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AUGUST 24, 2023

Insurance as a hot-button issue is likely not going away anytime soon. Unfortunately, as long as Mother Nature is in control, agents, buyers and sellers need to be more proactive than ever, broker Cara Ameer writes.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

First, he has his clients lender call the listing agent. This is an absolute must, especially in the market right now as it gives the lender an opportunity to fill the listing agent in on the buyer’s background and how the VA loan process works,” Pascoe explained. That never happens when a VA loan is involved.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data — including permits, climate risk, rental rates, flood insurance costs, internet providers and speeds, crime statistics, solar potential, liens, zoning details, remodel potential and valuation — in one place.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Founded in 2006, Carson Realty serves clients in the South Carolina markets of Hilton Head, Bluffton and Lake Keowee. On Thursday, the family-owned firm announced that it had acquired South Carolina -based Carson Realty. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. We look forward to our partnership with Carson Realty (CR).

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Few things affect the real estate market more than the rise and fall of interest rates , which has a ripple effect that directly influences everything from buyer behavior to market trends. How interest rates impact your clients Let’s look at how interest rates can impact buyers, sellers or homeowners looking to refinance.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors. “I had one client in St. Presented by: Propertybase. She relocated to New York.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, announced on Wednesday a new partnership with WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG) to provide the company and its customers with eClosing technology solutions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. This is a huge boon for the program as seller concessions have not been allowed within the FHA-insured program since its inception.

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2023

California markets like the ones listed above already face a number of challenges, but news over the weekend could make it even more challenging for buyers. Well, State Farm last week announced that it would halt home insurance sales in California. State Farm is the nation’s largest car and home insurer by premium volume.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The nation’s second largest title insurer , First American , as well as some of its subsidiaries, remain offline as of Wednesday morning in the wake of the title firm’s Dec. On Friday, it notified clients that it had taken its email system offline and that recipients should be wary of any emails that come through from FirstAm.com.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

As recently as five years ago, homeowners insurance was certainly not top of mind for most homebuyers and their real estate agents , but the rapidly rising cost of insurance premiums is changing that. Before, insurance was kind of an afterthought. nationwide in 2023, with Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. and Utah at 20.3%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

Your potential clients are looking for experts to guide them through what could be the most significant financial decision of their lives. While this may seem too simple of a first step for a title expert, keep in mind that your clients may be starting from ground zero. Remember that your clients may not know the difference!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Tom Kriby, Vice President of Client Development and Partnerships at Westwood Insurance, about how insurance issues can hold up a home closing and how lenders can integrate insurance into their process to help their homebuyers avoid delays. It’s more common than you think.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

Property documents offer real estate agents and their clients crucial insights; however, they are often long, full of legalese, and poorly formatted, making them extremely tedious to review and understand,” James Rogers, co-founder and CEO of RealReports, said in a statement. “Now It pulls information from more than 30 data providers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

.” Incenter has businesses focused on capital markets, loan diligence, student lending, insurance, property tax, accounting and marketing. According to Parrish, some of Incenter’s clients, such as IMBs, face pressures from the market downturn. “Those customers are having a tough time right now,” Parrish said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Earlier this week, Zillow launched a new “touring agreement,” a nonexclusive contract for buyers and agents to use for home tours. This agreement must be signed prior to an agent taking a buyer to tour a home. This agreement must be signed prior to an agent taking a buyer to tour a home. According to Laura M.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — National Association of Realtors CEO Bob Goldberg was back on the stand Tuesday morning at the start of the seventh day of the Sitzer/Burnett class-action buyer broker commission antitrust lawsuit. In his testimony, Goldberg maintained that the current system promotes an efficient marketplace.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

home buyers and sellers it survey were targeted with suspicious or potentially fraudulent activities, while 10% were targeted for real estate fraud and 5% suffered losses during their real estate transaction due to fraudster. Even as the housing market slowed in 2022 and 2023, the fraudulent activity of bad actors did not let up.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2022

While large title insurers like Stewart , First American and Old Republic have been making headlines for their voracious acquisitions appetite, smaller players too are looking to expand their piece of the pie. ATA National Title Group serves both residential and commercial clients, and provides title searches and escrow services.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

