Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

What helped Erica Davis, a loan originator at Guild Mortgage , in the current high-rate environment is a seller-funded temporary 2-1 rate buydown. In a high-rate environment, lenders call the temporary rate buydown a win-win strategy for both sellers and buyers when used appropriately. in the second year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Brokers who rode the proverbial wave of real estate during the pandemic and have now had to reroute or pivot to figure out how to navigate a market that was once boasting the lowest rates in decades are disoriented. But what happens to real estate agents when the market shifts and goes down? Read about what’s going on in the market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

SmartZip uses predictive analytics to pinpoint likely sellers from 6 to 18 months in advance, offering a huge advantage in today’s low inventory market. SmartZip’s analytics are based on over 250 data points related to the properties and homeowners in your target market. Automated marketing: Yes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ).

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Knock ’s Home Swap solution is now available in three new markets in Florida: Homeowners in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach can buy their next home before selling their current one. Knock entered the Florida market in October. Now, the solution is available in 14 markets in the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Forbes launched a luxury home listing platform which the company says will capitalize on its audience and “connect, inform, and inspire high-net-worth potential homebuyers and sellers” about properties for sale around the world. How to gain more listing visibility in a shifting housing market. Presented by: Apartments.com.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

High interest rates, coupled with a still-low supply of housing, have created price hurtles that are keeping many first-time homebuyers and lower-income borrowers locked out of the housing market. In terms of acceptance in the secondary market of these TRBLs, which is key to ensuring lender liquidity, the jury is still out.

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Movoto

MAY 22, 2024

It’s beautiful from corner to corner, hence why the Colorado housing market is always one to watch. Whether you’re moving to Colorado, selling your Colorado home , or considering a business venture in the state, it’s valuable to first understand the Colorado real estate market. New listings are seemingly surging.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. David Doctorow : We feel for home buyers and sellers. DD: The first step is educating yourself about what’s available and possible for today’s home buyers and sellers. .

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

Amid the traditionally busy spring homebuying season, industry professionals are looking for new paths to profitability in a tight purchase market. Rising interest rates, a shortage in housing supply and geopolitical turmoil have combined to create a uniquely challenging period for mortgage bankers and financial institutions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

Knowing where the housing market is headed broadly allows us to stay ahead of the curve and make the right kind of decisions around legacy tools we’ve been using. We started using AI tools as early as 2017, we were early AI players and one of the first platforms to use it. That’s a big opportunity for us.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

“Our goal is to provide New Hampshire Realtors with the tools they need to be information leaders in the industry, and HousingWire offers the very best housing news, data and research available,” said 2024 NHAR President Joanie McIntire. Because housing is too important for narrow perspectives and missed connections.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Through the partnership, Opendoor will be the primary cash offer solution powering eXp’s ExpressOffers platform and will provide integrated API tools. He continued: “This partnership gives sellers a simple and certain option, supported by their eXp Realty agent and backed by an Opendoor cash offer.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2021

fell to a four-month low in January as builders expressed concerns about higher house prices, COVID-related supply chain issues and construction costs. Builder confidence in single-family homes dropped to 83 in January from 86 in December, according to the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) is projected to contract significantly over the next two years in the face of a housing-market contraction, but the actual supply of MBS available for purchase in the private market is expected to swell to record levels over that period. trillion and to nearly $9.3

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Details of the latest membership count comes as the trade group works to implement a series of major rule changes stipulated by the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit settlement agreement, as well as fewer market opportunities for members due to historically low levels of existing-home sales inventory. How many is unclear.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 21, 2022

In early March it was becoming clear that the market was changing from a frenzied post-pandemic scene to one where rising mortgage rates would slow it down and help inventory finally rise back up. For the past few years, with inventory at historically low levels , sellers were coming pretty close to naming their price and buyers were paying.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The forecast for the housing market in 2023 gets worse by the month, with the latest report predicting a million-plus decline in existing home sales. The mortgage market is projected to slip further to $1.3 How should the current market impact lenders’ tech adoption? from a year ago. .

