Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

The housing market has been on a topsy-turvy roller-coaster ride in recent years that has been particularly neck wrenching since this past fall, fueled by stubbornly high inflation and a still-strong jobs market. Treasury market — jumping to as high as 121 in mid-April after ending March near 85.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New York-based Unlock Technologies , a fintech operating in the shared-equity market, and real estate investment firm Saluda Grade , have closed a $180 million private-label securitization (PLS) backed entirely by Unlock-originated residential home-equity agreements (HEAs).

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In recent years, the real estate industry has noticed some significant trends in the commercial and residential housing markets. We also saw investors purchasing retail properties such as Watters Creek in Texas, Galleria Edina in Minnesota, and Promenade at Carolina Reserve in South Carolina. Somewhere in between?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Hill — have taken legal action against the real estate brokerage by filing three separate class-action lawsuits, Inman first reported on Tuesday. Allegations include breach of contract and unjust enrichment, with damages sought at $250 million. Three agents formerly affiliated with Keller Williams Realty — Jerri L.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Redwood Trust CEO Christopher Abate laid out a bold vision of growth for the real estate investment trust at an investor conference in New York City last month. That is done via what is called a home-equity investment contract, or an HEI. This content is exclusively for HW+ members. Become a member today.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As 2023 winds to a close, so too does a brutal year for the housing market, a year marked by rising rates , steep home prices , scarce inventory and anemic mortgage originations, compared with the boom years of 2020 and 2021. percentage points in early December, when historically that spread has ranged between 1 to 2 percentage points.

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Listing Spark

APRIL 22, 2024

In the fiercely competitive world of real estate investment, picking the right tools can be the difference between profit and losing money on a property. As digital innovation continues to reshape the landscape, a new potential savior has risen—real estate software for investors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. billion in the fourth quarter of 2021,” a recent market assessment by ATTOM shows.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

San Francisco-based fintech firm Unison plans several securitization deals to market in 2022, with private label offerings backed by home-equity assets. Unison expects to bring three additional securitization deals to market in 2022, according to a company executive.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Creating a real estate marketing plan can be harder than it sounds. If your marketing isn’t aligned with your niche, personal brand, and skills, you’ll waste time, money and effort pursuing it. If your marketing isn’t aligned with your niche, personal brand, and skills, you’ll waste time, money and effort pursuing it.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

On Wednesday evening, during the firm’s Q1 2024 earnings call with investor and analysts, CEO Rich Barton took a contrary view: Zillow is just beginning to unlock its revenue generating potential. “In In a hostile housing market and a noisy industry environment, why is Zillow outperforming?” he posited. Of the approximately 1.5

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

The capital will be used to accelerate Point’s growth in the $25 trillion home-equity market, according to the company’s co-founder and CEO Eddie Lim. Point’s HEI contracts — which have 10- or 30-year maturities, the latter the standard since early 2020 — address many variables in a complicated, nuanced housing market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The real estate market has shifted, and we are in a new housing paradigm. However, there are a number of attention-grabbing headlines, which unfortunately only compare today’s housing market to the very recent history of the last two years. However, in many areas of the country it does remain a seller’s market.

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The Robert Weiler Company

JANUARY 2, 2021

In real estate, buyers and sellers must be knowledgeable to make informed decisions. Are you familiar with a land contract in Ohio, as well as the state-specific requirements? What is a land contract in Ohio, really? While a land contract might be ideal for you, there are important details you need to know, first.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) is projected to contract significantly over the next two years in the face of a housing-market contraction, but the actual supply of MBS available for purchase in the private market is expected to swell to record levels over that period. trillion and to nearly $9.3

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The Robert Weiler Company

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, March through August is also prime time to find amazing deals on commercial real estate in Central Ohio! For commercial real estate investors, it may seem like a no-brainer. Why not start by discovering the best commercial real estate Central Ohio has to offer, and adding to your pool of investments?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2021

But the East Coast seaside town was gaining popularity way before then – millennials , especially, began flocking to the Portland housing market in 2020 to take advantage of the city’s growing startup scene of biotechnology , bioscience and biopharma. A balanced market, Davin said, requires five to six months.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2023

“Securitization of HELOCs had been a small part of the RMBS [residential mortgage-backed securities] market in the pre-financial crisis period, but issuance was still relatively commonplace until 2007,” states a fall 2022 DBSR Morningstar report focused on the securitization market for HELOCs. to 2 points.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2022

That negatively affected liquidity options in both the loan-trading and securitization markets as higher-rate loans [above 5%] subsequently hit the market. So, when rates are rising, and the market is compressing, non-QM becomes a more vogue product,” Yoon added. Non-QM is a counter cyclical product.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

