Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

But we know that real estate (or any sales industry) requires lots of talking to people, relationship-building, and networking. A handful of solid connections that could lead to impactful relationships over time is much more valuable than handing your card out to 100 people who will probably just throw it away. Not to worry, though.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The trend was the subject of a recent book, “Unretired: How Highly Effective People Live Happily Ever After,” written by journalist and management consultant Mark Peabody. The idea of discontinuing work that matters to them and discontinuing the ability to make a contribution is a very painful thought. Louis and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

I think a lot of people in this industry probably got caught sideways because they had never seen a rate environment where rates went up. I think the hardest part was the layoffs followed by salary cuts across the organization. We are not a huge company and we had to go from 460 people to 275 really fast. And it’s tough.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

It’s imperative for real estate agents to inform homebuyers about DPA opportunities so more people can qualify for a mortgage and begin building generational wealth through homeownership,” Rob Chrane, founder and CEO of DPR, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

She hadn’t started her real estate business there yet, and she was lonely — so to meet new people, she decided to throw a holiday party and invite anyone she could. “I Dillard’s first holiday party had about 15 people in attendance. Picking up the phone and calling and inviting people is really great.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Home equity levels among homeowners aged 62 and older are at record levels following the end of the pandemic. Most people who’ve paid off their house just cannot fathom the idea of going back into debt. “No I’ve even had people get borderline angry with me for even suggesting the idea.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to revise its policies that ban veterans from paying broker commissions, an issue that is gaining attention following the NAR’s landmark $418 million settlement. NAR’s letter follows a similar message sent by the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) to the VA earlier this week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

And I’m out there and talking with people from early in the morning to late at night, and we’ll find a good home.” I’ve followed John Luddy’s game plan for three years now,” Duffy said. I’ve followed John Luddy’s game plan for three years now,” Duffy said. “I’ve got to find that there is a good spot for us,” he said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

first brought the issue up by saying it is an important element to address for the kinds of people who most commonly make use of FHA mortgage programs. “I I don’t have to tell you, that’s working people, people of color [and] first-time homebuyers,” Sherman said. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Jan.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But Serhant continued to follow up — for five years. Serhant used this story to illustrate how he manifested this deal by religiously following up with the client. I always tell people to be the most authentic they can be and they will meet their people. For some people, it is at temple or at church.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

This would bar cities from requiring “certain aesthetic and design features on single-family homes and barred mandates that people form homeowners associations,” according to reporting by Axios. After passing the Legislature on March 6, lawmakers pressed the governor to sign the bill in the following days, according to local media.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. Or, as in this case, it meant we had too many people chasing too few homes. from the previous year ($375,300).

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Chongling often receives calls and messages from people looking to connect with her, but often finds the initial contacts very “cold and generic, almost robotic.” I think that that impacts people a little bit more.” Be persistent The final piece of successful networking is to follow through and be persistent.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

followed by a Southern Regional Meeting in Austin the following month before October’s nationally focused Nashville event. There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm for people to get together down in Nashville.” Last year, it convened a Western Regional Meeting in June that took place in Irvine, Calif., 1 state for business.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

One of the biggest concerns is protecting seniors against feelings of isolation , which can be a serious threat to the well-being and cognitive function of older people. There’s just not enough young people willing and able — not to come in once a month for a home visit, but to be there all day long,” Skuler said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Market your event You can plan a perfect event, but if your marketing strategy isn’t comprehensive, how will people know about it? Use multimedia Very few people can attend an hour-long lecture and remember everything they heard. This increases your potential audience and introduces you to more people you might not otherwise reach.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

This means that when you have 100 people in your database , and they’re hearing from you regularly with something of value, at least 10 of those contacts should either transact with you or refer someone they know who will work with you buying or selling real estate. Are 200 people in your database hearing from you all the time?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

Don’t send spammy emails: One of the best ways to stay in Google’s good graces and your recipients’ graces is to send content that people want. Remove people not engaging with your content, honor opt-outs and keep your emails updated. Avoid spam-triggering words such as No.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

million followers, is getting its own nine-episode series on HGTV , the company announced on Tuesday. Millions of people are obsessed with scrolling through outrageous and over-the-top properties on social media while dreaming about where they would like to live,” Loren Ruch, head of content at HGTV said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

followers and 524.8k We’re on there to provide accurate information, and if people want to use us, that’s awesome.”. Playlists make it easier for your followers to binge your content and absorb all the information. In April she had 400 people fill out inquiries and applications from TikTok. likes on the platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

