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Once at the fringes of housing finance, home equity investment companies look to grow their stake

Housing Wire

In return, Hometap gets an agreed-upon percentage of the sale price or appraised value within a 10-year period. In addition to that, conventional underwriting does not serve the new-age economy such as gig workers, so you are seeing this demand for alternative financing. “And The annual investment volume in the U.S.

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As rising mortgage rates push buyers to the brink, sellers are starting to cut prices

Housing Wire

According to the brokerage, 6.5% homes for sale posted a price cut during the four weeks ending September 24, up from 5.8% home sale price rose 3% year over year, reaching $420,846 in August, the largest annual increase since October 2022. the month prior. Due to a lack of supply, prices overall have been on the upswing.

Mortgages 504
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Pop the champagne, Compass hits major financial milestone

Housing Wire

But the Robert Reffkin -helmed brokerage has proved the naysayers wrong, at least for now. billion, which the brokerage attributed to a 19% year-over-year decrease in transaction sides to 54,207, combined with a decrease in the average home sale price, as the brokerage’s gross transaction value dropped 26% year over year to $56.8

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Reverse mortgage veteran offers advice for bringing new partners aboard

Housing Wire

The partner engagement program at Finance of America Reverse (FAR) aims to bring new people and professional relationships into the orbit of the nation’s top reverse mortgage lender, and it is spearheaded by Ryan Schmidt, FAR’s vice president of partner engagement. With the right ambassador, that task is made simpler.

Mortgages 354
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Chaos, consolidation and opportunity: Experts weigh in on what NAR’s settlement means for the industry

Housing Wire

While many in the real estate industry were surprised by the news Friday morning that the National Association of Realtors had agreed to a nationwide settlement of the commission lawsuits for $418 million, Marty Green, a principal at law firm Polunsky Beitel Green , was not one of them. The days of door opening are over.

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eXp Holdings reports a loss in Q4 as agent count slows

Housing Wire

“Our decision to offboard a significant number of unproductive agents during the fourth quarter resulted in a decrease in our agent count quarter-over-quarter, the retention of our most productive agent cohorts remained excellent,” Kent Cheng, principal financial officer at eXp World Holding, said.

Agents 393
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Nation’s interest-rate pain is MSR market’s gain

Housing Wire

Recently, two MSR sales offerings were announced by two separate advisory firms, which together are valued at more than $1.4 Presented by: Selene Finance. Nearly 62% of the loans by unpaid principal balance in the latter $816.7 New York-based Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp. billion loan pool and a separate $816.7 For the $4.8

Loans 342