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NPR podcast takes a closer look at reverse mortgages

Housing Wire

Because of certain persistent reputational challenges faced by the reverse mortgage industry, it can be challenging for borrowers to find objective informational sources about the product category. And usually, it’s by selling the house.” This is a bit of an exaggeration for comedic effect,” he said.

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Realtor.com targets sell-side agents with new lead gen toolkit

Housing Wire

1 listing platform , Realtor.com has launched a sell-side agent tool kit. We’re on a mission to become the most valuable platform powering business growth for our agents and brokers,” Blake Elmquist, Realtor.com’s vice president of the seller category, wrote in an email. “We In its attempt to topple Zillow as the No.

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Flyhomes acquires Home Sale Assured

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Proptech firm Flyhomes has entered into an agreement to purchase Innovative Holdings, LLC’s “buy before you sell” platform Home Sale Assured. Its ability to remove friction from the buying and selling process, while adding assurance, flexibility, and customer-centricity, aligns perfectly with our core tenants here at Flyhomes.

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Empty-nesters own twice as many large homes as millennials with children

Housing Wire

This gives baby boomers very little incentive to sell. The problem for younger families who wish their parents’ generation would list their big homes: Boomers don’t have much motivation to sell, financially or otherwise. of all the three-bedroom-plus rentals nationwide, the largest share of any generational category.

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How does the “buy before you sell” model differ from iBuyers and Power buyers?

Housing Wire

Jeremy Foster, founder and chairman of Calque Buying a home today can be stressful and fraught with complicated issues, such as contingencies requiring the buyer to sell their current home before qualifying for the home they want to buy. Buy before you sell (BBYS) products may be the answer.

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RealScout launches seller lead nurture features

Housing Wire

We have been the category leader in buyer nurture for many years now and we have been widely viewed by our customers as the best way to keep clients in an ecosystem that they have visibility and control over, but that was mainly around buyers. It was a long time coming,” Andrew Flachner , RealScout’s co-founder and president, said. “We

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Opinion: More financing options for ADUs are needed

Housing Wire

However, despite these well-intentioned programs, ADUs remain a somewhat tricky thing for many consumers to finance – and many lenders are still figuring out how to best serve this growing category. In some instances, they can build their dream ADU and sell their larger primary residence without the need to change their address.

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