Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In fact, Charlotte’s continued growth and relatively limited inventory have intensified the race to secure listings and represent buyers, putting a spotlight on top-performing agents with the ability to deliver results to buyers and sellers alike. In this type of environment, the cream rises to the top. million in annual sales.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

Fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage is celebrating its 10 th anniversary by announcing that it has surpassed 20,000 agents. In an announcement on Tuesday, the firm said it has added roughly 1,000 agents per month throughout the first half of 2024. “I The team closed nearly $120 million in sales volume in 2023. Jill & Co.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The role of the buyer’s agent has been turned on its head and Lone Wolf Technologies wants to help. The real estate software company is launching a “Buyer’s Agent Club” that is designed to assist agents in navigating an uncertain time in the industry through resources, tools and training.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2024

has raised its closing guarantee from $5,000 to $20,000 until July 27, 2024, the bank announced on Thursday. The guarantee means that the bank promises an on-time closing on or before the contract closing date, or it will pay the homebuyer $20,000. It also offers a homebuyer grant that distributes up to $7,500 in eligible areas.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Home equity fintech lender Point , in collaboration with its long-time financing partner Atalaya Capital Management , has successfully closed a $141 million rated asset-backed securities transaction. Nomura Securities International was the sole structuring agent for the issuance. were co-managers on the transaction.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The new rules mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) antitrust settlement are designed to encourage more negotiations for buyer agent commissions. That’s according to Redfin , which interviewed dozens of its agents about what they’re seeing on the ground in regard to buyer commission conversations.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

s agents and team leaders. While the show certainly boosts the profiles of the agents showcased, as reality TV often does, it doesn’t always show the full picture of what their business really looks like. HousingWire decided to dig into the data to see how many deals the agents and teams featured on the show are doing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Compass continues to welcome top-producing agents to the firm. Earlier this month, the brokerage announced that it was welcoming 30 agents in South Florida from the Engel & Völkers -brokered SWF Premium Real Estate Team. Chiodo’s team, The Chiodo Group , closed 97 sides for a total of $92.06 million in sales volume in 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Becoming a successful agent is simple but not easy. This guide will teach you how to be a successful real estate agent with ten strategic steps. I’ll need six more closings, and I’ll do this by [my deadline]. Most of all, you got into real estate to create the life of your dreams. Let’s get started!

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

The tech advantage The youth of both Hispanic consumers and the Hispanic real estate agents who serve them means these professionals will likely embrace and benefit from tech advances faster than others in the real estate field. The enthusiasm in that standing-room only session underlined that these agents are ready.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A pair of top-producing agents are returning to Coldwell Banker Realty. In 2023, she closed 57 transaction sides for a total of $29.979 million in sales volume. The Charlotte-based agent has dealt with her share of luxury listings over the years, twice setting the record for highest-priced home sale in the North Carolina hub.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

The team closed $45.8 The three partners have collectively closed 6,500 transactions for a total sales volume of $2.75 According to their announcement, the three veteran agents plan to grow the team throughout the southeastern U.S. The Knox Team is the No. million in sales volume in 2023. billion throughout their careers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In a new episode of the HousingWire Daily podcast , Editor in Chief and host Sarah Wheeler sits down with eXp Realty CEO Leo Pareja to discuss the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit, the new rules that agents are facing, and how eXp is helping agents navigate these challenges to thrive in the marketplace.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

But even though O’Koniewski and her agents have spent months preparing for these changes, she said the date did not come without a sense of trepidation. “I When we got to the close of day on Friday, we were all kind of waiting to see if it was going to be a big event and then it wasn’t. I know quite a few agents it hurt.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Fidelity National Financial, the nation’s largest title company, coming back “office by office” as real estate agents and loan officers find low-tech solutions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

As a salve, a vocal minority of activists say that “simply” allowing the financing of buyer-agent commissions into mortgages will resolve all concerns. For reasons both practical and legal, buyer-agent commissions are not today explicitly financeable with a mortgage. Under the settlement, sellers can still compensate the buyer’s agent.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The Top Agent Network (TAN) pocket listing antitrust lawsuit is on track to have its day in court — and that day will be Nov. The close of expert discovery is slated for June 27, 2025, and the last day to hear dipositive motion hearings is set for Aug. The most important upcoming deadline is Dec. From there, the parties have until Feb.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

