Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

After completing countless Veterans Administration (VA) mortgage loan transactions over the years, Chris Pascoe, a Marine veteran turned RE/MAX agent, has developed something of a system. First, he has his clients lender call the listing agent. More education is really the only way to improve this situation.”.

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Clients Agents Buyers Sellers 393

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Apart from selling produce that is popular in former Soviet countries, these stores represent a marketing opportunity for Alex Naumovych, a loan officer at Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corporation. Borrowers have called me from seeing my advertising in the stores and a couple of Realtors, too.”. trillion in 2021.

Marketing 393

Marketing Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Advertising 393

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Becca Summers does not typically include Wells Fargo on the lender recommendation list she gives to clients. However, when mortgage rates started rising in the spring, Summers encouraged her clients to take advantage of the bank’s mortgage rate lock product. Fahad Janvekar, a loan officer at Fairway Independent Mortgage.

Real Estate 370

Real Estate Real Estate Agent Clients Agents 370

McKissock

APRIL 20, 2021

Becoming a real estate agent requires a giant leap of faith and an investment of time and money. That’s why some agents may choose to test the waters with a part-time real estate position while hanging onto a steady income from another job. Finding time for part-time real estate.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Realtors 98

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Rocket Mortgage has also launched a lender-funded 1-0 rate buydown, dubbed the “inflation buster” program, as well as a seller- or real estate agent-funded 1-0 rate buydown from its wholesale arm Rocket Pro TPO. ” Trudy Kelly, senior loan officer at Churchill Mortgage.

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Buyers Marketing Sellers Loan Officers 464

Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

Achieving success as a real estate agent requires more than simply understanding the mechanics of the job. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. And why is this so important?

Real Estate Agent 369

Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 369

PennyMac

JULY 20, 2021

Whether you are buying or selling a home, your real estate agent will be your partner through one of the most significant transactions of your life. Finding the right agent should involve careful planning and research, but many of us just don’t know where to start. How long have you been working as a real estate agent?

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Sellers 69

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. 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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Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Real Estate Agents 453

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

A seasoned retail and commercial banking salesman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the 39-year-old Woodward joined Interfirst Mortgage as a loan officer in October 2020 after a recommendation from an old college friend. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

Mortgage 519

Mortgage Marketing Retail Lending 519

Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. According to the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors , the median home sale price jumped 15.3% The agents on my team are having to be extremely competitive when making offers.

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Agent Real Estate 402

Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

The combination of an economic uncertainty, high mortgage rates and persisting affordability challenges will further reduce purchase demand, which keeps Monson and thousands of loan officers up at night. Wax said about 50 to 60% of his clients are first-time homebuyers.

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Loan Officers Inventory Real Estate Agent Buyers 382

Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I started thinking about this when I saw the news coming from the National Association of Realtors about how far the current real estate market is out of balance. I can see why loan officers, real estate agents, or buyers might push back on appraisers’ conclusions.

Appraisal 370

Appraisal Marketing Real Estate Inventory 370

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Whether it be through social media, connecting with real estate agents or going back to old-fashioned ways of knocking on people’s doors, they’ll have to focus on the purchase market going into the new year. We have subscriptions that go out to Realtors weekly,” Nguyen said. Mortgage products expected to get love .

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Renovations Realtors Construction Mortgage 403

Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

In eOriginal’s 2020 Tech100 nomination, the company boasted about the efficiency their ClosingCenter product brought to mortgage lending clients; Fairway achieved 80% faster mortgage acceptance by secondary market investors and also realized a 90% reduction in interest expenses to warehouse lenders for mortgages closed using ClosingCenter.

Real Estate 375

Real Estate Brokerage Real Estate Agent Technology 375

Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers from each city share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. While Nourmand said most of his clients have been local Californians, he has worked with a few Floridians and New Yorkers. “We Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Housing Market Marketing Real Estate Real Estate Agent 367

Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

If you were buying a home and the loan officer told you that they needed to get an appraisal this is what they were talking about. When completing a hybrid appraisal the data collection is done by a third-party inspector who could be a real estate agent or someone else.

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Realtors Appraisal Market Value Real Estate Agent 77

McKissock

JANUARY 18, 2022

A skilled real estate agent can play a major role in guiding these fledgling property owners through the maze that is a real estate transaction. In an interview with Entrepreneur , property experts say that a real estate agent can make or break a home-buying experience. Answer Questions.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Buyers 96

Realtor

OCTOBER 16, 2023

And while there are ways to lower those costs , navigating the home loan process is extremely complicated—particularly for first-time homebuyers. “Learn about the types of loans before talking with a professional to know the right questions to ask.” “These situations often happen outside of typical office hours.”

