Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

million existing homes were sold, according to the National Association of Realtors. of investors were anticipating the benchmark interest rate to remain the same after the FOMC meeting, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool. of investors have priced in a cut of at least a quarter point in March. In 2023, only 4.09

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

When Kevin Sears stepped into the role of National Association of Realtors president on Monday following Tracy Kasper’s resignation , he became the trade organization’s third president in a little over four months. In addition to serving his local and state Realtor organizations, Sears has served NAR in multiple roles over the years.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Cincinnati is a great place to live,” said Julie Back , the executive sales vice president of Sibcy Cline Realtors. I think a lot of it has to do with there are just fewer houses available,” said Mark Meinhardt, a senior vice president at Sibcy Cline Realtors. Altos considers anything above a 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Thanks to provisions in both Anywhere’s and RE/MAX’s settlement agreements , as well as Redfin’s announcement that it would be requiring agents to cancel their National Association of Realtors membership, much of the speculation has focused on what will become of NAR’s 1.5 million members. Certainly there are a lot of places in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Realtors , small business owners, gig workers, freelancers, real estate investors, CPAs, doctors and lawyers with their own practices all could be a non-QM borrower. Real estate investors build portfolios in every market condition There is a large pool of borrowers who purchase regardless of market conditions – real estate investors.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

The monthly Realtors Confidence Index is an essential measure of what real estate professionals are seeing in their local markets and how the market is evolving on a monthly basis. The National Association of Realtors Research Group has produced the index since 2008, a time of turbulence in the real estate market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

in March compared to February despite rising mortgage rates , according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Some of these all-cash buyers are investors, but the majority are repeat homebuyers who are able to roll equity from a home sale into their next purchase. Pending home sales increased by 3.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Charron will work alongside Collabra’s other board members, which include Microsoft CIO Jim DuBois, investor and startup leader Tom Simpson, investment banker Patrick Ringland and president and CEO of Collabra, Russ Cofano. For 16 years, Charron was the president and CEO of MRIS , a major multiple listing service.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 21, 2024

compared with February 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Individual investors or second-home buyers, who make up many cash sales, purchased 21% of homes in February, up from 17% in January and 18% in February 2023. Existing-home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.38

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2024

In its first-quarter 2024 investor presentation, CoStar Group announced that Homes.com had surpassed 110 million monthly unique visitors, based on data from Google Analytics. He also handled layoffs during the merger. This made CoStar the second most-visited residential listing site, trailing only Zillow.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Investors will heavily monitor Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s news conference at 2:30 p.m., Investors expect rate cuts to begin as soon as May, according to Realtor.com chief economist Danielle Hale. Meanwhile, the National Association of Realtors expects the Fed to cut interest rates four times in 2024. In a letter dated Jan.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

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. “We We are a company of top agents.” Reffkin’s confidence came from what he called “five facts.”

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The Robert Weiler Company

DECEMBER 9, 2022

When you think of the terms commercial real estate agent, broker, or realtor, do you use them interchangeably? It’s no wonder commercial real estate vs broker vs realtor remains indistinguishable! So, stay tuned to receive the actual definitions for a commercial real estate agent, broker, and realtor.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2024

The so-called portal wars heated up this week, when Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales made comments about rival CoStar Group’s Homes.com during the MLS Forum at the National Association of Realtors ’ annual legislative meeting. Eales elaborated on this further in his prepared remarks during NewsCorp’s earnings call with investors on Wednesday. “If

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 11, 2023

has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for September 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Most recently, Amy was named in the Boston Agent Magazine’s 2023 Who’s Who list !

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The real estate industry is no exception, and realtors who specialize in (or at least serve) property investment clients are seeing the beginnings of a complete technological transformation through AI and increasingly smart tools , such as property investment software. Realtors provide insights for pricing strategies.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

At the crux of the case is the allegation that commission rates are too high, it’s unfair that the seller pays the buyer’s agent’s commission, and that the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Code of Conduct and MLS Handbook lead to set pricing. million, respectively.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

Here’s where those of us at the Denver Metro Association of Realtors (R) see the market going over the next couple of years. For investors eyeing these properties, the challenge lies in higher interest rates for investment properties compared to single-family homes.

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Listing Spark

JULY 24, 2023

In today’s market, most rental properties belong to individual investors rather than large investment companies—recent census numbers place the number at approximately 70% of properties —and they can achieve success through a growing set of property investment software tools. Why Do Realtors Need Property Investment Software in 2023?

