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Planet acquires Platinum Home Mortgage Corporation

Housing Wire

“In addition to agency and GSE home loans, Planet also has niche products tailored to today’s tight real estate markets, including self-funded One-Time Close (OTC) construction loans as well as manufactured housing and renovation mortgage loans,” Gross said in a statement. million in cash.

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Top 5 home improvement projects real estate agents should recommend to sellers

Housing Wire

Being able to provide data-driven home improvement recommendations can help agents build credibility with potential clients, sell homes faster and for more money, and ultimately win more listings. When making pre-listing repairs or renovations, different projects can result in vastly different returns.

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How top LOs plan to beat the odds in 2023

Housing Wire

Mortgage demand picked up in recent weeks due to rates declining to 6% levels and a massive backlog of homes under construction, as mentioned by HousingWire ‘s lead analyst Logan Mohtashami in a recent column. Instead, they’ll be seeking to renovate their homes.”.

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How to write a lead-winning, memorable real estate agent bio (+ examples)

Housing Wire

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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After mortgage lenders shut down, what’s next for loan originators?

Housing Wire

The decision left more than 400 employees without a job, and Miller had two urgent tasks — to find a lender that would close his clients’ loans in the pipeline and would also help him close more sales in an industry that is projected to further downsize. “I But not every LO will find a new workplace.

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Home Renovations in 2021

Lamacchia Realty

HOME RENOVATIONS IN 2021. As we begin to see the other side of the pandemic and throughout the past year, the home improvement and renovation industry is seeing an extremely high demand for tools, materials, and home improvement service providers. But that doesn’t seem to be stopping clients. Cost of Materials. What You Can Do.

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How to prepare a comparative market analysis (CMA) report

Housing Wire

Successful agents create effective and accurate CMA reports that help their clients make informed decisions. In this article, I’ll share the steps, what to include, what not to includes, and how to assemble a CMA report that’ll impress your clients. They are more appropriate for an appraisal.

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