Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Visibility: Making your presence known In a down housing market , it goes without saying that visibility is crucial. Your prospective clients need to know hat you’re a real estate agent and you’re still an active player in the field. Read about what’s going on in the market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, a mortgage lender must have scalability in its operation, an ability to pivot quickly to meet changing market conditions and client needs, a well-designed technology stack and, above all, a keen sense of what its customers and the marketplace truly want from them.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

With more than 20 years of experience, CreditXpert has rolled with the punches brought on by a turbulent housing market and has excelled at adapting to the industry’s growing digital revolution and shift towards fast fintech solutions. However, CreditXpert isn’t just helping those with lower scores qualify for mortgages.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

LOs across a variety of housing markets reported that inbound reverse mortgage inquiries appear to have risen since the beginning of the year, keeping them busy. “I I’m working with a couple of brokerage firms on a multipart agent training series,” Frank Borg, a Seattle -based originator with Fairway said in a February interview.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Despite low inventory, the housing market is expected to remain strong in 2021 due to low mortgage rates. And with this housing boom will come even more questions from homeowners who want to know their housing options. One of the biggest mistakes housing professionals make is not keeping in touch with past clients.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

.” In a webinar last week with NAR’s Deputy General Counsel Lesley Muchow, she notes that if the plaintiffs are successful, “We will be forced back into the 19th century or what we see as the Wild West where unscrupulous people can regularly defraud clients. ” What’s at stake?

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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. In fact, a veritable upheaval is headed for the housing market already. They have been able to reach sales goals with relative ease for over a decade.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Christian Mills, head of Financial Advisor Relations at Reverse Mortgage Funding, about the ways a reverse mortgage can create a stable cash flow for homeowners in the midst of a volatile housing market. What can lenders do to dispel this common misconception with their clients?

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2021

As Chief Strategy Officer at Mortgage Capital Trading , Leslie Winick has harnessed her industry experience to help lead new technology innovations and industry-leading support that allowed MCT to continue to meet client needs despite the volatility of the past year. What’s unique about this current market is the impact of digitization.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The seller, who struggled to find a buyer in a cooled down housing market, agreed to deposit a lump sum payment into an escrow account at closing – ultimately saving Davis $6,900 in monthly payments in the first two years. It does take education from LOs to clients as well setting realistic expectations,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

Real estate and mortgage industry professionals are facing major challenges to meet the escalating demands of the housing market. It is no wonder then that, when asked, WFG’s lender clients and their borrowers identified training, collaboration, process efficiency and communication as the four major pain points they want to improve.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

David Peskin: As we all know, the housing market is booming right now. Available to clients aged 55 and older (in select states), this product allows eligible homeowners to tap into more of their home equity sooner rather than later with lower upfront costs. Cash can be taken in a lump sum line of credit or monthly payments.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Knock Home Swap has expanded into Orlando, Florida and Tampa, Florida, its first markets in the Sunshine State. Home Swap is offered exclusively through local real estate professionals who have been trained as Knock Certified Agents.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

Despite uncertain economic times, the housing market experienced a surge during the pandemic. And while it’s been over a year since the start of COVID-19, the real estate market hasn’t slowed down. The biggest pain point we hear from our clients is turnaround time,” said Cindy Nasser, COO of PCV Murcor. “The

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2021

For the past few years, low mortgage rates have fueled a housing market so hot that even a pandemic couldn’t derail purchase originations. By integrating PTE, Plaza has, in turn, accomplished two vital goals: Faster turn times and happier clients. The lender was not alone on this timing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Even as the housing market slowed in 2022 and 2023, the fraudulent activity of bad actors did not let up. In its 2024 State of Wire Fraud report, wire fraud protection firm CertifID found that nearly 25% of the 650 U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

The 2022 housing market has been underscored by interest rate spikes and refi decline and lenders are working hard to adjust to new borrower trends. HW: In a housing market that is constantly shifting and evolving, how can ServiceLink help lenders better serve the changing needs of their home equity clients?

