Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Legendary investor Warren Buffett and Greg Abel, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Energy , addressed the commission lawsuits and HomeServices of America’s recently announced settlement of the suits, during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting on Saturday. “There is no question that the industry will go through some transitions because of the settlements — ours and every other major player in the industry settled, the National Association of Realtors settled for more than $400 million ,”

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Real Estate News

MAY 4, 2024

Andy Florance discusses the “transformative technology” and his plans to rapidly expand the company while rolling out generative AI features later this year.

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 7, 2024

If you’re a member of a younger generation, like Gen Z, you may be asking the question: will I ever be able to buy a home?

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Inman

MAY 6, 2024

While we like to create goals and supportive strategies several months before the end of the year, coaches Emily Bossert and Melanie Klein write, there’s no time like the present to create and benefit from a comprehensive business plan.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2024

My model for inventory growth with higher mortgage rates came crashing down last week. 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%. Did the recent dip in mortgage rates play a role here or is this the average choppy weekly data we have seen in past years?

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Real Estate News

MAY 6, 2024

Mortgage assumptions aren’t new, but they’re about to get a lot more popular because the math works for both sides of the closing table.

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Inman

MAY 6, 2024

Powered by the latest polling results from the Inman Intel Index, this wide-ranging guide explores how brokerages are steeling themselves for a new type of client: the buyer's-fee-evading seller.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Rocket Companies , the parent of Rocket Mortgage , announced on Monday that it has hired Shawn Malhotra, a former Thomson Reuters and Intel executive, as the first chief technology officer (CTO) in the company’s history. Malhotra will oversee, among other areas, the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) development, data science, product engineering, technology operations and information security.

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Real Estate News

MAY 6, 2024

The Berkshire Hathaway CEO, along with Vice Chair Greg Abel, spoke about the HomeServices settlement and more during the company's annual shareholder meeting.

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 8, 2024

If you're thinking of buying or selling a house, it's important to know it doesn't just impact you—it helps out the local economy and your community, too.

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Inman

MAY 6, 2024

Sidekick was developed by San Francisco-based boutique brokerage Avenue 8. It primarily uses a text interface to send commands to retrieve data, execute tasks and in many ways, function as a common, “visual” interface would. It's now offered to members of SFAR.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Redfin has joined the growing list of real estate brokerages that have settled the commission lawsuits. In a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, the brokerage announced that it had reached a nationwide settlement agreement on Friday with the plaintiffs in the consolidated Gibson and Umpa commission lawsuits. As part of the settlement agreement, Redfin has agreed to pay $9.25 million into a qualified settlement fund within 30 days of the court’s preliminary

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Real Estate News

MAY 4, 2024

New CEO at Remine; CubiCasa adds products; Supra unveils new platform; NNRMLS teams with Lone Wolf; Listing Showcase expands; news from Cloze, Lundy, Vestaplus.

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RIS Media

MAY 6, 2024

Real estate remains a solid investment choice. It offers both rental income and the possibility of appreciation. However, deciding between investing in a condominium or a house depends on market trends, personal investment goals and the economic climate. I will provide a detailed comparison between buying condos and homes and evaluate their respective merits as… The post Investment Potential of a Condo vs. a House: A Comprehensive Comparison appeared first on RISMedia.

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Inman

MAY 6, 2024

As an agent for more than 15 years, owner of The Young Team and CEO of Fello, Ryan Young feels deeply passionate about helping agents scale their business through listings.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Utah-based Capital Community Bank (CCBank) has struck a deal to acquire Security Home Mortgage (SHM), which will become an independent subsidiary division of the bank, the parties announced on Friday. The financials of the deal were not disclosed. According to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS), SHM provides home mortgage solutions in six states through a network of four branches and 62 licensed loan officers.

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Real Estate News

MAY 5, 2024

You may not have every answer — and legal threats still loom — but you must keep moving forward with consumers in mind, the industry leader advised her peers.

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RIS Media

MAY 6, 2024

Attendees walk past the REALTOR® logo Sunday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. Three months ago, NextHome CEO James Dwiggins, speaking on an RISMedia webinar, took a forceful—and somewhat unexpected position—on controversies and questions currently dogging the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). A vocal critic of the organization, Dwiggins took a… The post NAR Lobbyists Keep Long-Term Focus in Shadow of Settlement appeared first on RISMedia.

