Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Launched on Thursday, the brokerage’s Sign & Save program provides buyers who sign up to work with a Redfin agent before their second home tour — and who purchase a property with that agent within 180 days of signing the agreement — a refund of 0.25% to 0.5% of the purchase price of the house.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

First piloted in a handful of markets in September 2023 and formally launched in early February, the Sign & Save program provides buyers who sign up to work with a Redfin agent before their second home tour — and who purchase a property with that agent within 180 days of signing the agreement — a refund of 0.25% to 0.5%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

(Photo Credit: AJ Canaria) Between inflation , an uncertain interest rate environment and legal challenges , the real estate industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Rather than focusing on recruiting one agent at a time, these small acquisitions would be recruiting groups of agents at a time,” Wright said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The guilty verdict of the landmark Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit case sent shockwaves across the real estate industry. Seller concessions for VA borrowers are capped at 4% of the home’s purchase price or appraised value and can cover some closing costs, including the VA funding fee and prepaid taxes. Grant said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

The real estate industry is facing yet another commission lawsuit , but this time the plaintiff is not seeking class-action status. NAR and Compass have entered into nationwide settlement agreements for the commission lawsuits. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

While the real estate industry has witnessed the introduction of a number of spectacular and innovative developments in recent years, we still (sometimes unfairly) get tagged as “old fashioned” or “conservative.” Why is the industry still transferring money the old-fashioned way? There’s really no experience quite like buying a home.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. Glide, which was founded in 2017, provides tools like eSignature and the digitization of sales processing forms.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In return, Hometap gets an agreed-upon percentage of the sale price or appraised value within a 10-year period. Affordability has always been a challenge,” said Ashkán Zandieh, managing partner and industry chair at the Center for Real Estate Technology and Innovation. “In The annual investment volume in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Our for-sale growth pillars mark the pathway to meeting our goals to grow customer transaction share from 3% to 6% by the end of 2025 and grow revenue alongside that transaction share growth,” Jeremy Wacksman, Zillow’s chief operating officer, said. We are confident in our ability to grow our company in this evolving climate.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Most brokerage leaders know about the multiple challenges facing the real estate industry, not the least of which are the major class-action lawsuits. It seems a small share of the agent population even knows about this issue, and even fewer can loosely tell you what the potential outcomes are. How, then, will a buyer agent get paid?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

So, the fact that we are now seeing things further in the process come down to agents and brokers — I was not entirely surprised by that.” Unlike Murray, Marx Sterbcow, the managing attorney at Sterbcow Law Group, believes that the settlement agreements will be approved, but he supports Murray’s assertion that the DOJ will step in.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A housing market marked by relatively high interest rates and tight inventory — and punctuated by the practice of home inspection waivers to sweeten offers — are taking a bite out of business for home inspectors, who play a key role in the sales process by ensuring that buyers are not being sold a lemon of a house. and Canada. “And

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Zillow said Thursday that more than 50% of its remaining iBuying inventory “has sold, is under contract to sell or has reached agreement on disposition terms.”. As of last month, the firm reported 9,800 homes it purchased but has yet to sell, and 8,200 it is contractually obliged to buy – or a shade under 18,000 total.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

The uptick in home sales during the second quarter of 2023 helped Anywhere Real Estate get back in the black. Anywhere, world’s largest franchisor of residential real estate brands and formerly known as “Realogy,” attributed this drop to a steep drop in home sale transaction volume. “We million to 4.3

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Realty Biz

JULY 22, 2023

Recruiting Insight and Cape Breton Realty announced an agreement to leverage the Recruiting Insight capabilities to grow agent count and market share. In addition, the firm has collected items donated by clients, agents, and friends, as well as the public, for a large yard sale. Cape Breton Realty has offices in St.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The most likely outcomes include: Lenders: Fewer than 50 mortgage lenders will transition to a federated model that enforces the controls necessary for secure cross-industry interoperability. Audience assets will be valued based on transaction volumes and bundles of listings, lending, loan sales and servicing and trading content.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

They also recently closed on their purchase of a new home. In the process, they had to rent a home for four months between their sale and their purchase given “simultaneous closings” are not a practice there. And they paid a 1% fee to their solicitor for their purchase. The real estate industry and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In Florida, getting licensed as a real estate agent begins with the completion of an approved 63-hour Sales Associate prelicensing course. Self-paced online * Florida school prices as of October, 2023 Aceable Agent: Best Florida real estate school for efficiency & ease Overall Rating 4.8 / 5 Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Its centralized call center business model, which Rocket relied upon to dominate an unprecedented refi market , isn’t as durable when interest rates are high, there are few refi opportunities and having strong relationships with real estate agents is what brings home the bacon. And Rocket is well aware.