At that time, Bloomberg reported that LendCo, which was valued between $2 billion and $3 billion, was expected to go public in the first half of 2024, according to people familiar with the matter. The following year, CMG acquired Homebridge’s retail assets. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

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The Appraiser Coach

JANUARY 9, 2024

When I first started coaching, I was told by many people that I should write a book. Instead of telling people “Here’s the path to success, here’s what you need to do, follow me and let me lead you there,” I started asking them what their goals are. What was their idea of success?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

But until 1968, unethical practices in real estate prevented thousands of people from renting, buying or selling their homes. This prevented discrimination against families with children and people with disabilities in all aspects of the housing market. It is Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

More Americans are reaching the milestone age of 65 , and these people are redefining what 65 looks like in comparison to prior generations — with a raft of implications for American society. This is according to a recent story published by the The Wall Street Journal. A growing share are divorced.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As global tensions have escalated in recent years so, too, have concerns in the United States about the ownership of real estate by people from other countries — especially those from adversary nations. First, any law restricting ownership must clearly state that the obligation to follow the law rests with the buyer.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

After being promoted to the role of president following the FOA acquisition of former industry-leading lender American Advisors Group (AAG), Sieffert sat down with HousingWire President Diego Sanchez for a “ Ten Minute Talk ” to go deeper into her new role. I think that sentiment is probably echoed by a lot of people.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Mortgage servicers, regulators and economists are closely watching the delinquency rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans following a spike in the fourth quarter of 2023. “All these increases in costs impact people’s ability to pay, without question,” Steven R.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We created the weekly tracker article to guide people forward because so many people expected a significant price crash in 2023 as certain groups keep on saying prices follow volume. Sales haven’t been booming the last two years: too many people are chasing too few homes. So, let’s not make that mistake in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

The deal includes a combination of completed homes and homes that are not yet finished, according to the outlet, which cited people familiar with the transaction who asked not to be named. Horton Inc. billion deal, as Bloomberg first reported. Neither company commented to Bloomberg about the deal. according to the firm.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

As long as people are working and the economy is expanding, it is rare to see deflation in the CPI numbers. Like all pandemics, disinflation follows the pandemic inflation boost as supply chains improve. For a long time, people said we couldn’t bring the inflation growth rate down if the economy expanded. In reality, no.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

West Palm Beach and Jacksonville in Florida followed with 49% and 46.2%, respectively. High mortgage rates are exacerbating inequality between people who own homes and people who don’t,” Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari said. It’s the highest share of all-cash transactions recorded since 2014. of all transactions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

This follows other recent climate actions over the past several months, including a series of new climate policy announcements at the 28th UN Climate Conference (COP28) this past December. “As “HUD represented the Biden-Harris Administration at the United Nations’ Buildings and Climate Forum and led the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2024

That data line typically looks out 30-90 days for sales — it doesn’t move as fast as some people think. We are working in the third calendar year of great recession lows in demand, with a population of over 335 million and over 157 million people working. Today, we need context for the growth we’ll see in existing home sales in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 1, 2024

However, a yearly forecast has limitations and in this crazy housing and economic cycle, if people give you a yearly forecast without guidance as variables change, you’ll be dealing with stale data. People correctly keep an eye on the builder’s survey. What could make home prices decline?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

The days of running back to the office to write a tricky email to a client, follow up with a lead, or post on social media are long gone — and they’re never coming back. It follows you as you walk through a room– so you’ll always be the center of attention in your videos. It’s also 100% free for Zillow Premier agents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 1, 2024

Affordability remains a critical issue in virtually all conversations about housing, and few people understand that reality better than leading housing and mortgage industry advocacy groups. This is not just about poor people, although poor people have certainly been hammered in terms of housing affordability,” Dworkin said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

From 2008 to 2019 we had the weakest housing recovery ever, following a bust. Following these years of doldrums, in the years 2020 to 2024 we have the best housing demographic patch ever recorded in history. During this time we will have a lot of people of first-time home-buying age that will need shelter.

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