Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

SentriLock , the home lockbox company wholly owned by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), announced Tuesday that they created a computer and smart phone platform to help real estate agents juggle their home showing appointments. The development is intriguing for a few reasons. Presented by: Propertybase.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It essentially allows qualified buyers with a government loan to purchase a home by assuming responsibility for the sellers’ mortgage terms, including the current balance and interest rate. The fees are typically lower than in new loans, and no appraisal is needed. The product, known as an assumable mortgage, is not new.

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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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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. . “The pandemic has catalyzed purchases by millennial first-time buyers, many of whom can now work from anywhere.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Buyside helps real estate agents and loan officers engage homeowners with not just home value tools but also branded wealth optimization tips on their home’s equity so homeowners can now truly view their home as an asset. For more information, visit getbuyside.com or email sales@getbuyside.com.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

million investment in eOriginal, a multi-year Tech100 winner that developed a ‘simple closing experience for lenders, borrowers and settlement agents.’ Certain Fiserv clients have expanded their active QC review from 10% of loan volume to 100% without increasing staff. In 2016 LLR led a $26.5 And, why not?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2021

Data analytics giant Black Knight unveiled a new self-service style platform aimed at correspondent lending that will allow lenders to manage conditions and validate pricing locks on Best Effort loans. suburbs in the upcoming months.

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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.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

Still, the residential real estate ecosystem is complex, even opaque to many. So too does trust — usually manifested in the relationship between a buyer/seller and a real estate agent. In real estate, data is king. Technology plays a big role. Does your CRM hurt or help the customer experience?

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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. Schaechterle suggests that part of developing trust is by setting up clear expectations for a new home buyer. How far will their budget truly go? Answer Questions.

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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.

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Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If it looks like you might qualify for a direct loan, then the next step would be to find your local Rural Development office. Direct loans are financed through the USDA itself, so that means applicants must submit all of their paperwork directly through the appropriate Rural Development contact.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

I’ll continue to oversee First American’s venture investing arm, but now will also evaluate additional opportunities that could include external partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and internal product and technology development. BH: Can you share developments related to Endpoint?

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

The problem with most of these requests for reconsiderations of value, is that the listing agent or seller almost never provides me, or other appraisers I have visited with about this situation, with any data that helps their case. I also developed the replacement value, and I had comparable land sales from the neighborhood.

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Birmingham Appraisal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Appraisers develop an opinion of value for the subject property for various reasons including mortgage underwriting. Other nontraditional uses for an appraisal include valuation for insurance companies, helping sellers arrive at a market value to list their home, estate planning, and tax appeals.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 30, 2021

In this seller-friendly market, sometimes dozens of buyers make bids on a single home. Earnestly speaking – To make a good first impression with the seller, buyers should offer a high earnest money deposit, say 7% or more. Non-refundable fee – Some offers include a non-refundable fee to sellers just for accepting the buyer’s bid.

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PennyMac

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Here's why he thinks video marketing is essential for all real estate sales. Using videos is the fastest way a real estate agent can stand above their competitors. Here's the deal — real estate relies heavily on visuals and humans are [visually curious] by nature.

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PennyMac

JUNE 28, 2022

Throughout the process of buying a home, many professionals have contributed important services, and both buyers and sellers will need to pay fees for that before the property can be officially sold. Closing costs can apply to both the buyer and seller. Down payments of 10–24.99%—sellers can contribute 6% of closing costs.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

Dear Sellers, the housing market misses you It’s tough to value properties today! As I talk with appraiser colleagues and real estate agents, I’m hearing this sentiment quite a bit. To read more, click here My comments: Good comments. I had never looked at appraisal downturns this way. And I feel it myself.

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Assurance Financial

JULY 23, 2021

If you meet certain requirements, you might qualify for a conventional loan with just a 3% down payment. Certain mortgage programs, particularly government-backed loan programs, let you get a home loan with much less than 20% down, too. USDA Rural Development and VA loans accept 0% down. Linked Sources: [link].

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

Ignoring market conditions adjustments makes us look incompetent to buyers, sellers, lenders, Realtors, and the general public. Marketing to private money lenders Remember the old mortgage broker days of visiting an office and chatting with loan officers? Many referrals come from real estate agents.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

So there’s this real estate agent — are you with me? I mean, like, total disaster of a listing that’s been sitting on the market for months in the midst of a very hot seller’s market. So he calls up the seller guy. But this seller has wanted full asking price the whole time.

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