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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. and Canada.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I have always been fascinated with that side of the medical field — where highly trained and skilled individuals make critical, often life-saving decisions and then follow through on those decisions with technical procedures and precise movements. After all, housing is the largest creator of wealth.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Home Swap is the perfect product in today’s highly competitive real estate market.”. Home Swap is offered exclusively through local real estate professionals who have been trained as Knock Certified Agents. In these markets, Home Swap will be offered through The Keyes Company and The Signature Real Estate Companies.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Today’s housing market has many looking for ways to cash in their equity, especially older homeowners. HW: How is Longbridge Financial helping brokers better serve their clients with HECM loans? Longbridge also helps partners better serve their clients via our Longbridge Platinum proprietary suite of products.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Knock has added Houston to the list of Texas metro areas where its Home Swap solution is available, joining Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio , as well as seven other markets nationwide. This solution is offered exclusively through local real estate professionals who were trained as Knock Certified Agents.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with John Keratsis, President and CEO of Deephaven Mortgage, about the potential benefits of non-QM lending in today’s tight housing market. HousingWire: In today’s tight market, margin compression is impacting countless mortgage companies. Yes, we offer training and webinars.

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McKissock

MARCH 28, 2023

In times like the present when the housing market is slow, you can help your appraisal business thrive by offering additional services beyond mortgage lending appraisals. I love working with clients face to face and helping them discover the fair value of their property, whatever that may entail!”

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MAY 26, 2023

In recent years, on several occasions, I have been hired to appraise a property after a valuation service was provided for my client by another real estate professional. The education, training, and testing to become a state-licensed or certified appraiser are completely different than for becoming a state-licensed real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

These rookies were thrust into the most extreme seller’s markets in history, where they had to learn on the fly how to write an offer, pitch a potential seller, and generate leads. Online training doesn’t always work. Buying a house is not just another transaction, the relationship with the client is so important.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

The Hill case is not a common occurrence in the world of housing finance, but it is far from rare. As the housing market enters a purchase-market cycle sparked by rising mortgage rates that have killed off a long-running refinance boom, we can expect to see mortgage-fraud schemes proliferate, industry experts say.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Alipour gushed about Redfin’s training program, and she accessed maternity leave benefits other agents lack. An independent contractor agent mostly finds their own leads and can receive minimal training or resources from their brokerage. They provided me training, and marketing, and covered mileage.”. Trust the process.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The National Association of Realtors has rolled out a new, free interactive training platform designed to help combat discrimination in the real estate industry called Fairhaven. Fairhaven is a fair housing simulation exercise that will be offered directly to NAR members, brokerage firms and Realtor associations, NAR said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Desktop appraisals arrived in March of 2020, allowing the housing market to keep humming while many stayed indoors to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Allowing appraisals without a walk-through was one of several flexibilities the Federal Housing Finance Agency allowed in light of the pandemic.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lower production volume means cutting staff and restructuring to better focus on the purchase market, Cohen said. Training LOs and getting on sales calls with real estate agents, insurance agents and wealth managers are what Cohen is prioritizing to drum up sales in a market where he expects rates to be in the 5% levels.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 14, 2022

While the housing market in 2021 wasn’t easy, our Woburn REALTORS® went above and beyond to serve their clients! . They provided exceptional service to their clients while still making health and safety a priority for all parties involved. is to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

“We believe in the value of continuing to innovate, adapt to the changing industry and times by delivering extraordinary experiences and providing our family of agents with the latest in tools, training and the technology that they need to continue to defy mediocrity and give 121%,” said Orhan Tolu, Century 21 Real Estate Alliance CEO and owner.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 14, 2022

While the housing market in 2021 had its challenges, our Chelmsford area REALTORS® proved they are here to stay! "I The dedication these agents have to their clients is like nothing else. is to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success. training ,? marketing ?that Jackie Louh. technology ,?and?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As the housing market adjusts to rapidly tightening monetary policy, mortgage rates again surpassed 7%,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, said in a statement. The housing market is the most interest-rate sensitive segment of the economy, and the impact rates have on homebuyers continues to evolve.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 14, 2022

While the 2021 housing market certainly had its fair share of ups and downs , our Waltham REALTORS® showed they are unstoppable! As the Office Manager I was so impressed by our agents and how tirelessly they worked for their clients in finding them homes to buy in this challenging market. training ,? marketing ?that

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Like many loan officers, Dicker was working nights and weekends, banging out refinancings and purchase mortgages at record-low rates for clients. One of Dicker’s clients this past weekend backed out of a $295,000 houmese purchase in Michigan this past weekend. But the boom times are over, and he knows it. And he’s far from alone.

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