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Real Estate Buyers 190

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

A title agency’s average time to close is never lost on its clients. A REALTOR who no longer has to wait for the mail to receive her commission. A real estate agent or loan officer who can get an updated status on a pending file without having to play phone tag.

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Business Technology Human Resources HOA 388

Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Largely hidden from view and misperceived by some to be on the lower end of the hierarchy of service providers, the position seemingly lacked the luster of the real estate agent or the panache of the loan officer. Is it having a happy client who will be a great reference? This is how they make that happen.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Project Management Agents 364

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

At that point, Dodson was actively working on a jumbo loan for friends of his from church. “I told my client, my friends, ‘Look, I know you’re supposed to close in 10 days but we’re closing Friday and you let everybody know it or you may not close,’” Dodson said. Realtors need to be your ally.”.

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Business Mortgage Investors Loan Officers 424

Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

I know that sounds crazy, but we have a lot of clients reaching out for pre-approvals. We are working very hard in terms of doing events, meeting with realtors, reinventing ourselves, [and] talking about programs so that when the inventory does improve, we’ll be able to really excel. That’s our biggest issue in Boston.

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Inventory Marketing Business Buyers 382

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Forecasting another purchase market in 2023, Nguyen started using his proprietary software for something new – to pursue relationships with realtors. “I I never had to work with realtors, but now I spend a lot of time working with realtors – supporting them and partnering with them,” Nguyen said in an interview with HousingWire.

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Business Retail Realtors Loan Officers 74

Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

A differentiating factor of our tech is that lots of point of sale systems are built to faciitate loan officers with the business they already have. While we do that, we’re also focused on driving new business — from new clients but also from the relationships they already have. It’s almost farm-to-table programming.

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Loan Officers Real Estate Agent Agents Technology 408

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With its potential to reach new clients and gain tremendous ROI, social media has become one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses big and small. We’ve compiled this list of savvy real estate social media post ideas to inspire your social strategy and keep your Instagram feed fresh and fun.

Real Estate 398

Real Estate Agents Real Estate Agent Clients 398

Annarbor Appraisal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The first thing to remember as a consumer or real estate agent, is that the client is the lender, not the consumer. Even though the consumer may pay for the appraisal, they are no more the client than is the credit reporting agency or title company hired directly by the lender. Do not be confrontational.

Mortgage Appraisal 78

Mortgage Appraisal Appraisal Mortgage Reconsideration of Value 78

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The lender runs its business based on a “no-loan-officer” model in which all of its 45 employees are licensed and delegated to a specific role in closing a loan. Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time. I thought it was sparse.

Lending 392

Lending Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Retail 392

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

More than a few real estate agents have come to dread calling the closing company to find out when they can close. Loan officers dread having to email an appraisal firm for the report they’re waiting on. How many voice mails does your team leave for Realtors, consumers, lenders or appraisers on a daily basis?

Real Estate Agent 379

Real Estate Agent Real Estate Project Management Agents 379

Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Its in-house servicing is helping extend the client life cycle, something that bigger players have used to great effect with refis. Of course, the risk in winning purchase business in a volatile, high-rate environment is that other lenders could snag your client as soon as rates drop just months later.

Retail 368

Retail Real Estate Agent Business Mortgage 368

Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

real estate agents, who are independent contractors. Benefits are available for all RE/MAX agents starting April 1, a company spokesperson confirmed, except those in Hawaii, where “coverage is forthcoming.”. Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. The latest change?

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Brokerage Agents Real Estate Agent Real Estate 404

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a client-centric, tech-focused family of companies in the title insurance and real estate settlement services industry. Now, at WFG’s 10-year anniversary, this vision holds even more relevance.

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Insurance Real Estate Technology Loan Officers 370

Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

I always made them and never had any complaints from my lender clients. I worked for an assessor’s office in the late 1970s where we were making 2% per month time adjustments upward. Ignoring market conditions adjustments makes us look incompetent to buyers, sellers, lenders, Realtors, and the general public.

Appraisal 68

Appraisal Contracts Mortgage Marketing 68

Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

So there’s this real estate agent — are you with me? And so Ribbon offers a suite of tools and technologies for real estate agents to use with their clients, to help them manage and write offers in unique new ways. There’s 2 million small business owners which are realtors.

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Sellers Agents Real Estate Buyers 69