COVID changed the real estate industry in a big way since it provided many people with an opportunity to work remotely and live almost anywhere. Investment homes often take longer to sell because your audience is other investors. Like anything in real estate, many factors affect how long it takes to sell your house.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

What happens when the Federal Reserve begins pulling back in a serious way from the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market that it has helped to prop up through billions of dollars in bond purchases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 — to the point where it now holds a $2.7 You don’t know what investor demand is going to be.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

The decision to allow the ICE – Black Knight merger to proceed announces the digital integration of the real estate value chain anticipated for over 25 years. The capital, capability and content are present to make all real estate markets smarter, faster, safer and connected.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Zillow said Thursday that more than 50% of its remaining iBuying inventory “has sold, is under contract to sell or has reached agreement on disposition terms.”. Such assertions have not allayed some investors. The company’s market cap has fallen to $13.7 billion as of Sept.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Overall, the Market Composite Index, a measure of the mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.8% The trade group estimates the average contract 30-year fixed-rate for conforming loans ($548,250 or less) increased to 3.20%, four basis points higher than the previous week. The refi volume decreased 5% compared to the previous week.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

RE/MAX executives were not shy about acknowledging the uncertainty that is currently plaguing the real estate industry during the firm’s first-quarter 2024 earnings call with analysts and investors Friday morning. annualized decline in U.S. increase in agent count outside of the U.S. and Canada to 64,322 agents.

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McKissock

AUGUST 13, 2021

Why must an appraiser be given a copy of the sales contract? That’s the real reason why—because USPAP says so. When should we analyze the contract? Looking at the sales contract early on allows the appraiser to identify any “subject to” items or other conditions that could influence the value conclusion.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2023

In addition, loan officers said that investors took advantage of a slower market. ” Who is jumping into the market? Investor demand tends to increase at times when most borrowers are waiting for rates to decline, Justin Fullmer, area manager in Idaho for Future Mortgage , told HousingWire. from the week prior.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Agents are the lifeblood of real estate brokerages. While real estate brokerages have no control over interest rates, transaction levels or home sales prices, they realize that proactive recruiting of agents is a key to success in a slow market. Simultaneously, predictive marketing also gained a lot of traction.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The last year has been a completely split housing market — one that started with the lowest inventory NAR has recorded dating back to 1999 and one with low mortgage rates. The market has now faced a contraction in existing-homes sales for nine consecutive months, while home prices and rates rise.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CoStar Group , a provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the commercial and residential property markets, cut approximately 100 positions as it announced the integration of Homesnap with its Homes.com brands late last month. . CoStar sheds jobs after resi reorg .

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

When it comes to commercial real estate – both across the US and here in Columbus, Ohio – the diversity of enterprises and sheer size of the industry can be staggering. To match the girth of American commercial real estate, it would take 7.2 Commercial Real Estate Is Not One-Size-Fits-All.

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Hank Miller Team

MAY 3, 2022

the Atlanta real estate market shifting? It'll take a few more months as markets always tend to "feel" before the "proof"; that's just a challenge of the business. One thing that's not debated, the mortgage rate increases (with more promised) have been an ice bucket challenge to the market.

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McKissock

APRIL 3, 2022

With the rising normalization of cryptocurrencies in our marketplaces, it’s no surprise crypto has found its way into real estate. In recent news, the first commercial property in New York has been put on the market exclusively for Bitcoin — $29 million dollars worth, to be exact. Real Estate Smart Contracts.

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Hank Miller Team

JULY 18, 2022

Cancel culture invades real estate.The number of canceled home contracts hit a two year high in June 2022. Atlanta is over the national average but well off the leaders at 17th of the sampled markets. Still, 22 of contracts terminating isn't a anything to ignore. Investors - Wall Street is always ahead of the curve.

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BiggerPockets

MAY 25, 2023

The US real estate market is a bit complex. In the South, homes are still quickly getting under contract as those from the North and West move to warmer climates. […]

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2022

Austin-based mortgage tech platform UpEquity laid off around 10% of its workforce last week, proof that the rising interest rate landscape hurts real estate technology companies, too. . In states where purchase contracts can’t be assigned, UpEquity buys the home upfront and writes the mortgage after closing the deal.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Real estate investors operate differently than conventional buyers and sellers, especially to get the 26.9% As you gain experience in the industry, you learn that you might not need the comprehensive support of an in-person real estate agent. Instead, investor-friendly brokerages are a better fit for your goals.

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