Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

Opendoor has partnered with nationwide multiple listing service My State MLS to equip more than 60,000 agents in each of the 50-plus markets Opendoor serves with access to the iBuyer’s cash-offer solution. If the seller chooses to pursue Opendoor’s offer, they will then be directed to Opendoor to continue the process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

August’s HPSI survey revealed both a confident seller’s and buyer’s market, however, Fannie Mae reported September buyers showing more hesitancy. Presented by: NAMB. The home purchase market requires the proper mix of home price growth and continued economic recovery to achieve sustainable levels of housing activity,” Duncan.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Hesitant home sellers could be one reason there is such low housing inventory, according to a report from Zillow. Thirty-four percent of would-be home sellers said they are staying out of the market due to the uncertainty caused by COVID-19. Presented by: Indecomm Global.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Ginnie Mae are walking back some of the more controversial proposed eligibility requirements for sellers, servicers and issuers they oversee. Institutions with less than $1 billion in originations during a 12 month period would be exempt — a new carveout the agencies said is for “small sellers.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

presentation to investors in the blank-check SPAC that took the company public in 2020. Offerpad is an instant buyer, or iBuyer, a company that gives sellers cash offers for their homes and attempts to resell the homes for a profit, sometimes after making renovations. “The largest, undisrupted market in the U.S.,”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Few things affect the real estate market more than the rise and fall of interest rates , which has a ripple effect that directly influences everything from buyer behavior to market trends. How interest rates impact your clients Let’s look at how interest rates can impact buyers, sellers or homeowners looking to refinance.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But as much as it’s already a core tenet of real estate, collaboration currently presents a unique new opportunity for real estate agents to evolve the way they work with their buyers and sellers. Consumer expectations have changed dramatically in the last few years. But collaboration doesn’t stop there.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

The housing market has been on a topsy-turvy roller-coaster ride in recent years that has been particularly neck wrenching since this past fall, fueled by stubbornly high inflation and a still-strong jobs market. Treasury market — jumping to as high as 121 in mid-April after ending March near 85.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Total home sales are outpacing new listings by a wide margin every month, and real estate tech company Homesnap foresees the shortage continuing in 2021 unless more sellers enter the market. Get up to speed on today’s housing market and discover how the industry can evolve to better serve tomorrow’s market, together.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On Wednesday, home seller plaintiffs in northern Georgia filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. This system, with its veiled surcharges, illegally warps the real estate market.” 22, 2019, and the present.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although high mortgage rates, elevated home prices and limited housing inventory have crippled the 2023 housing market, the outlook for 2024 is brighter, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). “The bond market is forcing the Fed to pivot.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. Specifically, housing markets like Portland, Maine , Bay City, Mich. Presented by: Propertybase. Pueblo, Colo. , and Austin. and Austin.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2021

Austin is still the nation’s hottest housing market, as tech workers continue to flock to the Lone Star State’s capital. Homes are staying on the market an average of 24 days, Redfin reported. The jumbo market for brokers is back in a huge way. Presented by: Rocket Pro TPO. year over year, to $465,000.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tiffany Fletcher, VRM Mortgage Services HW: What does the current market and demand for REO assets look like? Factors like location and condition of the property and the market demand for REO and other existing home sales, impact the current landscape for REO assets.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

NAR recently published an FAQ page related to the settlement agreement where it clarifies that the phrase “working with” is meant to “distinguish MLS participants who provide brokerage services to a buyer from MLS participants who simply market their services or just talk to a buyer.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2021

Phoenix is the first market RedfinNow has launched in 2021, following the launch of San Francisco and Seattle early last month. RedfinNow is entering an already crowded market, joining the likes of Zillow , Opendoor and Keller Offers as well as bridge solutions like Knock Home Swap. Presented by: Fannie Mae.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This is according to NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun, who shared a presentation of his 2024 forecast on Tuesday. Once the December data for existing home sales is tallied up, 2023 could be the worst year for existing home sales seen since 2008 or since 1995, Yun said during his presentation. Yun expects home sales to rise next year.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

The new feature harnesses the capabilities of multimodal artificial intelligence to instantly analyze and summarize complex property documents, including inspection reports, appraisals and seller disclosures. It can also help agents clearly communicate their unique value and services to homebuyers, sellers and others.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Despite continued home price appreciation and a volatile mortgage rate environment that has resulted in the least affordable housing market in decades, there remains a minority of consumers who still feel that now is a good time to buy a home. The housing market index fell 1.2 Creating a path to success in today’s purchase market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

Remain calm, trust that you are in the right place and go sell real estate,” Wendi Harrelson, the president of Keller Williams Realty International -owned regions, said during the presentation on Monday. Seller concessions is money that is being given by the seller directly to the buyer,” Papasan said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

The mortgage-servicing rights (MSR) market remains robust as we turn the corner into 2024, and though it is expected to slightly underperform 2023, the market is still projected to notch healthy trading volumes in 2024 — hovering near the $1 trillion mark for the fourth year in a row, market observers forecast.

