Real Trends

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Meanwhile, real estate tech innovation exploded, prompting strategic agents to learn how to leverage for the benefit of their business in 2023 and adjust their strategies to better meet the needs of increasingly savvy home buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

As a result, brokers no longer need to deal with a title company or settlement agent to close a refi. The first version of TRAC, launched in October 2022, is still available at a $1,600 flat fee plus a settlement agent fee of up to $500. The top U.S. Meanwhile, UWM, the largest lender in America, handles title review.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Dubbed Newrez Home Rewards, buyers will be matched with a real estate agent who works with Newzip and provided booking services. Sellers can receive a 1% real estate agent commission reduction when selling with a Newzip-affiliated agent. billion in 2023, per data from Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. Shayan Hamidi: I studied computer science, economics and math and my background is technology. It was very obvious that the brokerage of the future and the agent of the future need to be tech-enabled.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

New York-based digital lender Better Home & Finance Holding Company has partnered with information technology consulting company Infosys on a mortgage-as-a-service platform. Better ranked as the 62nd largest mortgage lender in the first half of 2023, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Real Trends

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Real estate professionals navigating housing in 2022 and beyond need to know their way around all the financing options available. Without knowledge of lesser-known financing choices, real estate professionals can miss the chance to turn their customers into homeowners, or sellers. . Shared equity financing.

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McKissock

AUGUST 24, 2022

There is probably some app or bit of technology that can resolve it all together—or at least make it easier to manage. When you are a busy agent who is strapped for time and maybe feeling a little overwhelmed, technology can simplify your life and help you be more productive. Imagine a problem you have in life. 10MinRealty.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. , The digital lender made changes in its commercial operating model to achieve this goal and will continue to invest in Tinman, its proprietary technology platform. Better has been launching digital products with its proprietary technology, including digital VA loans and a one-day mortgage product.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

When we contemplate the potential of AI and Web3 technologies in real estate , it goes beyond simply revolutionizing how consumers search for homes and take ownership of assets. Over the past two decades, the real estate transaction process has become increasingly complex, placing even greater demands on real estate agents.

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Inman

JANUARY 25, 2024

Leaders from Better, Point and EasyKnock said that consumers are becoming increasingly curious about alternative financing options — but they still need agents to help guide them.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Through the development of improved and sophisticated systems, protocols and technology, these operations leaders are driving their companies to growth and success. In its 8th year, the HW Insiders program is spotlighting the talented operations professionals who are laying the foundation of success for their organizations.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Local Logic , a location intelligence platform that digitizes the built world, has teamed up with Plunk , an AI-driven analytics company, to empower end-users with the technology and insights they need to accelerate and improve home purchase decisions, the company announced on Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Davis’ original complaint stated that after the franchisees signed a contract, the defendants then required franchisees to adopt KWRI’s present market cap, which is the fee agents pay their market centers. On information and belief, Gary Keller has done nothing but pocket the increase technology fee for quite some time,” the complaint states.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Just weeks after New York-based digital lender Better Home & Finance Holding went public , Better issued pink slips to employees in early September in a new round of layoffs, Insider reported. Better was ranked as the 59th largest lender in Q1 2023, plummeting from the 19th in 2021, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

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Realty Biz

MARCH 15, 2021

While blockchain has already been used in sectors like finance and logistics for many years, the technology is now being leveraged within the real estate sector. As a result, agents, landlords, and tenants alike can use the blockchain to solve issues and create new opportunities. Image Credit: Unsplash. Intermediaries.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

HousingWire: What role has the increase in technology played for both businesses and consumers in the real estate space? Vance Loiselle: In the 20th century, the primary technology innovations in real estate were the telephone and the MLS. HW: What steps in the real estate transaction could benefit from further digitalization?

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Realty Biz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As a real estate agent , you’re constantly looking for tools that can help you do your job better. Fortunately, we live in the age of technology, and there are constantly new tools popping up on the market. Wondering about the latest in real estate technology for real estate agents? Loan Management Tools.

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GeekEstate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s real estate technology market map, which includes more than 240 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This market map real estate technology companies operating across every phase of the home purchase value chain. Expanding access to home financing options.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Tager focused more on the marketing implications, how his company has used generative AI to create marketing initiatives and shared thoughts on what the development of the technology could mean for the space overall. “We That’s certainly not a universal outcome, but it does communicate what the technology can do.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

But for Real, which runs a virtual brokerage model with revenue sharing for its agents, the goal is to get better, not necessarily bigger. What I am really grateful for is that we are not just seeing agent growth, but based on the rankings we have had significant transaction and volume growth.” and Canada.

