The Appraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What makes a contract a contract? Is it the legal prose, the professional typesetting, or the date across the top? I’m no lawyer, but my mentor once told me that. Read More.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Northpointe Bank , a regional bank headquartered in Michigan, will walk away from its correspondent lending business to focus on its retail lending, mortgage warehouse financing division and specialty loan servicing business. Production declined 25% to $5.49 billion in 2022 from the previous year’s volume of $7.29

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

The lawsuit states that Atlantic Trust signed a wholesale broker agreement with UWM in January 2018 but agreed to amend the contract to add the “All-In Initiative” in December 2022. Therefore, we will follow the agreed upon contract and win damages.” UWM sued Kevron Investments Inc. The cases are still in progress.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

I actually met with some Minnesota community leaders about contract-for-deed targeting certain immigrant groups across the country,” Chopra said. A duo of bipartisan U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances that are $726,200 or less increased to 6.71% from the previous week’s 6.62%.

Housing Market 384

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 2, 2021

creating new risk and uncertainty around the most common, everyday business practices used by many debt collectors, including loan servicers. Debt collectors often contract with third-party vendors for services such as a creating and mailing collection letters, receiving incoming phone calls, and even simple accounts receivable bookkeeping.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As brokerages across the country have begun implementing buyer agency contracts into their business practices in the wake of the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit verdict, the Consumer Federation of America is warning consumers that they may be filled with “unfair provisions” that primarily protect agents and brokers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business. of builders showed profitability with $1 million plus contracts on average. Homebuilding Contract Values.

Marketing 473

Marketing Contracts Supply Chain Project Management 473

GoForrmz

APRIL 22, 2024

How GoFormz supports greener business practices Our planet is an amazing place – a place that sustains all life as we know it. That’s why for this year’s Earth Day, GoFormz is recognizing the importance of sustainability in business. Even for a small business with 10-20 office employees, that number can add up quickly.

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GoForrmz

APRIL 12, 2021

Augment your manufacturing contracts with these powerful fields and features Digital form fields and features can significantly improve the completeness and professionalism of your manufacturing contracts and service agreements. Ready to digitize your digital manufacturing contracts and service agreements?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Okavage refused to sign an addendum, which states that brokers cannot engage in business with Fairway or Rocket. UWM terminated its contract with the broker and no longer accepts mortgage applications from Okavage customers. for selling loans to rivals Rocket and Fairway despite agreeing to the contract.

Contracts 421

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Prospective Arizona real estate agents must fulfill a 90-hour prelicensing program from an Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE)-approved school and pass a six-hour contract writing course , for a total of 96 class hours. Course includes contracts used in real estate transactions with samples and practical contract completion exercises.

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Real Estate Contracts Law Real Estate Agent 409

Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Lender Toolkit accused Celebrity Home Loans and MLD Mortgage of breach of contract. Both lenders entered into a contract with Lender Toolkit in 2021. MLD’s Colorado business volume between 2019 and the present accounts for less than 0.1% Lender Toolkit says Celebrity owes at least $97,288 and MLD Mortgage $138,069.

Mortgage 367

Mortgage Contracts Legal Business 367

Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

As the July deadline for the implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement approaches, the trade organization is looking to iron out some details about buyer broker agreements.

Buyers 466

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Bills Clarke said this is exactly how agents already work with sellers, so it shouldn’t be a big deal to implement buyer agreements into a business. “We But the Washington state contracts come with the option to make the relationship exclusive or nonexclusive. As of Jan.

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GoForrmz

JANUARY 19, 2023

Take advantage of the time-saving benefits of digitally collecting business data and secure signatures across all your documents, including contracts, invoices, consent forms, NDAs, incident reports, HR forms, and so much more!

Business 148

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

During the first quarter of 2024, Zillow recorded revenue growth across all sectors of its business, including a 31% annual jump in its rentals revenue to $97 million and a 19% year-over-year increase in its mortgage revenue to $31 million. Our massive unconverted audience will drive years of growth ahead for Zillow.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Eventually, this person ended up working for his company and was the first to ask about ChatGPT’s use in the business. That has had the biggest streamlining impact on his business and has allowed the company to hire more agents. “It Different use cases Each panelist comes to the AI discussion from a different angle.

Real Estate 441

Real Estate Tools Brokerage Technology 441

Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates. Djon Luxury Real Estate is expanding its sell-side business, training buyer-side real estate agents on the necessary contracts and selling their value to the consumer.

Brokerage 421

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The deal gave Guild a substantial foothold in the Northeast and a bevy of purchase businesses. However, if the contract was terminated with cause – which includes cases of fraud or breach of fiduciary duty, among others – he would not receive the severance compensation. In 2020, it originated $8.5 billion in mortgage loans. 2 in a U.S.