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McKissock

AUGUST 3, 2022

One of the top ways of convincing those potential clients that you’re the right agent for them is by creating a pristine listing presentation. A listing presentation is essentially an interview to represent a potential seller in a real estate transaction. Home sellers will want to know your qualifications right away.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

For what felt like a moment in time, buyers enjoyed the luxury of being incredibly picky, carefully selecting what felt like their dream homes in a market that had shifted towards more favorable conditions. The changing tides Previously, buyers were able to look for over a month, as average days on market continued to climb.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

By definition, a lowball offer is an offer that is significantly below market value. Asking price and market value are not always the same thing. Determine if the listing is priced correctly Determine the actual market value of the subject property. Has it been on and off the market several times over months or years?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

The mortgage servicing rights (MSR) market has opened 2023 with a healthy volume of capital committed to purchasing the assets along with multiple sellers primed for deals — as evidenced by the $60 billion to $65 billion in MSR portfolio offerings currently out for bid, market experts say.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

“Defendants’ conspiracy has artificially inflated broker commissions to a range of 5-6% of the sale price in nearly all residential real estate transactions in REBNY Brooklyn—half of which automatically goes to the Buyer Broker—an overcharge that is borne entirely by the home seller,” the complaint states. “In 29, 2019, to the present.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I mean, you have to fake it until you make it,” Goldentayer said about agents looking to break into the ultra-luxury market. Anytime I am going into a pitch, I do what I can to best understand who a seller is meeting with and who my competition is. “I You need to understand who you are pitching against,” Alexander said.

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McKissock

MAY 4, 2021

Just about every market across the United States saw a huge influx of first-time homebuyers and sellers as a result of record-low mortgage rates and the desire for more space. In today’s hot market you have to move quickly, so help them be prepared mentally and have any documents needed at hand.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Through eXp Exclusives, participants will be able to share off-market and pre-market listings with other eXp agents and their clients through a mobile app. At eXp, we firmly believe the highest and best form of marketing a property is placing it in the MLS and exposing it to as many people as possible,” Pareja added.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

On Wednesday, Manhattan home seller Monty March filed a lawsuit in U.S. The anti-competitive nature of commission rule is clear when compared to other countries with competitive markets for residential real estate brokerage services.” 8, 2019, and the present. It is not required for a seller to compensate a buyer’s agent.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Despite these massive headwinds, we have positioned Compass for significant upside when the market begins to recover.” Compass attributed some of these struggles to the slower housing market of 2023, which saw Compass close 178,848 transactions, down 15.5% million in 2022.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Zillow launched its iBuying solution, Zillow Offers in its 25th market Wednesday morning: Homeowners in Jacksonville, Florida can now sell their home directly to Zillow. The last market Zillow Offers launched in was Cincinnati on March 2, right before the pandemic caused it to pause on March 23. “The

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Although more agents are fielding questions about the commission lawsuits than they were a quarter ago , they also remain optimistic about where the housing market is headed in the second quarter of 2024, according to the RealTrends Q2 2024 AgentPulse survey.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Knock Home Swap has expanded into Orlando, Florida and Tampa, Florida, its first markets in the Sunshine State. In these markets Home Swap will be offered through Keller Williams Realty of Central Florida , Keller Williams LeHeup Group and Keller Williams Suburban Tampa – The Chadwick Group. Presented by: Total Expert.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

The suit, known as Fierro, after its lead plaintiff Gael Fierro, a Californian home seller, accuses the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Patrick Thurber, a California home seller, is an additional named plaintiff in the suit. 17, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2020

Opendoor has resumed operations in all 21 of its markets as of Tuesday. Now, the company has added back the rest of its operational markets, including Las Vegas, Orlando, Minneapolis-St. Now, the company has added back the rest of its operational markets, including Las Vegas, Orlando, Minneapolis-St.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

Zillow outperformed the broader industry for the fourth consecutive quarter as we navigate a tough real estate market,” said Zillow cofounder and CEO Rich Barton on the firm’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday evening. Barton also presented Zillow’s product roadmap, touching on different updates and projects underway.

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