Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2025

“There’s definitely that activity going on. But people feel like we are because they don’t think about the technical definition of recession. The Fed held benchmark rates steady in the range of 4.25% to 4.5% ” Wise said. So we do see activity, but there’s a lot of people that are sitting.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

“But while concerns are definitely present, some buyers anticipate that a downturn can bring opportunity. . “Confidence in the economy has clearly taken a hit amid ongoing headlines around trade, tariffs, and rate uncertainty,” said Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Loans secured by owner-occupied commercial properties are included in the FDIC delinquency rates for bank and thrift-held mortgages that are presented here.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In an episode of HousingWire ‘s RealTrending podcast in March 2024, RedKey Realty CEO Jill Butler said her definition of a successful brokerage lies in talent management. RedKey recorded 1,327 home sales in 2022, with its highest-value sale reaching $2.85 million, according to the St. Louis Business Journal.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

If a called party uses any such method designated by the caller to revoke consent, we consider that consent to be definitively revoked by a reasonable means, and future robocalls and robotexts from that caller must be stopped.” The second provision relates to the timely processing of opt-out requests.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2025

We’re definitely always trying to stay cutting edge on the market,” Ryan said. . “I always look at changes as opportunity to grow — not only to create market share and get ahead of the competition, but to really evaluate the way that our industry operates and our individual business operates, and find ways to excel within those changes.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I want to commend Mr. Batey for having the foresight and understanding that this is a wonderful program, and it is definitely a resource, Riddick said when reached by RMD. And that situation is not unlike countless others from coast to coast.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

FHA believes a temporary waiver of its definition of ‘major repair’ related to the 15 days (or 30 days after November 4, 2024) needed for repair completion is crucial“ for ensuring that homeowners in these presidentially declared major disaster areas (PDMDAs) can rebuild.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

I think there’s going to definitely be a niching down among coaches. I don’t think that’s the most effective way to do things. Nobody can be expert or passionate and excited about every aspect. It’s just not possible. Secondly, you’re going to see a rise of the creator economy in real estate.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The document “provides a clearer definition of what constitutes a cyber incident and requires FHA-approved mortgagees to notify HUD as soon as possible — but no later than 36 hours — after determining that a reportable cyber incident has occurred,” according to an announcement of the draft document published in September.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Record-high home prices and the accompanying housing wealth gains are definitely good news for property owners, NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun , said in a statement. The two non-California markets in the top 10 were Honolulu ($1.1 million) and Boulder, Colorado ($840,700).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2025

Some of this concern appeared to dissipate when the broker was classified as low fee and charged only 1.5%, as 42% of survey respondents said they would “definitely” or “probably” use this type of broker.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

on Thursday announced that Blue Ridge Bank has entered into a definitive asset purchase and sale agreement to sell certain assets of its mortgage division. Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. , the holding company for Blue Ridge Bank and BRB Financial Group Inc. ,

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 23, 2024

If called back to the office full-time, 25% of remote workers said they would probably or definitely have to relocate. The struggle between work and home is being set up by travel time, according to a November nationwide poll of almost 1,600 householders.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

“I still think the market is very healthy, but the limited inventory is definitely an issue, and I would say that’s consistent across the board, no matter the price point,” said Meg Perez of Coldwell Banker Realty.

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George Dell

JULY 7, 2025

Lack of clarity/definition is perplexing! We hear noise in appraisal work on trend analysis, time adjustment, and “market conditions.” These overlapping terms are related but often mixed in their use. The confusion may be explained by: Lender/investor goals may vary. Modeling differences in “signal vs. noise.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

The companies signed a definitive agreement, subject to third-party consents and regulatory approvals. While it’s stepping away from title operations, Blend will continue to use the platform for title and closing services. The Title365 team, including president Kirby Hulbert, will join Covius’s settlement services division.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

