Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

“[Since Covid], the IMB [independent mortgage bank] group has retained a lot of MSRs that they had not retained historically as a group,” said Nick Smith, founder, managing partner and CEO of private-equity firm Rice Park Capital Management (RPCM), an active MSR buyer. Those two [Mr.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The third category is the attraction and recruitment of more people to a brand. Which was what kept me up at night at the time. Post-exit, I had this realization that we did it in the wrong order: we really should have built from the bottom up. SW: What keeps you up at night? I moved a lot. DS: Almost nothing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2021

For as long as Jim Pullin has been a realtor in Seattle, the Pacific Northwest city has always been a popular moving destination. Buying your dream home starts with being a well-prepared buyer and beginning the mortgage application process before you even look at homes. If you want to build now, in this area, you have to pony up.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

If Wells saturates the market with mega offerings, they could very well pull the larger buyers out of the market for the foreseeable future,” Carnes added. Carnes and other MSR advisory-firm experts say the start of the year is when MSR buyers have new budgets and are flush with capital.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

“Despite the current challenges of the residential market, we have stayed true to our vision – giving HomeSmart agents the tools and systems that enable them to provide their buyers and sellers outstanding service, all at the lowest brokerage fees in the industry,” Widdows wrote in an email. Rank Company Growth (3-yr Avg.)

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

The real issue is that with these adjustments, these 660 FICO borrowers with 5% down, they’re going to end up going FHA because not only is their rate going to be higher on the conventional loan, their mortgage insurance costs are going to substantially higher than FHA,” a production manager in Northern California said. Ratcliffe added.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2022

According to data compiled by RMI , total share of H4P volume across the entire reverse mortgage industry made up only 4.2% Since a lot of reverse mortgage business is generated using call centers, that creates a natural aversion for some real estate agents to even engage with the reverse mortgage category, Accola adds. Dan Hultquist.

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RIS Media

APRIL 25, 2021

Read on for more information on the categories of homebuyers. First-time homebuyers are usually younger, more inexperienced buyers. For example: – Let the buyers know what has recently sold in their market area and price range. – Prepare your buyer to have an unsuccessful first offer. First-Time Homebuyers.

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Real Trends

MARCH 23, 2022

Millennials (those aged 23 to 41) make up the largest share of U.S. homebuyers at 43%, up from 37% a year ago, while Baby Boomers (those aged 57 to 75) made up the largest share of home sellers at 42%, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2022 Generational Trends report released on Wednesday.

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Real Trends

APRIL 5, 2023

With record-low inventory nationwide, agents seem to be hearing the same thing day in and day out: “I’d move, but where would I go?” It simultaneously ends the possibility of taking a new listing and taking on a buyer. Assume you’re not going to wake up to 3.5% The buyer can lock in a better rate this way.

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Realtor.com

JANUARY 14, 2021

Two took up the offer and now use the land to store vehicles, Dominic notes. These underground shelters took millions of dollars to build six decades ago, but this one up for sale now sits squarely in the category of fixer-upper. It’ll take an enterprising buyer to turn this bunker into a prepper paradise.

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Hank Miller Team

MARCH 6, 2024

There was pain of course, many buyers were eliminated and the withdrawals from those low rates is still being felt. Prices across all categories are up; the last year demonstrating more modest increases than the two year look back. We now have fewer buyers, less chaos and more time for buyers to consider their purchase.

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McKissock

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Read on for more information on the categories of homebuyers. First-time homebuyers are usually younger, more inexperienced buyers. For example: Let the buyers know what has recently sold in their market area and price range. Prepare your buyer to have an unsuccessful first offer. Buyers Looking To Upgrade.

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The Close

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Follow-up is vital; stay consistent. Research and compare different lead generation companies before signing up and investing your money. Use a SEP IRA to invest up to 20% of your net income and plan for retirement. Better still, set up an automated response. Key takeaways in this article: Have a winning mindset.

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Realtor.com

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

However, buyers had to pay up. The monthly mortgage payment on the average house was $1,840, the report found, up a whopping 50% from a year ago. That meant buyers had to earn quite a bit more to afford a home. While prices are still rising briskly, they’re not going up by as much as they have been.

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Broke Agent Media

MARCH 28, 2023

The trends in the report also highlight what buyers and sellers of different generations value in their previous experiences with agents. The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) released its latest Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report. It does the same for Millennials , for the same reasons.

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Realtor.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

The analysts at WalletHub grouped various factors into five categories—family fun, health and safety, education and child care, affordability, and socioeconomics—to come up with the rankings. That’s mainly because it appeals to buyers fleeing the high cost of housing in the Boston area. Getty Images.

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RIS Media

JANUARY 17, 2022

It typically moves up through the ground to the air above and into your home through cracks and other holes in the foundation. Your home traps radon inside, where it can build up. Given the seller’s market we experienced much of last year, many buyers chose to skip the home inspection. Cavities Inside Walls.

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Realty Biz

JANUARY 21, 2021

New this year, Canadian Engel & Völkers shops are reporting an unprecedented level of interest from American buyers. A September sale in the $4 million-plus category, closing at $4,825,000, is driving a flood of new listings at this price point. In December, condo sales transactions were up an impressive 75.9

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The Close

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Real Estate Brokerage Expense Categories In this article, we’ll review all the common real estate brokerage expenses you may incur operating a new business. Each of the categories below represents a group of expenses along with their estimated annual costs —just divide by 12 to grab your monthly cost. More on this topic later.

