Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Recent data from Inside Mortgage Finance shows a significant leap in broker market share, jumping to 24.3% The big question is, what caused this increase? So, what exactly does this mean for the industry? This exceptional service is what keeps brokers memorable and top of mind for referral and repeat business down the road.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 9, 2024

But it’s when the housing market stagnates and originations dry up that the software really pays off. With CRM software, mortgage lenders are able to use what they know about their borrowers to sell more products and win more business. This latter quality is what sets a robust CRM system apart.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

What does that mean? This is what happened post 2010: The millennials started to buy homes in 2013 and they finance 90% of those homes. All of these factors set the stage for what happened next. Housing credit channels directly impact housing inventory channels. Demographics also play a role here.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 1, 2024

It seems like the market is starting to pick up for the spring across the nation, but we haven’t seen any significant interest rate changes. What can appraisers expect from the market in the near future? The post Adjusting to the New Real Estate Market appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

I think what we are definitely going to see is a fall-off of the old way of doing things,” Saunders told attendees at HousingWire ’s The Gathering. “I I think what we are definitely going to see is a fall-off of the old way of doing things,” Saunders told attendees at HousingWire ’s The Gathering.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

Today, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made statements at the Washington Forum that indicate there will be no rate cuts anytime soon because the economy and the labor market are too strong with sticky inflation. ” The Fed believes the labor market has been too firm, and wages have been growing too fast. .”

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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. They crested near 7.6%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: What differentiates your tech? Scott Smith: I think a differentiator is our position in the market. I think we have the most comprehensive end-to-end capital market platform. SW: What are some of the benefits of those 20 years’ experience? SW: What’s your approach on building versus buying?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

labor market is posed to support broader economic growth. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s message that the central bank will move carefully on rate cuts, given in an interview with “60 Minutes” after last week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, is what sent mortgage rates higher on Monday. unemployment,” Powell said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

And their experience is also highly fragmented and broken, and that’s what bubbles up to the consumer experiences. This is from 2009 — I opened up a high-tech real estate brokerage with actual agents, working through transactions day in day out and really understanding what processes look like.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

Today’s unique market requires flexibility and a pricing engine that empowers lenders and their loan officers to put the right loan products in front of borrowers. What’s the importance of having the right PPE in this environment? From an LO’s perspective, what really differentiates Polly’s technology?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Facing a challenging housing market can be daunting for agents and loan officers alike. As industry professionals grapple with uncertainties, market shifts and evolving dynamics, the key to thriving lies not only in adapting to change but also in embracing it as an opportunity for growth.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

What constitutes a “lowball” offer, when is it appropriate or not appropriate and how can you encourage your buyer clients to stop insisting on offering a price that’s unlikely to result in an offer? By definition, a lowball offer is an offer that is significantly below market value. Let’s talk about lowball offers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

The “ silver tsunami ” — a colloquialism referring to aging Americans changing their housing arrangements to accommodate aging — could have more of an impact on the housing market this year, according to analyst Meredith Whitney in a conversation with Yahoo Finance. “[T]he That will grow to encompass 21% of the total U.S. homeowners.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

These were created to bring down inflation by impacting the labor market but they disproportionally affected housing in a negative way. These were created to bring down inflation by impacting the labor market but they disproportionally affected housing in a negative way. What does all this mean for the Fed?

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Robert Reffkin is confident that Compass and its agents have what it takes to continue growing and succeeding in the changing real estate environment. “In Year over year , Compass gained 26 basis points of market share, bringing its total share of home sales in Q1 2024 to 4.76%. We are a company of top agents.” in 2003.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with New American Funding CEO and Co-founder Rick Arvielo to talk about the acquisition, the company’s strategy for the rest of 2024, and what differentiates NAF in this market. Sarah Wheeler: Market conditions have fueled a lot of M&A activity recently.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

They felt that way because of sales they saw on Zillow that appeared to be comparable and sold for less than my opinion of the market value of the property I appraised. One of the primary reasons has to do with what they report as finished square footage. So, what’s the big deal? So, here’s one for you… Zillow data!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Read on to learn more about what Doug Duncan – Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief economist — and Mark Palim – Fannie Mae’s vice president and deputy chief economist – had to say about the housing market, the Fed’s interest rate cut timeline and their views on overcapacity in the industry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There has been much back and forth in the industry about reporting for short-term rentals — who should complete the report and what form should be used? The Short-Term Rental Analysis is easy to read, provides true short-term rental comparables and key market insights, and is analyzed and signed by one of Opteon’s Commercial Staff Appraisers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA) Chief Marketing Officer Chris Moschner found himself working for the lender in the wake of its acquisition of American Advisors Group (AAG), and Moschner previously told RMD about his journey to the position and the “intoxicating” opportunity he sees in the reverse mortgage space.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

