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Seattle’s already-hot real estate market is exploding

Housing Wire

But the past three years — and 2020, specifically — have been something else. “I started as an agent up here in 2009, and I’ve been saying since then the only thing that would slow down the market would be some sort of national or international event,” said Pullin, a managing broker at Skyline Properties.

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Non-QM shop Angel Oak Mortgage prepares IPO

Housing Wire

Once it debuts on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange , Angel Oak Mortgage would be classified as a real estate investment trust (REIT). While most of the mortgage industry experienced a perfect storm that resulted in record origination volume and profits, non-QM lenders such as Angel Oak faced a market with no liquidity. trillion. .

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

I started at Redfin 12 years ago,” she said. But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. Some agents, like ones at RE/MAX , even pay the brokerage fees for office space and marketing tools. Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman.

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The New Rules for Homebuyers and Sellers in the Age of Omicron: What To Expect in 2022

Realtor.com

Realtor.com / Getty Images Omicron has indisputably put a damper on early 2022—and as COVID-19 infection rates continue to climb, many may wonder whether we’re headed toward another nationwide shutdown of schools, businesses, and other #lifegoals that may have just begun sputtering back to life. In spring 2021, a Realtor.com®

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BHGRE Brokers Identify Potential Trends in Spring Selling Season

RIS Media

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC (BHGRE) is thinking spring—spring selling season that is. A recent roundtable discussion with several BHGRE brokers revealed that historic seasonality patterns have been affected by today’s market conditions. Homes sell as soon as they come on the market.

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Real estate agents wonder if inventory levels will ever return to ‘normal’

Real Trends

Nationwide, pre-pandemic the first week of February typically marks the lowest point for housing inventory during the year, as sellers return to the market in time for spring, but since the onset of the pandemic this predictable trend has been thrown out the window. “

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Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate Brokers Identify Potential Trends in Spring Selling Season

Realty Biz

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC is thinking spring – spring selling season that is. A recent roundtable discussion with several Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brokers across the country revealed that historic seasonality patterns have been affected by today’s market conditions.