Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. That partnership is everything,” Amy Breach, a Seattle-based Keller Williams agent, told HousingWire in late 2022. Attorneys, Realtors and clients are a big part of our repeat business.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

housing entities are at odds over the future of the federal government’s cash-strapped flood insurance program. But Fannie Mae , the government-sponsored entity that backstops a significant portion of the country’s mortgages, does not seek an exception to the 1974 Federal Privacy Act. Two of the most powerful U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed last week the changes it would like to see in how real estate agents and brokers are compensated through its statement of interest filed in the MLS Property Information Network commission lawsuit , few in the real estate industry were surprised by the agency’s desire to decouple commissions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The DOJ also noted that this type of conditional offer is permitted under federal government lending programs, thus requiring no changes to lending regulations. Currently, in order to list a property, the listing broker must make an offer of at least one cent, but under the settlement, MLS PIN would drop that to zero dollars.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Among those targets were a Memphis-based real estate company and a title company in Washington state that combined were swindled out of more than $200,000 through the scam. The victims targeted can be lenders, real estate agents, title companies and other escrow agents, attorneys as well as homebuyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Multiple Listing Services were previously prohibited from disclosing these rates by a National Association of Realtors rule, but the rule was repealed as part of a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and portals like Redfin began displaying the rates soon after. ” Their findings, published online as a draft on Oct.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Texas residents interested in becoming a real estate agent must first complete 180 hours of approved coursework to be eligible to sit the state licensure exam. We estimate that it’ll take three to six months to get up and running as a licensed real estate agent in the Lone Star State.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Our Realtors in Raleigh can help you find a great surveyor if you need to find the property markers for a fence. Contact your real estate agent or friends and family to find a trustworthy surveyor in your area. Review the legal survey document to determine the “basis of bearing,” which should be explained in the document.

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Houston Properties

JANUARY 13, 2021

SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. COVID-19 and subsequent government actions have dumped gasoline on wealth inequality in ways that we don’t fully understand yet. Top Ranked Realtors: Paige Martin & The Houston Properties Team. I May Need To Sell.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

The creation of the NFT real estate market thrusts a spotlight onto a Silicon Valley company specifically throwing itself into real estate, blockchain and NFTs. It also gives real estate agents ideas. How a real estate NFT works today…. Bitcoin is perhaps the best-known cryptocurrency.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

Never in her decades-long career did Giguiere think she might be responsible for monitoring and reporting potential criminal activity in the real estate market. “It It is just ridiculous to put that on real estate agents and companies,” Giguiere said. That is not the role of a real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

One significant factor behind the lack of evolution in the appraisal industry is that the American housing market has grown at a much higher rate than the pool of licensed professionals that are legally certified to appraise residential real estate. Real estate agents in particular understand local properties extremely well.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Brimming with coursework that is up to date with current trends, expect to receive insight on issues facing Ohio real estate agents today. From agency relationships to local government regulations and more, every topic is inspired by the property types and types of transactions you’ll encounter as an Ohio real estate agent.

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The Robert Weiler Company

OCTOBER 21, 2022

allow a commercial broker to counsel a client on commercial real estate investment matters, such as goals, alternatives, resources, constraints, and timing; Question 4: How accurate are commercial real estate appraisals? .; Search National Association of Realtors (NAR) for licensed commercial real estate appraisers.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

And undeveloped land is increasingly attractive for investors after favorable reports from the Ohio REALTORS®. As a whole, commercial real estate has seen great success in 2022, despite rising interest rates. Let’s dive into what real estate agents can expect from the Buckeye State as we continue in 2022.

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Clear Capital

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

So there’s this real estate agent, right? Like, why are they so worried about like physical violence from this one realtor? And yes, startups are not really well built to solve affordable housing problems, which is basically what governments and NGOs can do. There’s less lead-in. Kenon Chen .

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

has ruled that the Department of Justice can reopen its investigation into the National Association of Realtors. the court “will not interpret a contract to cede a sovereign right of the United States unless the government waives that right unmistakably. A three-judge panel for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in D.C., Winstar Corp.,

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2021

And yet, in a complete breach of commitment and legal precedent, the DOJ backed out of an agreement with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) that would more explicitly state the spirit and intent of NAR’s Code of Ethics and MLS guidelines in some key areas. And agents are competing every day on compensation and customer service.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The district court’s decision that the government must be held to the terms of its 2020 settlement agreement is correct and should be affirmed.” “The Justice Department is not free to ignore the principles of contract law and fair dealing that bind every other party before the courts,” he added.

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