Retail 421

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Real estate agents are facing a contracting issue that could seriously upend the traditional housing landscape. In order to survive, buyer agents will need to show this value to buyers and be willing to have clients pay a set fee or a pre-negotiated percentage of the sale price to secure the business.

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Agents Buyers Real Estate Agent Loan Officers 458

Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

But despite the uncertainty and the soon-to-beimplemented business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement , RE/MAX leaders are confident in the brokerage’s ability to succeed in this changing environment. annualized decline in U.S. and Canada to 64,322 agents.

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Agents Real Estate Training Buyers 420

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

In business, we use proper language and leave the LOLs for after-hours. Use real words to do real business. 1 for texting in business : “OMG, I was ROFL when my BFF told me, TBH, about her date last night. Respect the clock and save business conversations for business hours. This also applies to time zones.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Business 431

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Despite asking their agents to cancel their NAR memberships, Redfin also acknowledged that agents in some areas may need to maintain their membership to continue conducting their business. “In It is a sales business,” Stella said. “If In about half the U.S.,

Realtors 432

Realtors Agents Brokerage Contracts 432

Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

While the real estate industry is forever in flux, one constant is that it’s a relationship business. Today, It is an all-in-one platform designed to help real estate agents manage many aspects of their business, including building meaningful relationships to grow repeat and referral business with clients. Wondering how?

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Real Estate News

JULY 2, 2023

Facing a contraction of his brokerage business, J. Philip Faranda made a previously "unthinkable" decision. Now he wishes he had done it sooner.

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Brokerage Contracts Business 264

Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

loanDepot is accusing its competitor Movement Mortgage of damaging its business by hiring over 25 employees in three months and “effectively crippling” “now-depleted” branches. It also accuses Movement of inducing these employees to breach contracts by soliciting others to leave loanDepot.

Retail 421

Retail Contracts Legal Business 421

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This includes financials, organizational documents, agent productivity reports, operating metrics, vendor contracts, lease agreements, employment agreements, insurance documents, and more. From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract.

Real Estate 421

Real Estate Brokerage Valuation Contracts 421

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Megan McDermott has also alleged that someone at the Chicago-based lender accessed her business Facebook profile without authorization and used her brand and referral network to secure business after her resignation. In response, the lender said it’s conducting a detailed investigation into the claims.

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Loan Officers Human Resources Contracts Mortgage 450

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

has terminated a master repurchase agreement and securities contract with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital and Morgan Stanley Bank , according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Home Point Financial Corp. The financing arrangement was also dated June 3, 2020. million, SEC filings revealed. . trillion in 2023.

Lending 397

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the filing, Stewart states that it paid $1.782 million for the first set of the perpetual license before installing ResWare “across virtually the entire business platform.” According to Stewart, if the license agreement is terminated, it “would suffer damages, monumental harm, and enormous disruption to its business.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez sued one of its former executives over multiple allegations, including breach of contract, disclosure of confidential information and unfair competition tied to soliciting several Newrez executives to join a competing lender. 21 in the U.S. the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) showed.

Retail 421

Retail Legal Lending Business 421

Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Two years later, the division has proven to be a key player in the business at Longbridge. To mark the anniversary of the launch and the posture of the wider industry that has evolved during that time, RMD sat down with Parks to discuss how the business has progressed and what it’s looking to accomplish in the future.

Loan Officers 420

Loan Officers Training Business Retail 420

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The home equity products involved include home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), closed-end second mortgages (CESs) and shared-equity contracts. The recent Saluda Grade-sponsored rated offering represents the sixth securitization deal since 2021 backed fully by shared-equity contracts — valued in total at some $1.3

Housing Market 421

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

When times are good, most owners will say that they don’t have the time because there’s so much new business coming in the door. When times are not so good, owners will say they don’t have time because they’re too busy trying to get new business in the door. I get it, running a business can be time consuming.

Real Estate 366

Real Estate Contracts Tools Training 366

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Alleged promises by Ginnie Mae That contention, however, does “nothing to undermine TCB’s claim that Ginnie Mae lacked statutory authority to extinguish TCB’s interest in its collateral, which was not only separate from the servicing rights but also subject to no contract between TCB and Ginnie Mae,” the filing reads.

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Government Contracts Finance Lending 419

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

is essential for a thriving and sustainable real estate business.” in violation of their contract. A core focus for The Home Squad has always been agent development and empowerment, and we believe this mutual philosophy that we share with SERHANT. In 2023, The Home Squad closed $86 million in sales volume, according to the release.

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