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

This article is part of our housing market economic update series. At the end of this series, you can join us on May 10 for a Housing Market Update webinar. In February, NAR in partnership with Realtor.com released The Double Trouble of the Housing Market report. For Asian Americans the rate is 61.7%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

Home prices have skyrocketed in the past year, and data from Redfin backs up what buyers, sellers, and agents have known for months. Non-QM: New Market + New Rules = New Opportunities. Join leading industry experts for a 45-minute discussion on the market, challenges and opportunities. With the new rules of Non-QM 2.0

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

However, this rise in first-time buyers helps explain what’s driving demand and keeping upward pressure on prices in a market with mortgage rates currently surpassing 7%. One of the primary reasons for this surge is the strong presence of millennials in the housing market, particularly those at the peak, around ages 33 and 34.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2022

As consumers stopped actively looking for new mortgage products, “lenders may find success capturing purchase opportunities by leveraging a seller buy-down strategy to combat high interest rates that might prevent buyers from committing to a purchase,” the report said. Lender roadmap: Driving success in a difficult market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Despite low inventory, the housing market is expected to remain strong in 2021 due to low mortgage rates. And with this housing boom will come even more questions from homeowners who want to know their housing options. Many real estate professionals discount the seller lead. Charles Williams, Founder & CEO.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

“This new integrated experience will help shoppers better understand the relationship between still photos and the layout of the house, provide a better sense of the space and home features, and improve the overall shopping experience.”. How to gain more listing visibility in a shifting housing market.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A housing market marked by relatively high interest rates and tight inventory — and punctuated by the practice of home inspection waivers to sweeten offers — are taking a bite out of business for home inspectors, who play a key role in the sales process by ensuring that buyers are not being sold a lemon of a house.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2020

“The most exciting part of our partnership with Knock is the ability for agents to make non-contingent offers in this incredibly aggressive seller’s market,” Jack Hawthorne, team leader at Keller Williams Heritage said in a statement. We’re so excited to bring the Knock Home Swap to Austin and San Antonio homeowners.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

Ginger Wilcox’s intricate knowledge of the housing market is almost unparalleled. Her industry experience is vast and includes leadership roles across the housing landscape. Register HousingWire: Today’s uncertain market offers many growth opportunities. What is the BHGRE growth plan to boost market share?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The API, which utilizes Loan Product Advisor (LPA) AIM independent of an LPA submission, enables Freddie Mac-approved sellers and third-party originators to get a preliminary view of a borrower’s qualifying asset, income and employment before submitting a full application to LPA. million in Q2 2023, narrowing its financial loss from $35.6

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The ICE — Black Knight merger creates the first end-to-end digital infrastructure that will reorder incentives and change how housing markets operate. GSEs: The concentration of lenders will lead to new systems that may reach deeper into the primary market. These essential tools require a collective commitment.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

The newest prop tech applications to moat the client relationship are home management tools. According to the latest data from Altos Research , the real estate market is experiencing unusual patterns in pricing, inventory and demand. Over the past decade, the industry has primarily focused on optimizing and monetizing transactions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

HW Media : What is your most useful tech tool? HW Media : What do you think will be the big themes for the housing market in 2022-2023? Many media outlets are fretting about a possible housing crash because panic gets them more clicks than reason. But the truth is that the market is moderating, not imploding.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 17, 2022

ARE YOU A "WANT-TO-BE" SELLER IN 2022? There are questions about housing market health and what the market is actually doing. You want to have a search tool that knows your criteria, fits your wants and needs, and gives you the best selection of all available homes for sale. Worried about having to move twice?

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

A new generation of digitally native homebuyers and sellers are expecting online experiences , in every type of transaction, and more convenient and seamless ways to find, tour, purchase, and sell homes on their own terms. Additionally, builders can easily adopt digital tools like remote online notarization and a digital escrow process.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Who said this is a sellers’ market? Perhaps it’s truly a builders’ market. In addition to instruction on appropriate tools and materials for various contexts, the curriculum covers carpentry skills, stair building, interior and exterior finishing techniques, among other aspects of the job. Census data through October.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

The slower housing market and uncertain economic conditions took their toll on the number of real estate brokerages and firms that were named to Inc. In our team approach someone is always available to show a home and we offer one stop shopping for every need a buyer or seller would have during the process.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2021

For better or worse, trends in the mortgage industry tend to mirror corresponding trends in the overall real estate market. Emerging out of the pandemic, the first half of 2021 showed that there is a historically low housing inventory across multiple markets in the U.S. Inventory issues. All about the rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2022

Once customers find a home using Orchard’s home search tool, the firm prepares a cash offer and helps buyers negotiate an offer backed by Orchard’s cash. The company’s commission is paid by the seller and buyers don’t pay any additional fees to use Orchard’s cash. Orchard then sells it back to the customer at no cost.

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