Tue.Oct 03, 2023

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What’s pushing mortgage rates higher?

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates and bond yields kept rising Tuesday as the job openings unexpectedly increased more than anticipated. But is that job openings data legit today? And will job openings continue higher, pushing mortgage rates even higher in the future? I believe today’s job openings data needs some context, but it didn’t matter to bond traders as bond yields shot up after the report.

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eXp agents can request cash offers via Opendoor integration

Real Estate News

The companies announced a partnership that will allow listing agents to get offers on behalf of their sellers directly through eXp's agent dashboard.

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eXp Realty launches Exclusives app

Housing Wire

eXp Realty is looking to get into the exclusives game. On Tuesday, the nation’s No. 1 brokerage by transaction side count announced the launch of eXp Exclusives , which will be open to eXp agents and their clients in the U.S. and Canada. Through eXp Exclusives, participants will be able to share off-market and pre-market listings with other eXp agents and their clients through a mobile app.

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Urban Digs Webinar: Valuing Outdoor Space

Miller Samuel

This webinar was held during the previous week with several hundred people in attendance - I didn't get the recording soon enough to post last Friday. Noah and John at Urban Digs invited me to talk about my approach to valuing outdoor space in NYC. I documented my approach to its valuation back on May 5, 2010 on my Matrix blog , after years of getting calls from real estate agents asking how to value them, this post was born: [Terra Logic] Understanding The Value of Manhattan Apartment Outdoor S

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Senior leadership from Optimal Blue depart Constellation after acquisition 

Housing Wire

Less than a month after Constellation Software acquired Optimal Blue, three members of its senior leadership departed the firm. Optimal Blue is Constellation’s product and pricing engine unit that was part of Black Knight Origination Technologies , which recently rebranded to Dark Matter Technologies after the integration. “Acquisitions commonly prompt change and leadership transitions, and our integration into Constellation is no exception,” the Optimal Blue Communications team said in an email

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People on the Move: eXp names chief learning officer

Real Estate News

Bryon Ellington, who has held executive roles at Century 21, Anywhere and KW during his 20-year career, will lead training and coaching initiatives.

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DOJ’s ‘concerns’ may jeopardize an MLS commission settlement

Inman

The antitrust enforcer suggests the rule changes in the proposed deal don't go far enough. Plaintiffs' attorneys say the agency has failed to articulate its specific concerns.

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Opendoor partners with eXp Realty

Housing Wire

A little over a year after announcing its collaboration with Zillow , Opendoor is back at it with a new partner. The iBuyer announced that it was teaming up with eXp Realty on Tuesday. Through the partnership, Opendoor will be the primary cash offer solution powering eXp’s ExpressOffers platform and will provide integrated API tools. With this integration, eXp agents will be able to request a cash offer on qualifying homes on behalf of their clients directly through their eXp agent dashboard.

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DOJ intervention puts MLS commission settlement on ice

Inman

The homeseller plaintiffs agreed to a two-month extension of deadlines related to a proposed deal with MLS PIN after the federal agency asked for time to assess the deal's "competitive impact.

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Newrez launches mortgage JV with Georgia-based Keller Williams franchise

Housing Wire

New r ez has launched Onward Home Mortgage , a joint venture mortgage company in partnership with Keller Williams Georgia Legacy Group (GLCG). Through the partnership with agents at Keller Williams GLG, mortgage professionals at Onward Home Mortgage and Newrez will target borrowers in the Southeast United States. “This is a marriage of outstanding organizations that will now grow even stronger.

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EXp streamlines ExpressOffers iBuyer program with Opendoor deal

Inman

Opendoor is now the primary cash offer solution behind eXp's ExpressOffers platform. Agents will soon be able to request a cash offer on qualified properties directly through an eXp dashboard.

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The value of buyers’ agents

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with Ashley Terrell, chief revenue officer at Milestones , about the value of real estate agents and why it is critical for the industry to start helping buyers’ agents justify their value not only during the 30-60 day transaction period but through the 7-10 year period of homeownership. HousingWire: The current multibillion-dollar class action antitrust lawsuits aim to have buyers pay their own real estate agents.

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Splitero no longer accepting shared equity applications

Inman

In a separate announcement, San Diego-based fintech announces launch of new real estate brokerage, Splitero Homes, to help homeowners in four states "sell for the highest price.

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RentSpree launches a new rent reporting feature

Housing Wire

Los Angeles-based rental management software provider RentSpree has launched a reporting feature called Credit Builder, which will facilitate reporting online rent payments to the credit bureaus. In June 2022 , Freddie Mac authorized on-time rental payments to be included in its underwriting system. In doing so, the government-sponsored enterprise hoped to widen access to homeownership for people with no to little credit history.

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Everything shows during low tide: 3 business lessons from nature

Inman

Is the tide going in or out on your real estate business? Are you planning for the market waves and how they'll affect your future? Team leader Carl Medford helps you read the signs and plan for what's next.

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Opinion: Prepare for a future without guaranteed shared compensation

Housing Wire

Most brokerage leaders know about the multiple challenges facing the real estate industry, not the least of which are the major class-action lawsuits. A major consequence of these cases is the potential scrapping of guaranteed shared compensation. It seems a small share of the agent population even knows about this issue, and even fewer can loosely tell you what the potential outcomes are.

