Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) announced on Wednesday that it has called on mortgage servicers to extend the moratorium on foreclosures for VA-guaranteed loans through Dec. 31, 2024, while these companies implement a new program to help struggling veterans. The current moratorium, announced in November, was set to end on Friday. It was implemented amid complaints of veterans’ struggles because there was no program available to succeed a partial claim option offered during th

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Real Estate News

MAY 30, 2024

Watch the conversation with marketing pro Brian Boero as he imagines how NAR and the industry could — and should — be communicating with agents and consumers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

It’s the end of May and unsold inventory on the market is increasing across the U.S. Every state in the country has more homes on the market now than a year ago and, in many places, new construction is being completed and added to inventory, so it’s not just resale inventory that’s growing. There are more homes on the market now than anytime since August 2020.

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Real Estate News

MAY 28, 2024

The organization is the first non-NAR MLS to announce its intentions, and it says keeping the compensation field provides more transparency for consumers.

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 29, 2024

You’re ready to sell your house. But what do you need most from your real estate agent?

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Inman

MAY 30, 2024

Northwest MLS says banning compensation in the MLS restricts consumer choice and transparency. Plaintiffs' attorney Michael Ketchmark says "the fox is guarding the chicken house.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Northwest MLS , the largest multiple listing service in the Pacific Northwest, will not take part in the $418 million agreement reached by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in the Sitzer/Burnett case. In fact, NWMLS said that its own rules on buyer agent compensation are fairer and more transparent than the terms NAR agreed to in March. It also criticized NAR for pushing “consumers and brokers to make secret deals off MLS, inviting deceptive practices, discrimination and unfair housi

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 30, 2024

Buyers face challenges in any market – and today’s is no different.

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Inman

MAY 30, 2024

In response to NAR's proposed settlement, the nation's second largest MLS will add data fields on June 11 allowing sellers to signal they're willing to offer buyer concessions when they list a home.

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RIS Media

MAY 29, 2024

California Regional MLS (CRMLS), the country’s largest MLS—home to over 110,000 members—is launching a new set of MLS system fields referring to Concessions in Price (CiP) today. The fields promise to enhance communication between listing and buyer agents, as well as homebuyers, by providing “up-front” information surrounding concessions, according to a release from CRMLS.

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Real Estate News

MAY 30, 2024

Starting in June, the field will include an option for payment of buyer agent fees, and updates coming in August will give sellers more flexibility.

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 27, 2024

For over 80 years, Veterans Affairs (VA) home loans have helped millions of veterans buy their own homes.

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Inman

MAY 29, 2024

The change allows listings in the California Regional Multiple Listing Service to display whether a homeseller is willing to offer concessions in price — including to cover broker fees.

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RIS Media

MAY 28, 2024

The 22nd anniversary of my real estate license passed a few weeks ago. Ooh Rah! (Sorry. My military is showing.) While I have had a license for that many years, I have been involved in real estate since 1988. That’s when I purchased my first rehab property—36 years ago. In the 14 months before obtaining… The post Op-Ed: Our Industry is Finally Studying the Craft of Buyer Agency—It’s About Dang Time!

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

EXIT Realty Corp. International and Earnnest , a digital app that handles earnest money collections, announced a partnership on Tuesday that is designed to create more seamless and secure real estate transactions. The Earnnest platform offers a user-friendly and fully digital fund transfer process for home purchase transactions. It is designed to enhance transparency for all stakeholders while “minimizing the risks associated with traditional methods like checks and wire transfers,“ the company

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Real Estate News

MAY 28, 2024

Recruiter Brent Gove has also been dismissed from the lawsuit involving allegations of sexual assault, while Michael Bjorkman’s motion to dismiss was denied.

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 28, 2024

Climate change is impacting where people buy homes.

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Inman

MAY 28, 2024

These increasingly uncertain attitudes among agents in March were a departure from brokers, who were more likely to tell Intel that they still view the National Association of Realtors positively.

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BAM Media

MAY 30, 2024

BAM Key Details: Northwest MLS (NWMLS) will not opt-in to the NAR settlement for two reasons, which they broke down in a recent statement on their website. Yesterday, California Regional MLS (CRMLS) launched a new set of MLS fields, Concessions in Price (CiP), to provide up-front communication on concessions to improve communication between listing agents, buyers agents, and home buyers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2024

The mortgage rate lockdown premise holds that very few people will list their homes when mortgage rates are this high, thus suppressing inventory. But 2024 has proven that theory wrong. 2024 has had healthy inventory growth despite mortgage rates above 7%. Also, for the third time this year, I have hit my target of weekly inventory growth between 11,000 -17,000, thus leading to more inventory than we saw in 2023.

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Real Estate News

MAY 29, 2024

Financial services exec Jon Gwin named COO of Fathom Holdings; longtime EXIT Realty SVP Susan Harrison promoted to CIO role.

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Seattle Times Real Estate

MAY 28, 2024

Western Washington's primary listing service for real estate agents says it will not join a national settlement regarding the way agents are paid.

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

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Inman

MAY 30, 2024

Contract signings fell 7.7 percent between March and April to a score of 72.3 on the Pending Home Sales Index last month, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.

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BAM Media

MAY 28, 2024

You’ve been training your whole life for being around people. And you’ve probably accumulated quite a list of body language tips along the way—many, no doubt, from your parents, teachers, and former bosses, along with a few outspoken friends: “Don’t slouch.” “Look at me when I’m talking to you.” “Whatever you do, don’t do that thing with your hands.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Coldwell Banker Realty , a New England-based residential real estate brokerage , welcomed The DelRose McShane Team , the brokerage announced on Wednesday. Led by Mike DelRose Sr., Mike DelRose Jr. and Bobby McShane, The DelRose McShane Team boasts eight agents. They formerly operated the RE/MAX Revolution franchise in Watertown, Massachusetts, one of New England’s first RE/MAX franchises.

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Real Estate News

MAY 28, 2024

The latest Case-Shiller index reported another record high, with U.S. home prices increasing 6.5% year-over-year in March.

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Bigger Pockets

MAY 28, 2024

Rehabbing a home isn’t the same as preparing a home for rental, though. Not all homes require rehabbing, but all rental properties must be prepared for prospective renters.

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Inman

MAY 30, 2024

You apply discipline to starting and growing your business, but how do you apply that same discipline to making it sustainable? Broker Pam Blair offers guidance for making your real estate business more meaningful and satisfying.

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Marco Santarelli

MAY 29, 2024

Tampa Bay's booming job market, sunny skies, and diverse neighborhoods make it a prime location for real estate investors seeking strong returns. Florida's shimmering coast has long been a magnet for tourists seeking relaxation under the warm sun. But beyond the sandy beaches, Tampa Bay offers a unique opportunity for real estate investors seeking a dynamic and prosperous market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

A report released Thursday by Redfin showed that 6.4% of U.S. home sellers cut their asking prices during the four-week period ending May 26. That is the highest percentage since November 2022 and a potential sign that sale prices will soften in the coming months. The national real estate brokerage reported that the median asking price in the past week was $416,623, a weekly decline of about $3,000 and the first pullback in six months.

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