Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2024

New listings data has been moving lower over the last few weeks. I usually wouldn’t care too much about this as its a data line that can be volatile week to week but now it’s been three weeks. The moves haven’t been significant and our weekly pending contracts data picked up this week. But, we need to see more growth in new listings data just to grow from 2023 levels. 2023 new listings data was the lowest ever on record, so it’s already a low bar.

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Real Estate News

MAY 17, 2024

President and CEO Mark Willis called the move “unprecedented," and said the vote by the company’s agent-led IALC passed by an “overwhelming majority.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

A report released this week by St. Louis-based Clever Real Estate found that recent homebuyers, as well as people who are considering a home purchase in the next year, are experiencing a laundry list of difficulties. Last month, Clever surveyed a total of 920 Americans about their views of the home purchase process and real estate agents. The respondents included 420 people who bought a home in 2023 or 2024, and another 500 who plan to do so in 2024 or 2025.

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 16, 2024

There’s no denying the last couple of years have been tough for anyone trying to buy a home because there haven’t been enough houses to go around.

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MAY 17, 2024

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RIS Media

MAY 13, 2024

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 15, 2024

Having a hard time finding a first home that's right for you and your wallet?

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Inman

MAY 15, 2024

Homebuyers have yet to respond in force to drop in rates, which have been in retreat from 2024 highs for three consecutive weeks following Fed easing and soft jobs and CPI reports.

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Seattle Times Real Estate

MAY 17, 2024

State officials project Washington will need more than 1 million new homes in the next two decades. While overall housing production has soared, construction of affordable housing has not kept pace with the need.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has launched a new service to handle all the title work for its brokers on refinancings. As a result, brokers no longer need to deal with a title company or settlement agent to close a refi. The top U.S. mortgage lender announced the service on Thursday during an annual meeting with its broker partners in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Real Estate News

MAY 15, 2024

Sentiment drops for the first time since November, with persistent inflation and concerns about new federal rules dampening builders’ outlook.

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Keeping Current Matters

MAY 14, 2024

Selling your house is a big decision.

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Inman

MAY 17, 2024

The cuts, initially approved last summer, were set to go into effect this July. But as of this spring, Keller Williams was facing multiple class action lawsuits over the changes.

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RIS Media

MAY 16, 2024

Escrow holdbacks and repair escrows are common tools in real estate transactions, used to facilitate smooth property transfers under certain conditions. These financial arrangements help manage and mitigate risks associated with property conditions at closing. I will clarify the distinctions and similarities between escrow holdbacks for repairs and other types of escrow accounts.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Despite persistently high interest rates , big four title firm Fidelity National Financial recorded a much stronger start to 2024 than it did a year ago. In first-quarter 2024 , Fidelity reported total revenue of $3.299 billion, up from $2.474 billion a year ago. Its net earnings were $248 million, compared to a $59 million net loss in Q1 2023. The firm attributed its stronger results to better performance from both its F&G segment and its title insurance segment.

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Real Estate News

MAY 15, 2024

Rates have gone up considerably in the past few years, but is the fear of losing a low-rate mortgage really keeping homeowners from selling?

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Maximum Exposure Real Estate

MAY 13, 2024

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Inman

MAY 16, 2024

May 6 remarks from Anthony Lamacchia spurred at least one NAR midyear attendee to leave the MLS Forum in protest, others to hurl steering accusations, and NAR's senior counsel to intervene.

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RIS Media

MAY 17, 2024

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

Mortgage advisory firm Stratmor Group has merged with Teraverde , a mortgage advisory firm and technology solutions provider, in a deal that the companies say will allow them to expand the markets they serve and the depth of services provided. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Both firms will operate under the Stratmor brand , the companies said in a statement on Friday.

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Real Estate News

MAY 16, 2024

Will Homes.com sell buyer agent leads? “Never,” says Andy Florance, who believes all the portals will eventually move to “your listing, your lead.

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Eye on Housing

MAY 13, 2024

As described in a previous post, NAHB recently released its 2024 Priced-Out Estimates showing 103.5 million households are not able to afford a median priced new home and an additional 106,031 households would be priced out if the price goes up by $1,000. This post focuses on the related U.S. housing affordability pyramid, showing how.

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Inman

MAY 17, 2024

With the expansion, Redfin Next is now available to agents in 36 markets nationwide, according to an announcement Friday. Redfin execs said the plan has "proven to be even better" than expected.

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RIS Media

MAY 17, 2024

Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed an increase of 0.3% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.4% in March. Bright MLS Chief Economist Dr.… The post Mortgage Mix: Rates Finally Come Down, but in Baby Steps appeared first on RISMedia.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

A recently published report by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) identified vulnerabilities at nonbank mortgage servicers that pose risks to financial stability. It recommended increased regulation and initiatives to improve these companies’ liquidity during moments of stress, but mortgage trade groups have different reactions to the proposals.

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Real Estate News

MAY 14, 2024

The latest data points to some easing, but payments could hit a new peak later in the year. Regionally, payments are down in areas with rising inventory.

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Brownstoner

MAY 15, 2024

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Inman

MAY 13, 2024

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RIS Media

MAY 17, 2024

United® Real Estate has announced its promotion of Leigh Ann Bogran to the position of vice president of operations. Bogran joined the team two years ago as director, strategic project management. In her previous role, she spearheaded operational and enterprise-level programs and services for United’s agents and brokerages. Bogran has 15 years of experience in… The post United Real Estate Announces New Vice President of Operations appeared first on RISMedia.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

Financial planners are an important referral source for reverse mortgage professionals, and Finance of America (FOA) vice president of retirement strategies Steve Resch has been at the head of the company’s conversations with planners to help them understand how much utility a reverse mortgage could have for improving a client’s retirement. In this second part of a recent discussion , Resch explains how financial planner conversations about reverse mortgages have evolved in recent years, a

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