Housing Wire
MAY 8, 2024
Housing credit channels directly impact housing inventory channels. What does that mean? Home prices escalated out of control after 2020 and when we look at why that happened, we can see that housing credit mattered more to inventory data than most people realize. Let’s see how this has played out in different stages of the economy. On March 18, 2020, purchase application data broke out to pre-cycle highs in demand.
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 7, 2024
Strong home price growth – propelled by lack of inventory – pushed U.S. mortgage holders’ tappable equity to a record $11 trillion in March, according to ICE Mortgage Technology’s Mortgage Monitor report. Though the inventory situation has improved slightly, a continuing deficit of homes for sale this spring is helping prices remain resilient, ICE says.
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Real Estate News
MAY 4, 2024
Andy Florance discusses the “transformative technology” and his plans to rapidly expand the company while rolling out generative AI features later this year.
Inman
MAY 8, 2024
At the Realtors Legislative Meetings earlier this week, MLS executives were told they would be responsible for making sure real estate agents and brokers follow the new commission rules.
Housing Wire
MAY 6, 2024
Legendary investor Warren Buffett and Greg Abel, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Energy , addressed the commission lawsuits and HomeServices of America’s recently announced settlement of the suits, during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting on Saturday. “There is no question that the industry will go through some transitions because of the settlements — ours and every other major player in the industry settled, the National Association of Realtors settled for more than $400 million ,”
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 6, 2024
Does the cost of homeowners insurance affect the price of a home? In some markets, the answer is increasingly yes. In recent years, insurance companies have pulled out of some markets altogether after sustaining massive losses due to wildfires, flooding, and other climate-related disasters. Add to this rising replacement costs and legal fees, increased government regulation, inflation, and fraud, and companies are bleeding about a billion dollars every three weeks.
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Inman
MAY 8, 2024
The plaintiffs in a suit known as Batton 1 have filed for a temporary restraining order preventing the final approval of the Keller Williams, Anywhere and RE/MAX settlements.
Housing Wire
MAY 4, 2024
My model for inventory growth with higher mortgage rates came crashing down last week. After two weeks of significant increases , inventory growth slowed dramatically and is far from my 11,000-17,000 growth model with mortgage rates over 7.25%. Did the recent dip in mortgage rates play a role here or is this the average choppy weekly data we have seen in past years?
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 9, 2024
The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 7.09% this week, down from 7.22% the previous week, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. It was the first time in five weeks that mortgage rates decreased. “After a five-week climb, mortgage rates ticked down following a weaker than expected jobs report,” says Sam Khater, chief economist for Freddie Mac, in a statement.
Real Estate News
MAY 6, 2024
The Berkshire Hathaway CEO, along with Vice Chair Greg Abel, spoke about the HomeServices settlement and more during the company's annual shareholder meeting.
Inman
MAY 9, 2024
The ruling by Judge Stephen R. Bough on Thursday resolves antitrust claims in the Sitzer | Burnett, Moehrl and Nosalek commission cases. However, it won't quash other existing suits from buyers.
Housing Wire
MAY 6, 2024
Redfin has joined the growing list of real estate brokerages that have settled the commission lawsuits. In a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, the brokerage announced that it had reached a nationwide settlement agreement on Friday with the plaintiffs in the consolidated Gibson and Umpa commission lawsuits. As part of the settlement agreement, Redfin has agreed to pay $9.25 million into a qualified settlement fund within 30 days of the court’s preliminary
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 6, 2024
The progress that was made in providing mortgages to to a higher percentage of low-income homebuyers during the pandemic years has been reversed in the past two years due to higher mortgage rates and rising home prices, a report from Redfin shows. “There was a sweet spot in 2020 when mortgage rates were ultra low and home prices had yet to skyrocket, allowing some lower-income Americans to break into the housing market,” says Elijah de la Campa, senior economist for Redfin, in the report.
Real Estate News
MAY 8, 2024
Anywhere, RE/MAX and KW deals at risk after new documents reveal a plan to include immunity from buy-side lawsuits, plaintiffs in the Batton case allege.
Inman
MAY 7, 2024
Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales took to the podium on Monday at the MLS Forum of the Realtors Legislative Meetings to refute rival CoStar's earlier claims about Homes.com's growing traffic.
Housing Wire
MAY 7, 2024
Recent data from Inside Mortgage Finance shows a significant leap in broker market share, jumping to 24.3% in Q4 2023, the highest number we’ve seen since 2009. This is a true testament to the care, commitment and passion brokers across the country have for their borrowers. The big question is, what caused this increase? First and foremost, there has been a noticeable shift in consumer behavior.
