Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Annual CE requirements can feel like a chore – but we view it as a kind of common ground where our industry can take a beat, have fun, and learn together as a team. Annual CE requirements can feel like a chore – but we view it as a kind of common ground where our industry can take a beat, have fun, and learn together as a team.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

In the second part of the interview, Cohen touches on the potential for greater collaboration with the reverse mortgage industry and gives an overview of how “success” is defined for the program. Addressable cohort and reach The RAM program and the HECM program maintain key differences in scale and qualifications. With roughly $5.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

billion in damages, many questions still remain about what this means for the real estate industry, as the defendants still await Judge Stephen Bough’s final judgment. It found the National Association of Realtors , HomeServices of America and Keller Williams guilty of collusion to maintain high commission rates.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The physical separation can be achieved through architectural design solutions for new construction or remodeling and creative space-planning ideas for previously established home layouts. Both can unravel the most sustainably designed and constructed healthy home-work environment. Remote work technology is here to stay.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2024

Wire fraud poses an enormous financial threat to the industry, and it happens every day. It was a big week on the cybersecurity front as remote online notarization (RON) firm Proof —formerly Notarize — and digital closing platform Qualia each launched new security features aimed at fraud prevention.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

For decades, the housing industry has viewed climate risk as a fairly straightforward issue. However, the ramifications of climate risk are now being felt throughout the broader industry, especially as a larger and larger percentage of this damage comes in the form of uninsured losses. You build the home to code.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The goal is to help drum up business for lenders during an extremely challenging time in the industry. . The companies claim to have built the industry’s first borrower intelligence platform (BIP) for mortgage advisors, who can use the platform to reach out to prospective borrowers and walk them through loan comparisons.

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Inman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As younger homebuyers revive an age-old fascination with astrology in the aftermath of the pandemic, agents, designers and astrologers told Inman the stars are aligned for a resurgence.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

RMK Financial Corporation , which does business as Majestic Home Loans , has been permanently banned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from the mortgage lending industry following a series of repeat offenses — which occurred despite the CFPB’s law enforcement order issued in 2015. government.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with Keri Stichler, Divisional Vice President at Rocket Pro TPO, about why female leadership is crucial in the mortgage industry and how companies can advocate for inclusivity. HousingWire: How common is female leadership across the industry? HW: Why is female leadership vital to the mortgage industry?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2022

It has been a nonstop year for the housing industry. From sky-high home prices to fluctuating mortgage rates and staffing changes, it is no wonder that Realtors, loan officers and other industry professionals are feeling burnt out. Fight burnout by getting inspiration from these industry disruptors.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Some of the most powerful women in real estate have taken the industry’s coaching space into their own hands. A group of current and former real estate executives have launched The Helm, a coaching platform designed to provide professional development to a more diverse audience.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Mike Kent , senior vice president of reverse asset management and industry relations at PHH Mortgage Corp. , This will be his fifth consecutive term in the position, following his first election to the post alongside former co-chair and industry professional Scott Norman in 2019. has been reelected as co-chair.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2021

But the Federal Reserve is staying the course, maintaining the low-rate environment that gave rise to the best year for the mortgage industry in history. HousingWire’s virtual demo days are designed specifically to help mortgage industry decision makers identify the technology solutions they need to operate efficiently and securely.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The platform’s intelligent design is showcased by its ability to pre-populate borrower data, substantially reducing application completion time. Streamlining regulatory compliance Dara offers a solution to the compliance challenge in an industry overseen by evolving regulations.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

The deadline for the mortgage industry to chime in on the Federal Housing Administration ‘s (FHA) proposed 40-year loan modification rule was at the end of May. The FHA is currently accepting industry feedback on the proposed rule, but the concept got us thinking. Lunch & Learn: Should there be a 40 year mortgage?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

With higher rates, lower transaction volumes usually plague the industry, translating to fewer appraisals as homeowners hunker down with their lower rates. Industry professionals expect an increase in transactions following the Fed’s recent rate cuts , leading to an increase in appraisal demands. Career Institute.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Prior to 2020, the mantra around the mortgage industry going back to 2016 was that launching a new “digital experience” was the equivalent to table stakes in poker. As mortgage industry insiders watched Quicken climb the list to the No. Meanwhile, the industry scrambled. The mortgage industry caught a severe case of FOMO.

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The Close

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A killer real estate website isn’t just about web design—it’s also about creating an experience that makes visitors take action. If you want a solid real estate web design and want to convert more leads into clients, I have listed several tricks to boost your website. Yup, it happens.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Since almost all of our picks offer roughly the same features, we scored them based on our opinion of their property search experience, design quality, and overall user experience (UX). UX design quality: 4.6 UX design quality: 4.6 Property search results pages are well-designed, easy to navigate and customizable.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage ’s reverse division has launched a new program, “Broker Protect,” that aims to offer what it calls industry-first protections to brokers doing business with the company. Broker Protect is viewed as a way to do that. “We If our commitment to the wholesale business wasn’t already obvious, it should be now.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) is targeting January 2025 as the release window for reverse mortgage standards from its work group that is analyzing and developing the standards, according to a statement released Tuesday by Mortgage Cadence.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Users can access AI bots designed to assist agents with general real estate knowledge, sales, marketing , negotiation and motivation. Each training bot is designed to tackle one of five challenges that real estate agents may face. The new platform will leverage specialized training bots to help agents prepare for business.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

you know the real estate industry has had quite a roller coaster ride in 2024. To answer this question, Realtor.com created and launched a campaign designed to educate homebuyers and rally the industry behind this important and necessary cause. This includes highlighting the specific benefits of a buyer’s agent for each group.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Prior to the deadline for public commentary on Tuesday, housing industry trade groups, companies and organizations responded to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rulemaking for the general qualified mortgage definition and the expiration of the QM patch in January 2021. Under § 1026.43(c)(2)(vii), