Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Jeremy Foster, founder and chairman of Calque Buying a home today can be stressful and fraught with complicated issues, such as contingencies requiring the buyer to sell their current home before qualifying for the home they want to buy. JF: We’ve carefully designed our processes, so our incentives are always aligned with yours.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Real Estate and Design Trends to Watch in 2024 Design & Architecture , Design Trends By: Barbara Ballinger Source: [link] From ecosystem conservation to “new” darker neutrals in exterior paint, we look at the trends set to take hold in the industry this year. Land shortages make attached and stacked units smart choices.

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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. Mortgage professionals voiced their concerns of the potential ripple effects that might have on those cash-strapped buyers, depending on the results of the commission lawsuits. “It

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) on Wednesday announced two new home-affordability mortgage products designed to help underserved borrowers become homeowners. The programs are key to the GSEs’ equitable housing finance plans.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 11, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued a Request for Input (RFI) on the proposed 2025-2027 Underserved Markets Plans submitted by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) under the Duty to Serve (DTS) program. The proposed Plans cover the period from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027.

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MAY 6, 2024

I recently attended the Going to Extremes conference in DC on April 18-19, which focused on how climate change is affecting the US housing and finance industries. According to Mehlomakulu, ICON’s homes are 350% stronger and are designed to outlive the traditional spec home by nearly triple their life expectancy.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

DART is a mortgage processing product designed to offer the industry an alternative to offerings from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS), with this latest move ostensibly designed to expand the reach of Figure’s own ecosystem.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Rubio claims that the new rule can raise costs by as much as $31,000 per home, adding that “it could take a buyer as many as 90 years to break even on that through energy savings,” he said. But Rubio did not mention other programs announced by HUD designed to encourage the construction of additional supply, including $5.5

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Dubbed “Investors Flex,” the non-QM product for real estate investors, offered purchase and refinance loans up to $2 million that could be used to finance up to 20 properties by using each property’s monthly rental income to qualify.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

One option is that NAR and the MLSs can no longer require cooperative compensation, but listing agents and their sellers can still offer the buyer broker compensation if they so choose. It is a situation where buyers need to pay their own agents and sellers have to pay their agent separately?”

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2023

The decision is part of UBS’s strategy to focus more on financing mortgage originators , the outlet said, citing an anonymous source discussing non-public information who asked not to be identified. “We The mortgage-trading decision comes on the heels of UBS working to integrate the operations of Credit Suisse Group AG.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

The program was designed to help military service members successfully transition to civilian status by becoming homeowners and building the wealth they missed out on during the war. On Tuesday, the VA announced that will it implement temporary rules to allow buyer-paid broker fees.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

As the engines of the housing and mortgage markets continue to sputter due to higher interest rates and fewer buyers, industry innovators are looking for ways to get their company’s wheels off the ground. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This deficit greatly exacerbates the challenge of bringing equity to homeownership, particularly for low-to-moderate income (LMI) home buyers who are disproportionately people of color. The solution is designed to scale the production of single-family entry-level homes for sale in the Convergence pilot cities of Memphis, Tenn.,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Less than three weeks out from the trial start date, plaintiffs in the Sitzer/Burnett buyer broker commission class action lawsuit filed a notice to withdraw three named plaintiffs. The two-page filing offered no explanation for the decision. “The

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Pacaso , a company founded by former Zillow executives that is focused on second-home ownership, announced Wednesday they raised $75 million in venture capital financing. Buyers can own one-eighth to half of the vacation home. VC investor , and she has financed other L.A. Settle is a prominent L.A.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Both buyers and sellers value the combined benefits of his individual talents along with membership in one of the most respected real estate firms in New York City. Accreditations and designations Highlight your professional credentials and any special designations you’ve earned. Jane Doe specializes in luxury markets.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, this lawsuit also takes issue with NAR’s Clear Cooperation rule, which requires listing brokers to make an offer of compensation to buyer brokers in order to submit a listing to a Realtor-affiliated MLS.

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JUNE 3, 2024

Many of them are buyers, but they are underwriting deals based on the new interest rate and pricing reality in the market. Interest Rate Changes: Interest rates play a crucial role in real estate financing and rates are higher today than in many years. Well-located assets will typically always have buyers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Titlegenius uses blockchain-backed technology to provide home buyers with an online platform to help facilitate their purchase of title insurance and the closing process in general. Many home buyers are unaware that they have choices when shopping for title insurance.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The entire system has to be designed to inflate the price over time. So when you add move-up buyers, move-down buyers, first-time homebuyers, cash buyers and investors together, this can get out of hand. Remember, the system is designed to keep home prices inflated. This is what we do in America.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to the DOJ, the United States filed a complaint alleging that UBS “defrauded investors” by making false and misleading statements to buyers of 40 RMBS issued in 2006 and 2007 relating to the characteristics of the loans. In the mortgage space, UBS has plans to wind down a business in its U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The VA designated markets as high-demand based on increased demand for appraisal services and a shortage of appraisers. With conventional financing, in contrast, the appraisal fee is entirely negotiable in different areas, Trott said. Conventional buyers who need an appraisal done quickly can pay a premium. .

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Here are some options to help you build a strong real estate website: Luxury Presence This high-end website builder is used by most design-forward agents and brokerages for its stunning layouts, high-resolution video capabilities and a sleek luxury feel. The designs aren’t exclusive to you and there’s no automation for posting.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Michigan-based wholesale lender Homepoint is the latest firm to announce that it is making five, seven and 10-year adjustable-rate mortgages available to its network of mortgage broker partners, a move designed to generate purchase business. The buyer for that $11 billion MSR portfolio was Freedom Mortgage Corp.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Taking the time to establish these requirements for the real estate agent, lender, buyer and seller will help the agent craft a more cohesive plan for achieving those goals. Technological connectivity The new generation of buyers is going all in on technology. Is it having a happy client who will be a great reference?

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Inman

MAY 8, 2023

The sale-leaseback platform plans to launch a marketplace later this year designed to serve homesellers and buyers, both individuals and investors, EasyKnock revealed to Inman exclusively.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

Rocket Pro TPO has launched a program that will guarantee financing to close in 15 days, a move to entice mortgage brokers and their real estate agent partners in a scorching-hot housing market. It also represents yet another sweetener designed to convince brokers to choose them over rival United Wholesale Mortgage. Sponsored Video.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

The growing wave of loan-repurchase requests from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has yet another major wrinkle, industry sources reveal, and this new problem, if accurate as alleged, threatens to disrupt future merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the mortgage-finance industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Lamacchia also stressed that it is impossible to claim that the system is rigged because sellers can choose how much compensation they offer the buyers’ broker, or whether they even want to offer cooperative compensation. Our current mortgage finance system does not allow commissions to be plopped on top,” Lamacchia said.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

They found liar buyers. It says buyer and seller are: Prudent and knowledgeable. Unaffected by special or creative financing or sales concessions granted by anyone associated with the sale” . buyer and seller are avariciously motivated; biased. buyer and seller are avariciously motivated; biased. Let’s Pretend.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Senate have introduced bills in their respective chambers designed to ban hedge funds from participating in the single-family housing market, citing supply and affordability challenges as justification. Democratic lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. First reported by the New York Times, Sen.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Schwartz in a statement said that this expansion “is proof that there’s tremendous appetite for what we’ve built – a digital experience, designed from the ground up to meet the needs of homebuyers today.”. For qualifying buyers, loans can be distributed in amounts up to $3 million. the fintech company said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

Capezza wrote that this move is part of the company’s overall plan to create a more “seamless, integrated experience” for agents, Zillow’s service partners, as well as home buyers and sellers by connecting the various services and products Zillow offers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Competition for home buyers is tougher than ever right now, as tightened housing stock supply continues to plague the housing market. Acra’s jumbo prime mortgage solution is designed to provide borrowers with the larger loan amounts needed to purchase a high-value property, with loan amounts up to $3 million. 3-month bank statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Include this photo in a gallery that contains multiple high-quality photos of the listing; this will prevent interested buyers from having to spend time finding a link to view the home. Design a photo with the testimonial included, then use the caption to express gratitude for the review.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Both properties sold to owner-occupant buyers for under $150,000 apiece. “I I am very excited to enrich the communities that produced the person that produced me,” said McCormick’s daughter, Alexis Gaines, who has been helping her mother design the renovated homes. “My Some of the areas where I grew up have taken a big hit.

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