Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Real estate brokerage eXp Realty has entered into an affiliated business agreement with Orlando, Florida -based title fi r m Citrus Closing Group , according to an announcement on Thursday. “We This is the second title-affiliated business agreement eXp has announced in the past year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

New changes from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Ginnie Mae , which insure and guarantee loans, could help open an untapped market for lenders looking to expand their businesses and improve access to credit for buyers of manufactured homes. For lenders, the market offers the prospect of a new and growing line of business.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

From fine-tuning the initial listing to completing the mountains of paperwork needed for closing , homebuyers and sellers can find themselves juggling a wide range of issues. Find your audience Not every real estate transaction is the same because not all buyers and sellers are the same.

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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

MAY 30, 2023

Swiss bank UBS Group AG plans to wind down a business in its US mortgage unit that focuses on “to-be-announced” (TBA) trading, Bloomberg reported late last week. We are fully committed to our lending business, which supports independent mortgage originators,” UBS spokesperson Erica Chase told Bloomberg in an email.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Growing and changing is vital to expand your services and business growth so that you can tailor services in REO. Presently, the demand for existing homes outpaces the available supply, raising potential concerns for both sellers and buyers. Demand for existing homes — including REO assets — outpaces the available supply.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

For mortgage brokers looking to make the jump to mortgage banking, non-delegated lending is the perfect way to build the resume they need on their journey to a fully delegated, agency-approved seller and servicer. JH: We’ve taken a slow, methodical and purposeful approach to the non-delegated business.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Request for input seeks to strengthen, and provide transparency, required capital and liquidity for GSE seller/servicers with different business models. The post FHFA Seeks Input on Eligibility Requirements for GSE Seller/Servicers appeared first on DSNews.

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Inman

APRIL 4, 2024

If agents want to beat out their local competition, writes trainer and leadership expert Jeff Glover, they need to start focusing on owning the listing inventory in their markets.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

While we regret any transaction in which we fall short of our high standards, we must view these instances within the larger context of the nearly 150,000 seller experiences we have provided during our nearly 30-year history,” the response said in part. “We A duo of bipartisan U.S.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

NAR’s 2023 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers has just been released, and it’s packed with insights that can help you take your business to the next level in 2024. According to trainer Bernice Ross, the most important insights concern your lead generation and lead conversion.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2021

The primary takeaways are this: nonbanks by virtue of their business model and regulatory oversight pose greater liquidity and operational/credit risks than depository institutions all things considered. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. To contact the author of this story: Clifford Rossi at crossi@umd.edu.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Regarding its subservicing business, Mr. Cooper is in the process of launching an MSR Fund. We also see enough liquidity to support additional bulk MSR purchases, as banks, in all likelihood, will be net sellers of servicing over the foreseeable future.” ” Mr. . The company had $2.2

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Hesitant home sellers could be one reason there is such low housing inventory, according to a report from Zillow. Thirty-four percent of would-be home sellers said they are staying out of the market due to the uncertainty caused by COVID-19. “The catch is that waiting to sell may raise the cost of a trade-up.

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Appraiserblogs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Could it be because of the racial bias complaint filed against me by an unhappy Seller… Fannie Mae accomplished what they set out to do in July 2011, when they initiated their Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) and the Uniform Collateral Data Portal. So what’s caused the sudden loss of income? Related Posts: Low Appraised Value = Racial Bias?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Stevens, President at SRE.com, about the challenges mortgage loan officers and brokers face as the market continues to shift toward purchase money business and how human-assisted eCommerce can help them win more business. Referral business has been a hit-or-miss proposition for many professional loan originators in the past.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

It is crucial to focus on capturing the business that exists in this market in the near term while also planting seeds with clients that will yield long-term rewards. While many real estate businesses already offer ancillary services (e.g. Offer bundled services options. Evolve the technology stack.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

The business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement ,will go into effect on Aug. In addition, agents and brokers will be required to provide compensation disclosures to sellers.

