Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Denver -based real estate giant RE/MAX announced that it was laying off 7% of its staff on Friday. According to the company’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , layoffs were part of a reorganization, which RE/MAX said is “intended to streamline the Company’s operations and yield cost savings over the long term.” The filing stated that RE/MAX expects the reorganization to be substantially complete by the end of the quarter.

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Real Estate News

AUGUST 21, 2023

In an SEC filing, the company said the layoffs are part of a reorganization that will “yield cost savings in the long term.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

You mindset impacts your real estate success and successful agents are looking toward the future, no wallowing in the uncertain market. Before you know it, 2024 will be upon us. The time is now to understand the market and some of the trends. We spoke with Tom Ferry , the Founder of Tom Ferry International, before his event in Dallas. Ferry sheds light on the top real estate issues impacting professionals today and gives a preview of some trends covered at the event.

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Real Estate News

AUGUST 21, 2023

An update to FTC rules could impact a broad range of real estate professionals — with stiff fines for noncompliance.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Just days after awarding Zillow and National Association of Realtors (NAR) a major victory in their legal battle against REX Real Estate , the court made it clear that Zillow’s fight is far from over. A federal court judge concluded on Friday that in regard to REX’s false advertising claims against Zillow, the firm has proven “falsity.” The ruling came after REX filed a motion for summary judgement on the matter.

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Real Estate News

AUGUST 21, 2023

The median square footage for a home under construction — now 2,191 — has hit its lowest point since 2010.

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Eyes on Housing

AUGUST 21, 2023

Between 2021 and 2022, the state of Georgia gained 124,827 residents. This was the fourth largest population gain in the U.S. and one of only four states to have a nominal population increase above 100,000. In percentage terms, Georgia’s population grew at 1.2% between this time. This was the state’s highest percentage increase in population since 2016.

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

A pair of explosive lawsuits could upend how brokers do business. As those suits come closer to trial, tell us how you feel about those cases and how prepared the industry is for the repercussions.

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Midtown Appraisal Group

AUGUST 21, 2023

A few simple tips to help your appraisal go more smoothly “We’re refinancing our mortgage and they’re sending out an appraiser this week. What should we do to ensure that our appraisal goes smoothly?

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

A Florida-based couple running a real estate coaching and investment company is operating a scam that’s defrauding rookie investors, according to a handful of lawsuits filed in federal court.

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GoForrmz

AUGUST 21, 2023

“ One wonderful thing about GoFormz is that our alteration sheet looks like it did before. It looks familiar even though it’s done in such a different way. ” — Lisa Dunn, Office Manager, Doré Designs About Doré Designs Doré Designs, an esteemed ballroom fashion company, has been operating out of Cape Coral, Florida since the late 1970s.

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

Viant Eye's says rollout of its MISMO-compliant plug-in means SMART Docs "aren't just for eNotes" but documents across the whole loan lifecycle from origination to recording.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Compass Cares program is the charitable arm of Compass, a real estate brokerage making big waves in the market. Compass was recently honored as a 2023 “Game Changer” by RealTrends. Compass isn’t only focused on national real estate sales, it is looking to make an impact at the local level. For every transaction completed by a Compass agent, the company pledges money to a corresponding Compass branch.

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

Daniela Rendon was sentenced on Thursday after having misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic relief funds for her own personal luxury purchases, claiming that at the time "everybody" was doing it, according to reports.

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Appraisal Partners Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

The post A Discussion on Real Estate Agents: Part 2 appeared first on Appraisal Partners.

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

Every week Sue "Pinky" Benson answers your most pressing Instagram questions. This week, she's helping you get a handle on IG captioning.

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BiggerPockets

AUGUST 21, 2023

Despite the demand, homebuilders are having an awfully hard time keeping up with the market. That's led to YoY declines in permits and starts. Where do we go from here?

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

The best agents are constantly steeped in development and education, broker Nick Schlekeway writes, developing their skills personally so that they can achieve and succeed at the highest levels of real estate.

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BiggerPockets

AUGUST 21, 2023

Home prices reached record highs in July after several months of decline earlier this year. These markets are showing the most growth going into the rest of the year.

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

Join Sterling Caporale in the final class in his six-part video series to learn what intelligent and persuasive questions you can leverage.

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BiggerPockets

AUGUST 21, 2023

Real estate investing is about to get much, much easier. Up until now, buying a property has seemed like a guessing game.

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

We’re in an era where cutting-edge intelligent home features and functions are demanded by many luxury property buyers.

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Mortgagebroker News

AUGUST 21, 2023

Experience in multiple levels of the financial services industry yields irreplaceable lessons for would-be brokers

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner looks at the latest numbers and the markets that still offer affordable options.

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Mortgagebroker News

AUGUST 21, 2023

Affordable and market purpose-built rental units can play a major role in ensuring greater affordability, groups say

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Inman

AUGUST 21, 2023

Compass was caught flat-footed last year when the market changed, but it executed a necessary turnaround to sustainability.

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Mortgagebroker News

AUGUST 21, 2023

Price growth was spurred by surging home values in eight out of 11 major metropolitan markets

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Assurance Financial

AUGUST 21, 2023

Assurance Financial Originators are in Experience.com’s Top 1% for Customer Satisfaction in 2022 BATON ROUGE, LA – August 21, 2023 Assurance Financial is proud to announce that six of our originators have been placed in the country’s top 1% of Loan Officers for customer satisfaction. Barbara Gaston of Florence, AL Damian Cook of Atlanta, GA Lauren Tylock of Lafayette, LA Renee Carughi of Baton Rouge, LA Stephen Magyar of Shreveport, LA Willie Tucker of Huntsville, AL Amongst the mult

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Mortgagebroker News

AUGUST 21, 2023

Residential construction investment declined for the fourth straight month

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

The past year hasn’t been particularly good for tech or housing. As a consequence, the number of real estate, mortgage and general housing tech firms to make the annual Inc. Magazine list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America declined in 2023. In all, 37 companies made the cut this year, down from 53 a year ago. The self-reported list ranks U.S. based firms on percentage revenue growth from 2019 to 2022.

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Mortgagebroker News

AUGUST 21, 2023

The annual event saw 288 golfers tee off at the Legends on the Niagara course

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Mortgage rates only kept climbing in the last week. Buyers in this real estate market notice these affordability changes, and so we can see in the data fewer home purchase offers, slightly climbing unsold inventory, and slightly more price reductions for the homes that are on the market. This is the same pattern as we talked about last week. The first half of the year had surprisingly resilient sales, but that is slowing again.

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Listing Spark

AUGUST 21, 2023

In 2021, homes for sale by owners (FSBOs) accounted for one out of every ten transactions. But when homeowners conduct a home sale without the guidance and resources of a real estate agent, they can miss key markets, advertising opportunities, and market insights throughout the process. However, the market is adapting. Some homeowners want to sell their properties on their own terms and without paying a listing agent a hefty 3% commission.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

Ohio-based lender Union Home Mortgage denied sex discrimination claims made by a former employee whose employment was terminated while she was pregnant. The lender acknowledged employment termination but denied any unlawful conduct. Elizabeth Martin, a former loan officer assistant of UHM, filed suit against the lender alleging sex and/or pregnancy under the Missouri Human Rights Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in the 16th judicial circuit court of Jackson County, Missouri early this

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