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Marco Santarelli

AUGUST 27, 2023

On average, homes in Buffalo receive a remarkable seven offers and swiftly find buyers within an average of eleven days. This swift pace highlights the eagerness of buyers to secure their dream homes in this vibrant city. Current Market Snapshot In the bustling realm of Buffalo real estate, competition is the name of the game.

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Lighter Side of Real Estate

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s not a bad choice, since there are typically more buyers active in the market looking to buy a home. But not this spring… According to this Yahoo article , many sellers have gone on “strike” this spring, opting to not put their house up for sale. Moving out-of-area for work. Moving closer to family.

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RIS Media

MAY 3, 2022

We were pleased to honor everyone in both categories, and wanted to hear firsthand what this recognition means to some of them. I’ll be heading up our recently announced partnership with the Women’s Council of REALTORS®, a network committed to advancing women as business leaders. Michele Harrington. “So Jessica Lautz. Mickey Alam Khan.

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Real Trends

MARCH 22, 2023

New or inexperienced agents dread running up against a tough negotiator, like a buyer or a seller who just won’t budge or an agent who they can’t seem to communicate with. Negotiation is not the bludgeoning of the other side, making them cry, getting them to hang up on you, faking them out or other obnoxious, non-tactics.

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RIS Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It also uses more granular income data, breaking down demographics into 12 categories to better understand exactly who is most limited, and most likely to have to compete with other buyers for a home. People are still moving to smaller areas, and one of the main reasons is affordability,” she says. They can move to the suburbs.

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RIS Media

MARCH 29, 2022

2021 was a challenging year all around, but plenty of real estate professionals stepped up. RISMedia’s Newsmakers are chosen within eight different categories. The Achievers category recognizes those who reached new levels of accomplishment in 2021. in January) causing total homes sold in February to decrease 28.1%

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Hank Miller Team

JANUARY 9, 2024

The high water marks of late spring '22 are visible Rate shocks bottomed in late '22 and over'23 prices climbed back ending up in all categories Peaks to current see about even list prices with 5-5.5 Buyers have largely adjusted to the rates and the expectation is that the Fed will begin cutting by mid year.

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RIS Media

MAY 11, 2021

Homeowners either “stepped up a level” to find the home of their dreams—one with more outdoor space or the home office they now found they needed—or families repaired and sometimes even remodeled their existing homes with an aim to improve stay-at-home conditions. Despite the challenges of 2020, home sales rose dramatically.

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The Close

JUNE 22, 2023

Kate Evans recently did a deep dive into why the market is so hard for first-time buyers to get into, but she also noted that there are positive signs around inventory and interest rates. Distressed Properties The distressed property submarket refers to homes that cannot be sold to a traditional buyer. Some as little as a few days!

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GeekEstate

AUGUST 4, 2022

Below is a wrap-up for the month of July with the most interesting analysis & commentary from the GEM. That means that “when offered, compensation to the buyer broker will come from the seller directly” rather than the longstanding policy of the listing broker sharing a portion of the commission back with the buyer broker.

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Realtor.com

JANUARY 23, 2023

In fact, a deep dive into what’s going on with two of the nation’s significantly iconic, bellwether housing categories—representing opposing ends of the price spectrum—might provide the clearest indications of what to expect for 2023 and beyond. The Realtor.com® Rock-bottom interest rates made borrowing incredibly inexpensive.

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Lab Coat Agents

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And after a decade of experience running hundreds of these events, compiling the results and analyzing them in a systematic way, he came up with an infallible system. That’s why he sets up triggers for himself. For example, whenever Craig walks up a flight of stairs, that’s when he asks the buyers what they do for a living.

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Lab Coat Agents

JANUARY 28, 2022

Here are my eight rules for follow-up. Obviously, there are other things to consider when following up, but these are what my team actually does for consistent results. Rule 1: Following up is a relationship-building and appointment-booking process. The worst thing you can do is just give up when someone says “I’m just looking”.

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Real Trends

APRIL 19, 2023

To move the needle financially, create higher goals and reach the next professional level, you must learn to help more people than just the ones you already know. Prospect listings for your buyers Your buyers expect you to find them their dream home and not by using the same tools they can use.

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The Residential Specialist

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Agents don’t want to come off as desperate—a quality that makes buyers and sellers uncomfortable. But I think we all have ups and downs in our businesses. If you’re in presentation mode, it’s because you’re stressed and trying to convince somebody to do something, rather than showing up and asking questions and listening.”

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

But I was doing great up until last weekend. I was up to 12 KM runs, ready to move to 14KM, 16KM, and onward, and I was flying high with a run in the sun on Father’s Day. I had to call my wife and get her to come pick me up. Why would a seller list in the summer if the buyers aren’t active?

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RIS Media

MAY 21, 2021

You were named in the Luminaries category for our 2021 Newsmakers for your iconic leadership. Our office spaces will be set up differently to accommodate a more mobile environment. Moving forward, we think that we will have more market centers. There is robust buyer demand and it continues. What does that mean to you?

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