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HomeLight

JANUARY 28, 2022

Most real estate agents get paid through commissions. Commissions are typically calculated as a percentage of a property’s sale price, though some brokerages will charge a flat fee. The average real estate agent commission rate nationwide is 5.8% The average real estate agent commission rate nationwide is 5.8% Find Agent.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2021

Plaintiff has not supported its claim that there is any deception that is injuring a substantial portion of the purchasing public,” stated a Seattle federal court judge, Thomas Zilly. As a result, there is now an “agent listings” and “other listings” tab on Zillow’s website.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog “SCE” Three letters that are wreaking havoc in the real estate industry right now. The letters “SC” on an MLS listing mean the property is “sold conditionally,” and agents not only know this, but are quite accustomed to seeing it on listings. SCE What in the world is that?

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Broke Agent Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As a real estate agent, you play a crucial role in helping clients achieve their housing goals. But navigating the complex legal landscape of the real estate industry can be challenging, especially for those new to the field. Yet a percentage of real estate agents still break this law. And it’s usually avoidable.

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Easy Agent Pro

APRIL 8, 2024

If you’re a realtor, Top Books Every Real Estate Agent should include ‘The Art of Selling Real Estate,’ ‘Decoding Real Estate Jargon,’ ‘Mastering Property Laws,’ and ‘Understanding Market Fluctuations.’ They define whether a plot is for residential, commercial, or industrial use.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. In an interview with HousingWire, Jacobson mostly wanted to discuss UWM’s broker agreement , specifically a passage in section 2.03 “It’s not true.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

While settlement services businesses are somewhat hamstrung when it comes to introducing new products or pricing, there’s still a lot of room for growth and innovation in the title industry. There are a number of ways by which they can do this, including affiliated arrangements, work share agreements or even less formal forms of partnership.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There are many agents to choose from, and it can be challenging to determine which one is the best fit for your needs. Talk to the broker you’ve chosen - h2 First, it's crucial to interview the agent you are considering. Treat the interview as you would a job interview, with the agent vying for the position, and you have the final say.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

I have been perhaps the harshest critic of the pre-construction condominium industry in Ontario over the past two decades. It’s an odd position for a real estate agent, of all people, to take. Don’t get me wrong; there was a time when it all made sense. Some of you, reading this, have made money in pre-construction.

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Lighter Side of Real Estate

MARCH 19, 2024

No more paying 6% to real estate agents!” Unfortunately, even if you ask the most informed agents on the planet, you probably aren’t going to get many answers. It isn’t because agents don’t want to answer your questions; it’s because they don’t even know exactly how the changes are going to work.

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Real Trends

MAY 26, 2023

Becoming a real estate agent requires you to follow a clear path. Whether you’re a newly licensed agent or want to reboot your real estate career, here are eight ways to survive, and potentially even thrive, as a startup. Create a business plan Being a real estate agent isn’t a job — it’s a small business.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Real estate is a people-oriented industry, and practically everyone in it knows that. Escrow officers and title agents. Property managers and real estate agents who are interested in working with investors. A copy of the buy and sale agreement indicates that the transaction is ready to close once the funds are received.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Guaranteed Rate, the Chicago-based mortgage lender , and Compass, the New York City-headquartered residential real estate brokerage , “entered into a definitive agreement to form OriginPoint , a new mortgage origination company,” according to a press release Tuesday. 2 brokerages in residential sales volume nationally – and bitter rivals.

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RIS Media

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here are some proven sales strategies to help drive your agent’s success every day and week, setting more appointments, converting more leads and making more sales happen for your team and for themselves. Teach your agents to have a relentless focus on setting a certain number of listing appointments every week.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Are you looking to get licensed as a real estate agent in Arizona? Prospective Arizona real estate agents must fulfill a 90-hour prelicensing program from an Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE)-approved school and pass a six-hour contract writing course , for a total of 96 class hours. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 1, 2022

I’m 22 and have worked as a waitress and some retail sales in a big box department store. My uncle is a pretty successful real estate agent, and he thinks I should give it a try. He’s a seller’s agent and says that is the best way to go. I appreciate his advice, but he works out of a small office with only about six agents.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Starting a career as a real estate agent can be a fun and exciting experience. But many people don’t realize exactly what goes into starting a career as a real estate agent. So below we’ve outlined all of the necessary steps to becoming a real estate agent so that you’ll know the exact path to take to make it to your first sale.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A listing agent telling me, “Don’t forget, our offer day is Tuesday,” on their sixth listing, over five months, and this marking the second time they have under-listed the house and held an offer night – that’s ridiculous. The decision arose from a dispute between a real estate agent and two brokerages.

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