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 8, 2024
On today’s episode of the Appraisal Buzzcast, host Hal Humphreys speaks with Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine and our keynote Speaker this year at Valuation Expo. He is also the bestselling author of Build for Tomorrow: An Action Plan for Embracing Change, Adapting Fast, and Future-Proofing Your Career. The valuation space is going through a lot of change right now, through technology as well as other factors.
Real Estate News
MAY 9, 2024
After five weeks of increases, rates pulled back slightly, but rising home prices and record-high mortgage payments continue to hamper affordability.
Inman
MAY 7, 2024
The Real Brokerage reported revenue of $200.7 million in the first quarter of 2024 as gross profit soared to $20.8 million, according to Q1 earnings data released Tuesday morning.
Housing Wire
MAY 7, 2024
Las Vegas -based housing technology startup BOXABL on Tuesday announced that it has received approval to begin selling a factory-built accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in California , which could provide more options in a state strapped for affordable housing options. The company’s “Casita” product is a 361-square-foot home with a full kitchen, bathroom, living area and sleeping area.
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 8, 2024
Roughly 79% of U.S. consumers say now is a bad time to buy a home, according to Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) report for April. The survey results are relatively unchanged compared with March, which could be a sign that negative sentiment is plateauing as consumers continue to adjust to the higher interest rate and home price environment.
Real Estate News
MAY 7, 2024
The company remains on a rapid-growth trajectory, but net losses also increased this quarter, largely due to a recent commissions lawsuit settlement.
Inman
MAY 8, 2024
Although it may seem righteous to dismantle the institution that NAR has built, brokerage founder Sean Frank writes, the collapse of NAR would equate to the collapse of the modern real estate market as we know it.
Housing Wire
MAY 7, 2024
The official magazine for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently touched on the topic of reverse mortgages, mentioning products such as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) and addressing topics like the desires of baby boomers to age in place in their homes. Describing reverse mortgages as originating in 1961 before coming to greater prominence through the establishment of the HECM program during the Reagan administration, one of two recent NAR articles dea
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 10, 2024
Xactus , offering verifications solutions for the mortgage industry, recently announced that several of its verification services are now available via Dark Matter Technologies ‘ Empower loan origination software. Lenders utilizing Dark Matter’s LOS can obtain access to Xactus’ Employment VerificationX, Social Security VerificationX and Credit ReportX.
Real Estate News
MAY 8, 2024
While revenue improved 10%, the company reported steep losses — but CEO Robert Reffkin was more focused on the future of buyer agents during the earnings call.
Inman
MAY 8, 2024
Some borrwers were quick to spring into action, with applications for purchase loans rising by a seasonally adjusted 2 percent and requests to refinance up 5 percent week over week.
Housing Wire
MAY 8, 2024
Robert Reffkin is confident that Compass and its agents have what it takes to continue growing and succeeding in the changing real estate environment. “In down markets, the best agents and the best brokerages gain market share,” Reffkin, the CEO of Compass, told investors and analysts during his firms first-quarter 2024 earnings call on Wednesday evening.
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 10, 2024
The share of residential properties that are considered “equity rich” decreased to 45.8% in the first quarter, down from 46.1% in the fourth quarter and down from 47.2% in the first quarter of 2023, hitting the lowest point in two years, according to ATTOM’s U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report. By “equity-rich” ATTOM means that the combined estimated amount of loan balances secured by those properties was no more than half of their estimated market values.
Real Estate News
MAY 7, 2024
Even as net losses increase, Redfin’s CEO says the company is in a good place: “When you give people a better deal, they actually beat a path to your door.
Inman
MAY 7, 2024
Real estate’s new era is upon us. At Inman Connect Las Vegas in July, we’re bringing together real estate’s most trusted voices to cut through the noise and give our community the information and tools it needs to succeed moving forward.
Housing Wire
MAY 7, 2024
With a 67% annual increase in agent count to 16,680 agents during the first quarter of 2024 , it is no surprise that The Real Brokerage also recorded an 86% annual increase in revenue to nearly $201 million. The uptick in agent count contributed to a 74% yearly jump in transaction count to 19,032 sides, good for a total sales volume of $7.5 billion and an 88% year-over-year increase.
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 10, 2024
Mortgage Capital Trading (MCT) has introduced Base Rate Generator, a new solution that allows mortgage lenders to directly inform their front-end rate sheet pricing with their back-end capital markets executions. By combining live agency API connections, co-issue executions, aggregator pricing, and custom TBA indications, the MCT Base Rate Generator allows mortgage lenders to improve margin management and competitive performance.
Real Estate News
MAY 6, 2024
Mortgage assumptions aren’t new, but they’re about to get a lot more popular because the math works for both sides of the closing table.
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