Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

As mortgage rates continue to decline, Chad Earnest’s mantra with his referral partners in 2023 is “no buyer left behind.” The Montgomery, Texas-based area manager, who moved from AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation to Cardinal Financial Company in November, launched in mid-2022 a platform to help their referral partners succeed. He makes co-marketing investments and helps partners with their databases by looking for any missed opportunity in the market.

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George Dell

JANUARY 25, 2023

Our blog this week, ‘Can Expert Analysis Save Appraisers?’ is a guest post from a long time friend and colleague, Timothy Andersen, MAI, MSc, CDEI, MNAA, The Appraiser’s Advocate. Analysis of what? Save appraisers from what? Clients want more than our opinions. They expect us to gather data, analyze them, and then interpret them. In […] The post Can Expert Analysis Save Appraisers?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

This article is part of our 2022 – 2023 Housing Market Update series. After the series wraps, join us on February 6 for the HW+ Virtual 2023 Housing Market Update. Bringing together some of the top economists and researchers in housing, the event will provide an in-depth look at the predictions for this year, along with a roundtable discussion on how these insights apply to your business.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

Acquiring Realtor.com would significantly advance CoStar's push into residential real estate — and bring it into greater conflict with the industry's existing power players.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Goldman Sachs’ latest home price predictions could be cause for concern. The multinational investment bank and financial services company says home prices, which have been on the decline since June 2022, will fall further this year than previously predicted. The company notified its clients earlier this month that based on the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price NSA Index’s projected decline, the housing market has fallen out of favor with Goldman Sachs.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

Compass went public in April 2021, and ever since then the New York-based brokerage has weathered a market downturn and seen investors' appetite for shares fall significantly.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

Real estate agents should prepare to point consumers toward information that will help them navigate a return to a normal, slower market, Anthony Lammachia said at ICNY on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate launched a new program this week that will provide up to $8,000 in assistance to potential first-time homebuyers from underserved communities. The initiative, called the Special Purpose Credit Program, aims to help homebuyers with down payments, deposit minimums, and move-in repair and maintenance costs. “This program helps tear down these barriers and open more doors to the houses, neighborhoods, and lifestyles of our customers’ dreams,

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

At Inman Connect New York on Wednesday, Sue Yannaccone and Glenn Sanford talked about positive market indicators and taking care of employees that remain post-layoffs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Embattled digital lender Better.com launched a program that will allow customers to apply for a mortgage, get pre-approved, lock their rate and receive a mortgage commitment letter within 24 hours. The official rollout of the program, dubbed “One Day Mortgage,” comes after Better.com launched it in beta to a small segment of its customers in the second week of January.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

Anywhere Brands President Sue Yannacone argued at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday that franchising helps brokerages scale up, and gives them tools they couldn't otherwise access.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Market speculation that Wells Fargo is contemplating a huge bulk sale of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) may well be a case of a rumor that is all hat and no cattle. Or it could signal a future MSR-market stampede. To date, no Wells Fargo bulk MSR public offering has surfaced, market observers say. That doesn’t rule out that the banking behemoth might still have a such a deal in the works, however.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

"It's a different lifestyle, it's a different language," Cindy Raney of the Cindy Raney & Team told attendees at ICNY on Wednesday about luxury — and that luxe clients appreciate attention to the details.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

About 25 people from loanDepot ’s top producing team have joined boutique lender Revolution Mortgage to reunite with their former team lead. Roughly half of the team led by Stacy Chevalier, former area manager covering parts of the states in Washington and Idaho at loanDepot, made the transition as of Tuesday, Chevalier said in an interview with HousingWire.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

"It's great brand-building," CEO Mauricio Umansky said of his family's new real estate reality TV show, "Buying Beverly Hills." "But more than the brand building, it was just meant to have a lot of fun.

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Eyes on Housing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Interest for new home construction weakened in the fourth quarter of 2022, driven by high mortgage rates and elevated new home prices. The latest Housing Trends Report (HTR) shows that the share of prospective buyers looking to buy new construction dropped to 20% in the final quarter of 2022, down from 27% a quarter earlier. The latest decline in interest.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

A company that powers the home search for buyers using artificial intelligence, generating leads for agents, will enter new markets this year CEO Omer Granot said on Wednesday at Inman Connect New York.

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Riverfront Appraisals

JANUARY 25, 2023

FAQ #4 Are Appraisals Part of the Public Record? Have you ever wondered if the tax assessor gets a copy of your appraisal? Or maybe the seller of a home you’re purchasing? Quite often, and usually towards the end of our appraisal inspection, we get asked a question that goes like this: “The PVA […] The post FAQ #4: Are Appraisals Part of the Public Record?

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

James Harris, Kirsten Jordan and Mia Calabrese shared their journeys from real estate newbies to some of the best luxury agents in the business, at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JANUARY 25, 2023

Tips For Agents on How to Adjust For Square Footage I wrote an article once titled “ Price per square foot is not the holy grail of property value ” where I explained that price per square foot should not be the only metric given consideration when pricing a home. I thought it was important to discuss this topic because there is so much emphasis placed on this one stat over and above all others.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

Matt Lionetti and Tyler Whitman, of The Agency, and Sarah Desamours, of Douglas Elliman, shared their strategies for authenticity on social media with attendees at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday.

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Valuation Review

JANUARY 25, 2023

#ECLIPSECottages #smallerhomeoptions #tiny cottages, #featurestory

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

Pioneers of consumer-first online home search weighed in from Inman Connect New York on rumors that CoStar has approached News Corp about purchasing Realtor.com parent, Move Inc.

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BiggerPockets

JANUARY 25, 2023

Prospective homebuyers are getting a little more hopeful that mortgage rates will come down, and a greater share is feeling confident that it’s a good time to buy a home, […]

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

At Inman Connect New York Wednesday, CEO Brian Boero shared insights from a real estate consumer sentiment study it conducted under the self-imposed mandate to “shut up and listen” to what buyers and sellers want from real estate agents.

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Mortgagebroker News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Borrowing costs could be set to creep upwards again for many Canadians at the beginning of 2023

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

Speakers at Inman Connect New York on Tuesday urged MLSs to adopt new datasets and make sure to share them in ways that are useful to agents and consumers.

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Mortgagebroker News

JANUARY 25, 2023

The Bank also gave a significant update on its plans for future rate announcements

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

A day after Compass CEO Robert Reffkin dismissed remote work as 'the killer of culture' at ICNY, Sanford argued on Wednesday that there's equal merit to virtual and brick-and-mortar models.

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Total Motgage

JANUARY 25, 2023

Inheriting a house with siblings means that each person owns an equal share of the property. While you and your siblings can continue to share ownership of the inherited house, refinancing is another option worth considering. Follow this guide on how to refinance an inherited property to buy out heirs.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

"Reducing friction was yesterday’s play," Alpaca VC general partner Ryan Freedman told Inman in a wide-ranging interview. He stressed the need for a full suite of industry services.

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Valuation Review

JANUARY 25, 2023

#FundingShield #partnership #wirefraudpreventiontechnology #Milestones

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2023

Social media coach Chelsea Peitz shared a 3-step plan for agents looking to find their voices in a video format at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday.

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Valuation Review

JANUARY 25, 2023

#Singlefamilyhomeprices #increase #FannieMae #HomePriceIndex

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