There was rampant speculation after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting last week about the timing and number of interest rate cuts this year. However, for me it’s always been about the labor market and jobless claims data, and that data line hasn’t broken enough for the Fed to be more aggressive. unemployment.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This is nothing dramatic, but similar to what we saw in 2023 when mortgage rates rose from 5.99% up to 7.25%. Another positive data line is that the days on market are above 30 days, which is something I would love to see year-round. We got a great existing home sales report on Thursday, but is this data already too old?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

We took our rates up simply because that’s what we had to do. This is where the market is.” As a bond trader, I know what happens when rates go up. So much of our industry is sales and marketing first. What are you doing to tackle those challenges? Zebulon Lowe: Keith, thank you for speaking with us.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

The firm describes TomAI as a “version of ChatGPT trained on 20+ years proven-effective real estate strategy from hundreds of the industry’s leading coaches and thousands of market-dominating agents.” It’s truly like having a convo with a coach who knows exactly what I need to hear and how to guide me, whether it’s at 8 a.m.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

This is a byproduct of the qualified mortgage rule of 2010, which has been a game-changer not only for the housing market but for the overall U.S. million active listings per the last report, we have 526,000 per our last Housing Market Tracker article. from the previous year ($375,300). All four U.S. regions registered price gains.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

The housing market is in a distinct position where, despite mortgage rates , demand still far outpaces supply and prices remain at record highs. The housing market is in a distinct position where, despite mortgage rates , demand still far outpaces supply and prices remain at record highs. Predictability IS certainty.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

To gauge what caught her attention about this space and how reverse mortgages intersect with her work, RMD sat down with Frankowska to discuss how and why she is choosing to become involved in the senior finance space. Everyone has been programmed to buy a home and they’ve accumulated so much real estate wealth, which is amazing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders Leaders award are open now through April 30th, 2024. Savvy marketing leaders like Coleen Bogle, CMO at New Jersey-based mortgage lender The Money Store have become critical to the industry. Click here to nominate someone.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Second, the residential housing market is highly seasonal, highly cyclical and as we are all keenly aware, highly volatile. Second, the residential housing market is highly seasonal, highly cyclical and as we are all keenly aware, highly volatile. When it comes to the numbers, they focus on “What have you done for me lately?”

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 6, 2024

In some markets, the answer is increasingly yes. In recent years, insurance companies have pulled out of some markets altogether after sustaining massive losses due to wildfires, flooding, and other climate-related disasters. And in some condominium markets in Florida, home values are taking a hit as insurance premiums skyrocket.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2024

Of course, what is different this year versus last year is that new listing data is growing yearly instead of trending at the lowest levels recorded in history. Housing inventory finally hit my target level of growth last week with mortgage rates now over 7.25% , something I couldn’t get all last year. 2022: 18.7%

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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?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

You know what he said?” I mean, you have to fake it until you make it,” Goldentayer said about agents looking to break into the ultra-luxury market. While every real estate professional had their own nuggets of advice to share, one overarching theme was agents’ belief in manifesting their success. Serhant asked. “’We We were busy.’”

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2024

Let’s delve into the weekly data to see what we can uncover. After two weeks of significant increases , inventory growth slowed dramatically and is far from my 11,000-17,000 growth model with mortgage rates over 7.25%. Note that we do have Mother’s Day weekend next week. Note that we do have Mother’s Day weekend next week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

These sentiments echo what Simmons shared with RMD at the beginning of this year when asked about how business is progressing after the general tumult observed in 2023. It] depends on an individual’s capacity to borrow, the reasons for borrowing and what they’re going to use the money for,” McClary told AARP.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Lenders in a purchase money market, like the one we’re in now, are running a long-distance race. Preparing for the next mortgage market What should lenders be doing now to be ready for the return of the refinance business? One of the most critical moments in any race is the very beginning.

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