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Brokerage Pre-approval Branding Agents 458

Realty Biz

JANUARY 8, 2023

As ever, real estate markets will continue to be driven by new and emergent technology trends as today’s experimental approaches become tomorrow’s common tools. Here’s what’s on the horizon for 2023 when it comes to the real estate technology trends that are expected to be big news in the coming year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Any one of these indicators points to a housing finance industry ripe for innovation. Fifteen years ago, I launched a business on a mission to modernize and decrease friction in the real estate finance supply chain. Right now, there’s both a compelling need and the technological capacity to do mortgage lending differently.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“Follow Up Boss is beloved by agents across the industry, including many Zillow Premier Agent partners and ShowingTime+ clients. In addition, Zillow Group will also continue to support its third-party CRM integrations on the Zillow Premier Agentapp, giving Premier Agents a choice in CRM provider.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

San Francisco-based SaaS technology provider Polly on Monday announced its API integration with Total Expert, a customer engagement platform purpose-built for financial institutions. Total Expert provides customer engagement solutions for more than 175 modern financial institutions, unifying data, marketing, sales, and compliance solutions.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

During the second quarter, Real once again delivered best-in-class growth with our agents closing a record number of transactions,” said Tamir Poleg , the CEO of Real. The company added nearly 1,500 agents during the second quarter, achieving a total headcount of 11,500 agents as of June 30. Real recorded $185.3 in Q2 of 2022.

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Realty Biz

JULY 7, 2022

Real estate technology will inevitably change the way you run your business. Times have changed and so have the real estate technology tools that agents use to communicate with potential clients, generate leads, and keep their business afloat. Types of Real Estate Technology.

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Inman

MARCH 10, 2023

Symba is fintech-light layered over a deal tracker, spliced with back-office accounting. It’s a superb tool for anyone new or growing in the business and a solid accessory solution for those already comfortable managing their numbers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose , CIO at Class Valuation , to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. SW: How do you think about technology and prioritizing what to do next? What’s changing there?

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

Because of an apparent error made by staff at ICE Mortgage Technology ‘s Surefire customer relationship management (CRM) platform, more than 600,000 emails and texts were sent without permission to real estate agents, business partners and past clients of loan officers around the country.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2022

ICE Mortgage Technology. Finance of America Reverse. Finance of America. Vice President of Agent Experience. ICE Mortgage Technology. Chief Technology Officer. Carey Armstrong. Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer. Cindy Ariosa. Chair, Board of Directors. Bright MLS. Courtenay Dunn. Courtney Schaefer.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

We’re aiming to bring a legitimacy to alternative home financing options,” said Hefets. According to Hefets, almost 25,000 real estate agents work with Divvy, over three times the number that did a year ago. The startup is part of a broader wave of companies seeking to redefine the way Americans access home ownership, he said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Some 15 years ago, real estate agents had only a few choices when deciding which real estate business model to choose. From virtual, capped models to low-fee and discount, agents can pick the company that best fits their needs. There has been an explosion of companies offering financing solutions such as bridge loans, iBuying and more.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

However, it still appears that lenders are focusing their technology investments on the point of sale. A 2020 ICE Mortgage Technology survey confirmed this, reporting that 58% of borrowers were affected in their decision making by the presence (or lack thereof) of an online application. This comes as no surprise.

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Mortgages Technology Closing costs Title 370

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

After a successful launch of its new agent pay structure in Los Angeles and San Francisco in late October, Redfin announced Monday that it was expanding the new pay structure to its San Diego and Orange County markets. All of Redfin’s agents in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco will move to the new pay plan on Jan.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Bringing awareness to potential opportunities in the reverse mortgage space can be a challenge, but Kristen Sieffert, president of Finance of America Companies (FOA), says it’s a task she’s more than willing to take on. I think our industry has lagged behind the forward mortgage industry — and definitely in financial services in general.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

” In a statement, Wu cited the strength of Compass’ technology platform, which allows agents to streamline operations, deliver detailed reporting as well as clean marketing materials. . “Her unwavering commitment to excellence aligns perfectly with our core values, making Compass the natural choice for her team.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

Abra Borrow users can seek “ Propy-certified” real estate agents to help them buy or sell property, including making down payments on mortgages. . Mortgage companies are tapping into emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency lending markets, utilizing artificial intelligence technology to speed up the origination process.

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