At the National Association for Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) L’Atitude conference on Friday, an AI expert showcased AI use cases for agents using tech tools that have improved by leaps and bounds this year — even in the last few days. This is about as close as you can get. AI avatars Want to clone yourself? I can’t even.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The city represents over $1 trillion in residential real estate asset value, creating a ripe environment for real estate agents and homebuyers alike. In a market with over 20,000 licensed real estate agents, winning listings and buyer representation is increasingly competitive. Atlanta also claims the crown as the No.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) proposed settlement of litigation, recently given preliminary approval by the Court, has raised questions about whether buyers with limited resources, especially first-time home buyers , can afford closing costs. Here is an example of how that might work. In a seller’s market, that may well occur.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Rocket Companies will soon shut down Rocket Pro Originate , a mortgage origination platform for real estate agents, insurance agents, tax professionals and other financial professionals who are also licensed to originate mortgages. billion in closed loans through its direct-to-consumer division and $8.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

The latest data reflected in the Agent Movement Index (AMI) for July 2024 indicates a notable shift in the real estate agent landscape, highlighting a cooling trend in agent movement and an emerging caution in the market. The July AMI, however, records a trailing 12 month score of 98.9, a monthly score of 101.1,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Mortgage pros have closely monitored the commission lawsuit developments since a Kansas City, Missouri jury determined that NAR, HomeServices of America , and Keller Williams conspired to inflate or maintain high commission rates through NAR’s so-called Participation Rule. You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

SoftPro , the nation’s top provider of title , closing, and escrow software, announced on Thursday that it has launched ClosingsLIVE, a cutting-edge communication portal for real estate settlements. For instance, a realtor may have multiple properties in progress with more than one settlement agent.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Real estate brokerage eXp Realty has entered into an affiliated business agreement with Orlando, Florida -based title fi r m Citrus Closing Group , according to an announcement on Thursday. “We Citrus Closing Group serves clients in the Florida counties of Lake Seminole, Osceola, Orange, and Brevard.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

Ralph Harvey , Jason Saphire and Ben Caballero are three of the most prolific agents in America. But these listing-only agents are still having to adjust their practices to conform with the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement that goes into effect on Saturday.

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

But don’t pop the champagne before you’ve crossed off all the items on this closing checklist. Closing on a home sale can be more work than one might expect. Connect with a Top Agent to Sail Through to Closing Working with a top agent can help you get to closing day faster — and can get you more for your home sale.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

The title firm has launched val-ID by Westcor, a tool designed to help title agents validate the identities of home buyers and sellers, according to an announcement on Wednesday. We are confident that this tool will be a game-changer for our agents, allowing them to perform their duties with greater confidence and efficiency.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

Coldwell Banker Realty is adding another top-producing agent to its roster. Vicky is a highly regarded agent in the Bay Area and we are thrilled that she has chosen to affiliate with the Redwood City-San Carlos office,” Jennifer Lind, the Western regional president of Coldwell Banker Realty, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

The firm has 10 offices and more than 1,200 agents throughout the state. ” In an email to MVP agents that was obtained by HousingWire , Carlson said the decision to affiliate with Realty ONE Group was partially motivated by the “greater technology , marketing, and branding” the company offers. . Realty ONE Group was No.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

RE/MAX is expanding its footprint in Salt Lake City with the acquisition of a 60-agent team. “RE/MAX has the tools and systems and resources that agents need in today’s real estate environment,” Mehinovic said in a statement. “I I want to provide my agents what they need to best serve their clients. “I

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not count buyer’s agent commissions as part of their allowable interested party contributions (IPCs), according to announcements from the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) on Monday.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

According to a survey published by Clever Real Estate , 67% of the general public supports the changes, while 70% of real estate agents oppose them. But 70% of agents have reportedly fielded questions from current clients about the NAR settlement and its impact on commissions.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

One avenue to reduce cost and streamline the closing process is to offer digital closings. A recent Marketwise eClose ROI study found that lenders can save nearly $450 and settlement agents up to about $100 per loan due to time eliminated, improvements in transactional quality, and costs associated with printing and mailing documents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Redfin is expanding an agent compensation plan it launched last year by adding seven new markets starting in May, the national real estate brokerage announced Thursday. No other brokerage can offer agents a big traditional split and all the benefits, support, technology and customer introductions that we provide here at Redfin.

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The Close

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Digital closings are gaining traction as we evolve into a more remote and tech-driven world. While some states have prohibited electronic closings in the past, they are becoming more commonplace daily. So, what is a digital closing, and why is it becoming so important?

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