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 6, 2022

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for November 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Lisa can often be found amongst the top producing REALTORS® for the Beverly office as well as company-wide.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The brokerages are also contending with the rule changes included in a proposed settlement by the National Association of Realtors ; some investors also believe those rule changes advantage CoStar at the expense of Zillow. There are other dynamics at play for some of these companies, however.

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Eppraisal

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Not many people know that all real estate agents can not call themselves Realtors® In order for real estate agents to call themselves Realtors® they must belong to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), their state Realtor® associations and their local Realtor® associations.

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Empire Appraisal Group

DECEMBER 16, 2021

How Many Homes Go to Investors? In Jacksonville, more than 1 in 4 homebuyers (28.1%) are investors. homebuyers in the third quarter were investors rather than homesteaders, according to an analysis by Redfin economists. That percentage of investor buyers is an increase from 16.1% of homes sold to investors.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In the first few months of 2022, primary-residence buyers and second-home buyers (investors and vacation buyers) flocked to the market at a frenzied pace under the correct assumption that mortgage rates would rise. offers, according NAR’s REALTORS® Confidence Index. At the height of the spring market, the typical home had 5.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A coalition of trade associations — including the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA), National Association of Realtors (NAR), and Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) — on Thursday called on the Biden administration to reduce the historically large spread between the 30-year mortgage rates and 10-year Treasuries.

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Mortgage Realtors Finance Lending 529

Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

During Wednesday’s earnings call, Sanford addressed the ongoing commission lawsuits targeting the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and major real estate brokerages, which accuse the firms of conspiring to maintain artificially high agent commissions. billion, while transaction sides increased 8% year over year to 110,976.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Bidding wars are still there but it isn’t as bad as during COVID,” said Lisa Comito, a broker at Howard Hanna Rand Realty and the president of Greater Bergen Realtors , which has nearly 9,000 members. When we were coming out of COVID we were seeing 15 to 20 offers on a house, where you’d have to make a spreadsheet to show your seller.

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McKissock

DECEMBER 28, 2021

While some real estate agents and brokers prefer to work with homebuyers, others decide to specialize in working with property investors. Both niches have their advantages and disadvantages, but here’s why some people prefer working with investors. Pros of working with real estate investors.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 7, 2022

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for February 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Additionally, Dawn is consistently amongst the top producing REALTORS® for the Worcester office.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

“I am extremely pleased with our results this quarter and am looking forward to navigating the changes ahead from a position of strength,” Real CEO Tamir Poleg told investors and analysts during the firm’s Q1 2024 earnings call Tuesday morning.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2022

He has more than 15 years of industry experience, holding multiple positions in the industry including being an investor, team owner/leader, brokerage operating partner, coach and trainer and corporate executive. As a novice real estate investor at the time, the market downturn completely wiped me out.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) also forecasts that existing-home sales will drop by 17.5% For mortgage rates to improve, investors will need reassurance that the Fed will pause its contractionary policy at its next meeting next week, Jones said in a statement. in 2023, reaching an annualized rate of 4.15

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

If consumers, Realtors and builders know affordable financing exists for potential buyers, more Americans will have the opportunity to get into a new home. We also have been able to educate the capital markets, which helped to scale the financing, gain high rating agency acceptance and create significant investor demand.

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Listing Spark

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Texas is a great place for real estate investors and homeowners looking to sell. Knowing how to sell your home without a realtor can easily save you thousands of dollars on closing costs and fees. You may also choose to sell without a realtor because you’re considering becoming an investor or an agent yourself.

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BiggerPockets

MARCH 22, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed to a settlement last week that will eliminate its rules on sales commissions. The deal, if approved by the federal court, is likely to shake […]

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A pair of lawsuits on behalf of Zillow investors cite this statement by Wacksman – and similar rosy claims in 2021 by Barton and Allen Parker, the company’s chief financial officer – as illegally misleading investors. 19 in Seattle federal court on behalf of Zillow investor Steve Silverberg. The second lawsuit was filed Nov.

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Investors Brokerage Law Investing 407

Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 6, 2022

has released their “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for March 2022! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Lamacchia Realty, Inc. Kelly joined the 2021 Lamacchia Realty President’s Club for the first time !

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