Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Real estate brokerage eXp Realty has added industry veteran Wendy Forsythe to its leadership team. “Her industry background and understanding of modern real estate marketing will best position us to expand our reach and impact in the market.” ” Forsythe has over two decades of experience in the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Real estate brokerage and services company Anywhere Real Estate announced last week that it is appointing Tony Kueh as its first chief product officer. The Anywhere franchise, formerly known as Realogy , includes brokerages, consumer programs, lead generation, relocation, and title settlement services.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2023

While it’s certainly buzzworthy technology, it’s been met with reticence in the brokerage world. In a recent RealTrends BrokerPulse , real estate brokerage leaders responded that they are embracing artificial intelligence (AI), they are doing so cautiously. ” That includes eXp Ventures , to foster innovation.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Taking a step back at the end of the year to identify and address the gaps is well worth the effort to refine your business, establish yourself as a valuable resource and better meet the needs of the modern market. How have things changed on a brokerage level? Let’s compare different brokerage models.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2022

HomeSmart is a growing real estate brokerage that may go public, but the company faces questions about its business model and the compensation of founder and CEO Matt Widdows. HomeSmart, like Compass , Keller Williams , eXp and other brokerages, states it has unique technology to modernize real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced this week that it is launching an inquiry into the business practices of data brokerage firms to learn whether their impact on consumers can inform planned rulemaking under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

In modern times, membership hit a low point of 963,478 in February 2013 and climbed to a high of 1.60 The commission lawsuit settlements also stipulate that brokerages can no longer require agents to be members of NAR, which could contribute to membership declines going forward. million in October 2022 before gradually declining.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The participating brokerages give homeowners the ability to see offers from iBuyers buy-before-you-sell options from bridge solution providers and compare that to the sales price with an open market listing. “Webuilt zavvie Pro to help the modern agent generate more seller leads, win more listings, and always earn a commission.”. .

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

This a great moment for real estate agents, brokerages, and MLSs,” said Aaron Kardell, Homespotter CEO. Our goal is to provide the real estate world with the kind of intelligent and modern tech it needs to not only meet these new expectations but surpass them.”

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Mortgagebroker News

JUNE 22, 2023

These capabilities are likely to further expand in the years to come

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

Below, we take a deep dive into the best real estate CRM solutions for solo agents, teams and brokerages. The best real estate CRM solution is the one that will manage your client interactions, increase the number of touchpoints with each client, and convert leads seamlessly into buyers and sellers.

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Listing Spark

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Another tactic is to assess how much value your brokerage is bringing to the table and what another brokerage can do better. Online brokerages can give you faster services, access to more data, and greater control over the sales process: advantages that tie directly into real estate property investment success.

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GoForrmz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In an era where data can make or break your business, implementing the power of digital data capture can be a game-changer for your food distribution or brokerage business. Not to mention, implementing modern means of capturing your data, like offline mobile forms , means more accurate data that can automatically be routed to other systems.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2023

The Qualia platform includes modern, cloud-based products that provide the transaction infrastructure for title and escrow organizations of all sizes, from smaller agencies and real estate law firms to multi-state operations operating at scale.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Guaranteed Rate, the Chicago-based mortgage lender , and Compass, the New York City-headquartered residential real estate brokerage , “entered into a definitive agreement to form OriginPoint , a new mortgage origination company,” according to a press release Tuesday. 2 brokerages in residential sales volume nationally – and bitter rivals.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2020

brokerage firms. For 34 years, REAL Trends has been the trusted source of news, analysis and information on the residential brokerage industry. This strategic acquisition will bring together a premier selection of verticals for modern real estate professionals across premium products in content, video, audio, events, and print.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Agents, teams and brokerages are now seriously reconsidering the technology platform, tools and services needed to effectively do business today. But to truly modernize and automate the time-consuming, manually intense processes that have plagued our industry for years, we need to look beyond trendy apps and siloed point solutions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. The GSE’s $8B profit in 2Q could buy most of the brokerage industry. This merger means modernization that advances real estate toward an adaptive, sustainable and connected future.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

If the PRO Act can attract 10 US Senators (and thus survive an expected filibuster), Realtors who fail to self-incorporate will automatically become employees of their brokerage firm. Herein lies a huge opportunity to revamp and modernize the industry. Realtors be forewarned.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