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Gurtej Sodhi, CIO at Crye-Leike Real Estate, has died

Real Estate News

A respected tech leader, Sodhi spent nearly 30 years at Crye-Leike and held numerous roles on national boards.

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Qualia launches wire fraud protection product

Housing Wire

Qualia is stepping up its efforts against wire fraud. The closing software firm is launching Qualia Shield , a funding and disbursement product for title and escrow companies. Qualia on Tuesday said the new product provides closing agents with the ability to securely collect and share wire instructions with buyers and sellers, and it features systems for earnest money deposit collection, automated wire matching, wire-sending integrations, wire fraud detection , and seller ID verification. “

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The office market might recover. It just has to crash first, investors say

Inman

Seventy-three percent of the more than 900 real estate investors who responded to a recent Bloomberg survey said commercial real estate prices would fall through at least late 2024.

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Industry reacts to Redfin-NAR split: ‘It’s a crack in the wall’

Housing Wire

Redfin put the real estate industry on notice Monday morning, announcing that it will require agents to cancel their National Association of Realtors membership where possible. While Redfin’s news certainly surprised the industry and seemingly drew a line in the sand, Joe Rath, the firm’s head of industry relations, said the decision was a long time coming.

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Growing Job Openings Leading to Higher Interest Rates

Eyes on Housing

Financial conditions continue to tighten, as the 10-year Treasury rate increased to above 4.75%. Among the factors leading to higher rates (more debt issuance, higher-for-longer monetary policy expectations, long-term fiscal deficit conditions, and strong current GDP growth forecasts) was a surprise jump in August for the total number of open, unfilled jobs.

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Katy Perry’s shady real estate deals inspire new housing legislation

Inman

A group that disapproves of Perry's recent real estate deals is advocating for the launch of the Protecting Elder Realty for Retirement Years Act or the "Katy PERRY Act," which seeks to put measures in place to limit risks of elder financial abuse.

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GoFormz Awarded 'Vendor of the Year' By Strategic Sanitation Services

GoForrmz

We are honored to receive the Vendor of the Year award from Strategic Sanitation Services, one of our incredible power-users The GoFormz team is honored to receive Strategic’s 2023 Vendor of the Year award and thrilled to play a role in Strategic’s customer-centric and forward-thinking initiatives. Strategic Sanitation Services provides on-site waste control and recycling services to many of Southern California’s largest condominium and apartment communities.

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Big Keller Williams franchise group launches mortgage JV with Newrez

Inman

One of Keller Williams Realty's biggest franchise groups, Georgia Legacy Group, has teamed up with national mortgage lender and servicer Newrez to launch a joint venture, Onward Home Mortgage.

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From Parents’ Basement to Full-Time Investor and $2,500/Month with ONE Rental

BiggerPockets

In just a few years, you can go from no cash flow or investing experience to owning a sizable real estate portfolio, with passive income flowing in and free rent, […]

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How independent investors can win with superior service

Inman

Think a smaller firm can't compete with the huge institutional investors? According to Michael Zaransky, there's more to deal-making than the number on the bottom line.

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Bea Murphy Qualifies for the 2023 Lamacchia Realty President’s Club

Lamacchia Realty

Bea Murphy has once again qualified for Lamacchia Realty’s President’s Club by surpassing $16,000,000 in sales volume this year so far! This is her fifth year in a row receiving this distinction, having also qualified in 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , and 2022. Additionally, she is a member of the 2021 and 2022 Lamacchia Realty President’s Club ELITE.

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New to real estate? Learn ‘the rules’ with Peter F. Porcelli Jr.

Inman

In his latest Snapshot, Brandon Doyle interviews author, instructor and coach Peter F. Porcelli Jr. about mastering the real estate basics.

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How to Sell Your Home in Autumn

Eppraisal

Buyers populate real estate markets all year round. However, fall is usually a slow season because families are starting the school year and many people have an aversion to winter home projects. On the bright side, fall buyers tend to have stronger motivations to purchase fast. Here are seven tips to sell your home in autumn. Act Swiftly Once you’ve decided to sell, do your best to get your home listed and sold before winter.

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FSRA maintaining strong focus on private mortgage brokering

Mortgagebroker News

The regulator has outlined its expectations for broker and agent conduct in the private space

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CoStar’s Andy Florance on the rise of Homes.com, the impact of the buyer commission lawsuits & more

Housing Wire

Since acquiring Homes.com in 2021 , commercial real estate giant CoStar Group has made it crystal clear that it was playing for keeps in the residential real estate market. In less than two and a half years, CoStar has taken Homes.com from a small player in the residential real estate portal space to the No. 2 most visited platform, now only behind Zillow.

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BoC's hikes have made 'soft landing' more likely: former deputy governor

Mortgagebroker News

The economy has sufficiently cooled thanks to the central bank's cumulative 475-basis-point jump

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Home prices are likely to fall in these markets

Housing Wire

U.S. home prices posted their biggest annual price increase since February 2023, reaching a 3.7% price gain in August, according to CoreLogic ’s August 2023 Home Price Index. While home prices ticked up 0.3% month-over-month and forecasters expect continued growth over the next year, there are some housing markets likely to see price drops. The median sales price for a U.S. single-family home did not budge in August, hovering at $375,000.

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Economist on how supply-demand dynamics are likely to play out

Mortgagebroker News

The market is eagerly compensating for its pandemic-era stoppage, says nesto economist