Wade Pfau But volatility is always a chief concern for financial advisors, and when asked how this latest bout might compare to the initial market response to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pfau said it was still a little too early to say definitively. But any onset of volatility will provoke a response.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“This is evidenced by eXp’s statement that ‘the proposed class settlement with the Hooper Plaintiffs will cover claims that are substantially similar to the class asserted in the present matter,’ and therefore ‘Hooper Plaintiffs subsume the class definition.’”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The motion notes that the requested relief is the same in both cases, the class definition overlaps and the class periods are almost identical.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2024

It absolutely wasn’t around the headline hype, but that informed me to the extent that as I looked at the things that I was passionate about, the opportunity to incorporate artificial intelligence in the mortgage ecosystem definitely had me leaning in. We’re so used to, “Ok, here’s the definition.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

I’m definitely noticing Congress taking a greater interest in reforming the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), given that we’re seeing not only repeat disaster supplementals that have to get written for uninsured losses, but also just the usage of NFIP.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Fannie Mae February Selling Guide has a series of updates , including the expansion of value acceptance and property data appraisal waivers to condominiums, cash-out refinance allowances for manufactured homes, and updates to credit references and certain definitions.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Record-high home prices and the accompanying housing wealth gains are definitely good news for property owners, said Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist at NAR. With a 2.1% YoY price increase, the South had the highest percentage of single-family existing-home sales (45.1%) among the major U.S. regions in Q4. Additionally, prices rose 4.0%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

announced Monday that they’ve entered into a definitive merger agreement, which provides for an all-stock business transaction between the two entities. Mechanics Bank and HomeStreet Inc.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Maintain human oversight: While promising, it’s important to remember that AI is not a definitive solution to all your title company’s problems. This allows you to test its impact on daily tasks and refine processes before scaling. In fact, if used irresponsibly, it can lead to catastrophic results.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This definition is in contrast to what Move has alleged in its complaints. CoStar’s filing goes on to note that Kaminsky’s job title is “Editor, Homes.com,” a fact that Kaminsky corroborates. His role is defined “as an editor writing about, and supervising others writing about, New York condominiums.”

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Inman

JUNE 5, 2025

The changes, which are effective immediately, remove references to hate speech, add a definition of harassment, and make the policy no longer applicable to all of a Realtor's activities.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The trouble with definitive statements The first topic the pair covered was the trap that some reverse mortgage professionals might fall into by making “definitive statements.” They each sought to “blow the whistle on long-held notions that will open your eyes to a better presentation of the reverse mortgage.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Notably, it is expanding the definition of a “public assistance household” to those receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments and to households “where not all members receive public assistance,” according to the SSA. The final rule implementing these changes is scheduled to go into effect Sept.

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George Dell

MARCH 17, 2025

A common definition of model is a small representation of something. In this part, we look at modeling, the third acceptable method. What kind of a method is modeling? Thats pretty broad. Editors Note:Read the entire series (so far) here. More formally, its an abstract/logical depiction to improve understanding of prediction.

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JUNE 9, 2025

Here’s a definition from an older book, Real Estate Appraisal Terminology , by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers: “An abbreviation for comparable property sales, rentals, incomes, etc., Also called ‘comparable sales,’ ‘comparable properties.’” We refer to them as “comps” a lot.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2025

Although there’s no definitive count on how many homeowners have earned this label in recent years, a 2024 survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) found that 20% of repeat buyers kept their prior residence as an investment, rental or vacation property.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2025

But we also know that this is a difficult population to find, because they’ve moved several times and, by definition, they are no longer at the address that was given to us by the counties, which is their property address that was forfeited.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

The changes also include the addition of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to the definitions of eligible properties. “A In a section governing the processes of a financial assessment, certain definitions have been updated, including those for “effective income” (i.e.,

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2025

But if you want to ensure a smooth transaction, get to know your buyers right from the start and be able to do your job more efficiently and easily, you definitely want one. We can definitely make that happen. Using a buyer questionnaire is important for a few reasons: You will save a lot of time at your consultation.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Jim Cory I think the opportunity, and what we started in 2023 and definitely continued in 2024 especially, is this distribution issue, said Jim Cory, managing director of reverse mortgages at Guild Mortgage who was also recently elected co-chair of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA).

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