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Speaker: Sarah Santa Ana, Real Estate Coach, Move4Free Realty

Networking is one of the crucial elements in every real estate organization's success. Both agents and real estate companies need to maintain robust networking links. This is why social media is essential for any real estate professional! Social media enables you to stay in touch with your present clients, maintain connections with your past clients, and engage potential customers and investors.

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Inman

MAY 6, 2024

These three market trend predictions will assist real estate agents in capitalizing on the abundant home selling opportunities available this spring.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

The Asian Real Estate Association of America , along with the National Fair Housing Alliance , the Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc., and the Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches , have filed a lawsuit that contends Florida Housing Law Senate Bill 264 violates the federal Fair Housing Act. The suit was filed on Monday in U.S.

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Real Estate News

MAY 4, 2024

E&V opens in Mexico City; Corcoran gains 3 NFL pros; Side adds teams; largest woman-owned firm joins Real; William Raveis acquires S.C. indie; eXp Canada grows.

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Brownstoner

MAY 7, 2024

Abolitionist Place park, a public park that commemorates Brooklyn’s abolitionist history, is finally open to the public after at least 20 years of planning, multiple controversies, several iterations, and many delays. The 1.15-acre park at 225 Duffield Street opened today, officials told Brownstoner Monday, with a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled… Read More > The post Decades in the Making, Abolitionist Place Park Opens to Public appeared first on Brownstoner.

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Speaker: Trey Willard, Realtor/Team Leader at Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

In order to create continued success in today’s real estate market, realtors need to utilize an arsenal of technology that will increase their efficiency and presence on social media. Using technology to manage your prospects and tap into their needs through websites, social media, and other channels is critical for real estate success in 2022 and beyond.

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Inman

MAY 6, 2024

In 1930, the state of Texas adopted “friendship” as its motto. And while the perpetually congenial Kim Bedwell — Global Real Estate Advisor at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas — embodies this welcoming spirit, it shouldn’t be conflated with an absence of dogged ambition.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

AI -powered real estate assistant Sidekick unveiled a partnership with the San Francisco Association of Realtors (SFAR) on Monday. The collaboration will allow the region’s 4,000 agents to leverage Sidekick’s integrated datasets and workflows, making SFAR the first association to offer a generative AI assistant to its members. Launched in November 2023, Sidekick features many functionalities, including real-time market and property data retrieval abilities, valuation analyses and a suite of prod

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Real Estate News

MAY 6, 2024

The company is the 10th brokerage to agree to pay into a settlement fund, which is approaching $1 billion.

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RIS Media

MAY 6, 2024

Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. While NAR and other settlements pend both preliminary and final approval, the flow never stops in the court systems throughout the U.S. as updates continue to develop in the many commission lawsuits currently… The post COURT REPORT: Post-NAR Settlement Practice Changes Shifts Date appeared first on RISMedia.

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Inman

MAY 4, 2024

Real estate professionals have survived upheaval and change in the past, and we'll do so again, broker-owner Teresa Boardman writes, even if we don't yet know quite how.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Representatives of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the Housing Policy Council (HPC) are urging leaders at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to delay a mandatory compliance date with the agency’s Veteran Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, which aims to prevent foreclosures against military personnel who experienced financial hardship due to the ongoing economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Real Estate News

MAY 7, 2024

Even as net losses increase, Redfin’s CEO says the company is in a good place: “When you give people a better deal, they actually beat a path to your door.

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RIS Media

MAY 6, 2024

As the economy waivers recently—with mortgage rates back up above 7%, the most recent PCE report demonstrating a rise in inflation and no respite in the interest rates from the Fed yet—there’s been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the mortgage market. This uncertainty, however, does not seem to have affected Rocket Mortgage, as its Q1… The post Rocket Mortgage Impresses With $1.2 Billion Earned in Q1 2024 appeared first on RISMedia.

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Speaker: Ari Capogeannis, Director - Revenue Marketing at NVIDIA and Bill Pappa, Sales and Marketing Leader at Ai Media Group

Building strong personal and professional relationships with clients is a critical success factor. Sales professionals who focus on relationship building generate more leads and raise their brand awareness. Because this can take time, having regular engagements can help you cultivate these relationships more efficiently. The most effective way to accomplish this is through direct hyper-personalized touchpoints.

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