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Brokerage executives double down on their lead generation strategies

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, a customer relationship management system, along with experts in marketing, sales and other areas, are designed to support these teams, he said. “If Djon Luxury Real Estate is expanding its sell-side business, training buyer-side real estate agents on the necessary contracts and selling their value to the consumer.

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Real Estate Sales Agreements: Understanding Your Contract

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This is a legally binding agreement between the buyer and seller that helps ensure the sale will be completed according to the contract’s outlined conditions. Real estate purchase contracts come into play to protect both parties and move the sale forward, helping prevent either party from wasting the other’s time and money.

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MISMO searches for participants for closing initiative

Housing Wire

The CLP forms a contract between a title insurance underwriter and a lender, in which the underwriter agrees to indemnify the lender for actual losses caused by certain types of misconduct by the closing agent, while the Title Commitment is a promise from your title company to issue the title insurance policy after the closing is completed.

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Home equity products light up a dark housing market

Housing Wire

The home equity products involved include home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), closed-end second mortgages (CESs) and shared-equity contracts. The recent Saluda Grade-sponsored rated offering represents the sixth securitization deal since 2021 backed fully by shared-equity contracts — valued in total at some $1.3

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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

Prospective Arizona real estate agents must fulfill a 90-hour prelicensing program from an Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE)-approved school and pass a six-hour contract writing course , for a total of 96 class hours. Course includes contracts used in real estate transactions with samples and practical contract completion exercises.

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Title giant Stewart sues Qualia over software licensing agreement dispute

Housing Wire

24, 2023, Qualia informed Stewart that in an effort to “modernize” the “old legacy contracts” Adeptive had entered, it would be terminating the ResWare licensing agreement Stewart had entered with Adeptive on Jan. The firm estimates that roughly 4,000 Stewart employees use the software on a daily basis. Adeptive was acquired by Qualia in Dec.

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Help for troubled borrowers is on the way. But will it come soon enough?

Housing Wire

Wilen’s case illustrates how some Americans have a lot to lose if policies designed to help mortgage borrowers don’t break right. The recent experience with state distribution of rental assistance and unemployment insurance is perhaps a preview of the challenges ahead. He is afraid of losing his home. Up to the task?

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