He said his company is focused on buyer-side agents, whose activity is expected by some to be impacted by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) $418 million nationwide settlement of the commission lawsuits. Now, they’re incentivized because they share the profits in the title insurance,“ Samson explained.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

To achieve deal flow, loan officers have been forced to come up with creative ways to persuade buyers they can make the deal work, half a dozen of mortgage professionals interviewed by HousingWire said. There are also advantages to working with buyers in a less competitive marketplace.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Originators who primarily served move-up buyers with high credit scores and strong down payments are struggling to find clients. About 60% of his clients are first-time homebuyers, and more often than not they are using FHA loans, VA loans and DPA programs. They are staying busy relative to the market,” Ullmann said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But as much as it’s already a core tenet of real estate, collaboration currently presents a unique new opportunity for real estate agents to evolve the way they work with their buyers and sellers. But collaboration is the way forward — a way to transform how agents and brokers work and the experience their clients receive.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

We have an insurance problem,” said Charlotte Johnson , a Keller Williams agent based in Mandeville. Our insurance is pricing people out of their homes.” Between 2018 and 2023, homeowners insurance rates in Louisiana jumped 24.9%, according to an analysis by S&P Global. From 2022 to 2023 alone, rates jumped 21.2%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Builders feel more confident in the market, housing inventory data is positive and buyer demand for mortgages has increased — but don’t be fooled. You need a buyer and seller,” Brown said. mortgage insurance market in 2023 to deteriorate. mortgage insurance sector, according to the report.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A housing market marked by relatively high interest rates and tight inventory — and punctuated by the practice of home inspection waivers to sweeten offers — are taking a bite out of business for home inspectors, who play a key role in the sales process by ensuring that buyers are not being sold a lemon of a house.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Check out Wise Pelican Typically, you’d mail the just sold letter to homeowners who live around a property you just helped your client to sell. There are still plenty of buyers interested in this area. In fact, we had (number) offers, which means there are still ready, willing, and qualified buyers eager to make an offer!

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

DBRS Morningstar’s rating of the $224 million securitization opened up new types of bond buyers that have inherently lower costs of capital, Saluda Grade CEO Ryan Craft said. There’s a lot more capital in the picture — in particular, insurance capital — which needs the rating for them to buy the bond,” Matthews said. “So,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Our way of honoring first responders is by educating our podcast listeners, readers and coaching clients in the real estate industry about how to help those who helped all of us and are still being of service every day. Listen to all of these really great mortgage programs (most agents and buyers don’t know about these!)

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nashville has relatively low property taxes, insurance costs and utility prices, along with no state income tax, all of which definitely help if you’re looking for a lower cost of living.” While a lot of Sanchez’s clients were from California , she also reported working with people from Chicago, New York and Florida.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

VA loans offer a 100% financing option for qualifying military service members and veterans, and don’t require mortgage insurance. These clients are typically low on funds, which is why they need this type of financing. “But agent commissions have never been a closing cost from a buyer perspective.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Citrus Closing Group serves clients in the Florida counties of Lake Seminole, Osceola, Orange, and Brevard. The Orlando market is experiencing significant activity from both local and international buyers, thanks to its thriving economy and diverse culture,” Leo Pareja, eXp’s chief strategy officer, said in a statement. “The

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2023

Buyers, sellers and lenders all have a stake in the sale, and title and escrow ensure that everyone’s interests are protected. They manage and oversee the entire process from the time a seller accepts an offer to the time the buyer takes possession of the property. So why are title and escrow so important?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

Historically, though, professionals let their clients go after the transaction is complete rather than building a moat around the client that assures future transactions. The newest prop tech applications to moat the client relationship are home management tools.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Buyer’s agent commissions won’t necessarily go away Two weeks ago, the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and the Residential Listing Service modified their rules starting Jan. This means a listing agent can now present their listings to the public, offering $0 buyer agent compensation. So, what will be the outcome?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2022

In return, the Samson agent is asked – not told, asked – to refer clients to Cardinal Title Group , a title insurer wholly owned by Samson. “I The company totaled 20,210 in 2021 transaction sides (If you represent just one side of the deal, buyer or seller, that counts as a side). From one perspective, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

Choose a reputable lender who has experience working with clients who carry student loan debt, as they’ll be able to help structure the best financing options to suit your specific needs. Weigh your options carefully, and seek professional advice if necessary before applying for an IDR.

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