This isn’t a new story in mortgage lending or real estate brokerage. In addition, brokerage companies are building their own suite of technology tools to serve both agents and consumers rather than piecing together a platform of products and services from multiple vendors. Brokerage tech solutions. Consolidation in the industry.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

We just went through one of the biggest housing booms in modern history,” said Jonathan Miller, a real estate appraiser at Miller Samuel who also produces housing market reports for Douglas Elliman. Some heads of brokerages see a thru line from pre- and (hopefully, eventually) post-pandemic real estate.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

It seems increasingly likely that the COVID refi boom will prove to be the most consequential event in housing in modern American history. Real estate brokerages have a related problem — transaction volume is down. It reset the board. Some lenders won’t survive. Way down.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

Brian Zitin, CEO of valuation software company Reggora , said the new requirements “will have important implications for nearly every major retail, wholesale and brokerage ordering appraisals — especially when it comes to how they are interacting with AMCs.” “The PDCIR is effective for loans with application dates on and after Nov.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

“Newburyport is a thriving community with a unique blend of historic charm and modern amenities,” Hanson, license partner of Engel & Völkers By the Sea , said. Karen Hanson, who opened another Engel & Völkers shop in Cape Ann, Massachusetts five years ago, will lead this new office.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Posts have included a house made out of huts in Virginia, a pristine mid century modern home in Florida, and a Barbiecore-themed house in Hudson, Wisconsin. New Yorker Samir Mezrahi launched Zillow Gone Wild in 2021 and quickly earned popularity across multiple platforms.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Modern drone technology is an excellent mapping tool that helps agents close deals more quickly. When all is said and done, drone mapping is a must-have for every listing in the brokerage business. Bottom Line. There are an exponential number of supplementary applications that provide a myriad of benefits to those in the broker space.

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Mortgagebroker News

JULY 4, 2023

Consumers now expect immediacy in service

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Prior to Reggora, Zitin co-founded a real estate brokerage called Sonder Partners , which was based on a proprietary algorithm that helped to efficiently target and sell investment properties in the Greater Boston area.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

They’re used to modern experiences with great service and digital experience. Tomo claims its platform is different from its competitors, which would appear to range from traditional mortgage companies and banks, all the way to iBuyer brokerages like Zillow, Redfin. For starters, it does not originate mortgage refinancings.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2021

It had a large, fenced-in yard, modern appliances in an updated kitchen, a “man cave” for her husband, beamed ceilings, a massive master suite and was located in a good school district. The home checked off every box on Linda’s list. The house, in the Nashville area, was listed at $405,000.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Agnes Standowicz Senior Vice President and Head of Underwriting United Wholesale Mortgage Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amanda Tucker Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Amy Gromowski Executive of Science and Analytics (..)

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

Once title & escrow operations get powered by a modern technology infrastructure, all other parties in the real estate ecosystem such as mortgage lenders and real estate brokerages could connect to accelerate their own innovation as well. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Many of them are determined to make an impact in industries that have yet to be significantly modernized by technology. How to Diversify Your Brokerage to Weather Economic Hardship. Real estate is an attractive field for experienced and aspiring entrepreneurs alike.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

2020 was a year that forced a number of industries to modernize and adopt technologies that had been otherwise underutilized. HW: What can brokerages and agents do to make sure they’re staying competitive? Paired with the fast turnover rate, these preferences will continue to drive high demand.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

In modern times I think that number is more around 4 million, so I don’t think we have anything shocking in the real estate space.” “If you look at the trend line, given the overall economy, there is not a whole lot of room to go, to get to the bottom,” Keller said. million, the fifth highest year on record, he said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Topics include basic real estate practices & principles, real estate law, financing, brokerage, contracts, closings + more Required 30 hrs of post-licensing coursework. Includes Modern Real estate Practice in North Carolina textbook, NC and National Drill & Practice QBank + Exam Prep courses, Access to Interactive Study Group.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

It’s doing that, he claims, by a “more modern approach to search using photos as a search modality.” Our vision is to bring real estate into the modern age by allowing customers to manage their entire experience through one simple digital platform,” Cunningham said.

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