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Inman

AUGUST 17, 2023

As Zillow's Listing Showcase rolls out, it’s becoming clear that it will play a central role on the seller side of the business as it unlocks new premium revenue streams.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Living on commissions often means getting paid more for convincing a buyer to increase their acceptable price range or coaxing a seller to hold out for a more lucrative deal. This is seen as clunky and even amateurish by many brokerage executives with a traditional business model. “To It was a good way to start my career.

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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.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

At HousingWire , we have a debate about whether home sellers will freeze up again this year as mortgage rates stay stubbornly high. We’ve had seller growth for 18 weeks in a row. More sellers means more sales. Will sellers retreat entirely, like they did last year? But will rates deter sellers also?

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Inventory is still low and that’s exactly why it’s important to target the sellers who are more likely to move. To find the listings right now you need to find the sellers that have to move. Who are the must sell sellers? My suggestion is to choose 1 area of the must-move seller opportunities I have shared.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Under current guidelines, sellers pay a 5-6% commission on a sale which is split between the buyer and listing agents. Sellers would continue to see the value in buyer agents — bringing more potential agents to the table and making properties more competitive — while also compensating buyer agents accordingly. Enter the savvy seller.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down. NEXA has always been focused on purchase loans , which means some of its LOs do significant business with buyers’ agents.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In a purchase market, there are multiple stakeholders who have vested interests in the transaction – buyers, sellers, Realtors – and originators, all working under time-driven constraints including rate-lock commitments, mortgage-based contingencies and move-in/move out dates which all rely on timely and accurate decisions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

“We’re on a mission to become the most valuable platform powering business growth for our agents and brokers,” Blake Elmquist, Realtor.com’s vice president of the seller category, wrote in an email. “We We know it’s difficult for them in today’s market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2021

According to a news release, 200 new correspondent sellers are expected to be added to PHH’s client base, and around 60,000 loans will be transferred to the PHH Mortgage servicing platform in the third quarter. Texas Capital’s correspondent lending business originated approximately $2.4

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

Less than a week after HomeServices of America settled the home seller commission lawsuits for $250 million , the firm again finds itself in the crosshairs of antitrust litigation. On Monday, homebuyer James Lutz filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit in a U.S. Lutz’s attorneys wrote that this has “led to higher home prices paid by buyers.”

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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. KW actively supports any individual’s ability to build a career worth having or businesses worth owning.” Coursera boasted 142 million users at the end of 2023.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Training and production top challenges Training real estate agents on new business practices resulting from the NAR commission settlement is tops when it comes to brokerage challenges. My agents are well trained and prepared as we use a Buyer Broker Agreement and have buyers offset any [brokerage compensation] that the sellers do not pay.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

Analysts and industry experts attributed the differing stock performances to the business-model discrepancies between Zillow and Homes.com. Zillow is mostly known for its practice of selling buyer agent leads through its Premier Agent program, while Homes.com has touted its “your listing, your lead” model, which focuses on seller agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

These resources are what agents need to serve buyers and sellers well, and let those buyers and sellers keep more of their hard-earned dollars. The brokerage will also cover many standard business expenses such as mileage, listing costs, payroll taxes and benefits.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 21, 2023

After spending over a year as a REALTOR with Lamacchia Realty, Chris Rochon has made the exciting jump to the Business Development team. Chris served buyers and sellers in the Greater Merrimack Valley area during his time as a REALTOR. He loves building relationships and helping others find success in the business.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

Boost Boost by Lone Wolf is the simple way to market your real estate business online. 2 Agents can use Boost to showcase the effectiveness of their advertising with automated seller reports. 2 Agents can use Boost to showcase the effectiveness of their advertising with automated seller reports.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

When asked about the language they use to discuss how buyer and seller agent commissions are paid, some of the most common responses included stressing that commissions are and always have been negotiable, and that if the National Association of Realtors’ settlement is approved, some practices may change, but many things are currently unknown.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Instagram expert Michelle Berman-Mikel teaches you to actively prospect and convert your Instagram connections into buyers and sellers who only want to work with you.

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