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Rocket Companies CEO Jay Farner. When Rocket Companies announced in August that it would be dipping its toes in the iBuying space, the lender didn’t do so with its usual panache. There were no polished marketing promos or commercials featuring celebrities like Tracy Morgan. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

That’s where real estate testimonials come into play. In this article, we’ll show how to procure top-notch client testimonials, where and how to share them, and how to leverage them to bolster your reputation and close more deals in 2024. Referral business is crucial to your bottom line as an agent.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Rocket Pro TPO, a division of Rocket Mortgage , announced today that it is launching several tech-focused initiatives to support mortgage broker partners for a purchase-heavy market. Many homebuyers who visit the Rocket Homes site are not working with a mortgage company,” said the lender in a statement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). LLR is not a newcomer to mortgage technology or the overall fintech market. In 2016 LLR led a $26.5 In 2016 LLR led a $26.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

SmartZip uses predictive analytics to pinpoint likely sellers from 6 to 18 months in advance, offering a huge advantage in today’s low inventory market. SmartZip’s analytics are based on over 250 data points related to the properties and homeowners in your target market. Then, it deploys marketing campaigns on your behalf.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2022

The chief executive officer for real estate brokerage Side announced a fresh $50 million in venture capital money spearheaded by ultra-prolific financier Tiger Global Management. Gal and other company representatives did not return messages for this article. Last June, Guy Gal was staring ahead at Wall Street. Seeing red.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

With more than 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, Scott has held positions with multiple brokerage firms across the East Coast, which includes B. Gary Scott Realtors , Prudential Preferred Properties and most recently Long and Foster Real Estate , where he served as president of General Brokerage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

million in a seed round, the Miami-based cryptocurrency lending platform announced on Tuesday that it launched a product that allows investors in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC to use their assets to secure funding for real estate purchases. “The use case for crypto has to go beyond investment potential. Six months after raising $3.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Rocket Companies on Tuesday launched a loyalty program to attract potential homebuyers into its ecosystem amid one of the most challenging mortgage markets in decades. Further declines are expected to be disclosed on Thursday when the company reports its third-quarter earnings. At Rocket, mortgage originations declined to $34.5

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

I’m working on more of my own articles that will be posted soon. I welcome back guest blogger June Duncan who wrote this article for the Cleveland Appraisal Blog. In this article, she shares some tips for relocating after facing personal challenges. I hope you enjoy June’s article! Relocating is not easy.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

Mortgage lender loanDepot recently became the target of a lawsuit filed by a group of former California employees who have complaints about the company’s work conditions. . A representative for loanDepot said the company “declines to comment due to the pending litigation.”. The company produced $47.4 accordingly. .

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Rich DeNicola, chief operating officer at Realogy Expansion Brands , which includes Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and ERA. Below, DeNicola answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: To start off, what is your current favorite HW+ article?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Getting your real estate license in California can take as little as 7.5 We’ll show you how to get a real estate agent in California, taking you through the process step-by-step. You’ll begin by fulfilling the required 135 California real estate course hours. You can save 30% using promo code HW30.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

He also serves as vice chairman of Peerage Realty Partners and has previously held executive roles at Coldwell Banker Real Estate. Below, Huskey answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? HousingWire: What has been your biggest learning opportunity?

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 26, 2021

This article addresses several issues with the real estate appraisal profession that are worthy of further examination and comment. The article accurately notes the lack of diversity in the appraisal profession. There needs to be a concerted marketing effort regarding career opportunities as a real estate appraiser.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Are you interested in getting into the world of commercial real estate? Working as a commercial real estate developer can be a lucrative career path for savvy entrepreneurs. Setting Yourself Up for Success in Real Estate Development. In most states, you will need a license to practice real estate.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

This article was originally published by RealTrends. To stay up to data on real estate brokerage news, please check out RealTrends’ BrokerSource newsletter. I look forward to expanding upon the legacy of our brand built by my mentor Dottie Herman as the market leader in luxury real estate,” says Durkin.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. One of our big goals at Blueprint Title is to shrink the title insurance business from an $18 billion business to a $10 billion business,” Berneman, the company co-founder and CEO. “We share of the market controlled by small, independent title insurance companies.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2021

Renowned speaker coach René Rodriguez will headline HousingWire’s virtual Engage Marketing event on June 17. For Engage Marketing’s keynote, he’ll lead a hands-on workshop on how to practically apply his proprietary AMPLIFII Formula to achieve maximum influence. “Our Not a member?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Like any company we have people who decide the demands of the environment are not for them and that’s fine,” said Andy Florance, CoStar’s CEO, on the company’s earnings call Tuesday. . Also, company bosses have humiliated workers, the story reported. And the company reported $1.9

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2022

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Brian Gubernick, chief real estate officer at Homeward. Below, Gubernick answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? As a novice real estate investor at the time, the market downturn completely wiped me out.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2021

million in the second quarter of 2020 – when the real estate market faced its pandemic low point – but $212 million of negative income in this year’s first quarter. billion. “We are in the strongest position we have ever been as a company,” declared Compass CEO Robert Reffkin during an earnings call Monday.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The impact of COVID on the real estate market is significant and has forever changed the way our industry operates. This change, while disruptive and uncomfortable for some, has provoked the rapid adoption of real estate technology, the likes of which we haven’t seen before.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2021

Bill Dallas , president of Finance of America Mortgage , will speak at engage.marketing on the panel: Winning in a red-hot purchase market. Dallas is a mortgage industry veteran, building two mortgage companies from the ground up: First Franklin and Ownit Mortgage Solutions , starting in 1981. Not a member?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You’ll need to complete 75 hours of prelicensing classes to get licensed as a real estate agent in North Carolina. We’ve done the research for you, evaluating the many courses available to pinpoint the best real estate schools in North Carolina to help you pass the state exam and set you up for early career success.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2021

HousingWire’s fourth-annual Engage Marketing event will feature experts focused on the specifics of mortgage and real estate in a purchase market. The challenges of helping consumers become homeowners in this housing market is why we’ve designed our virtual event around “All Eyes on Purchase.” Not a member?

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 25, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the different factors that determine the size of a dumpster needed for a kitchen demo and remodel project, provide recommendations to get a 6-yard dumpster and explain how to choose a reputable commercial dumpster rental company. And thank you dear reader for visiting the Cleveland Appraisal Blog!

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

HousingStack is a real estate technology landscape that provides a dynamic visual that reflects the rapid changes in the sector. Then, Mary Ann Azevedo followed up with another great article on the ROI of purchased leads. In total, HousingStack identifies 67 companies in this segment and many don’t just play in one sandbox.

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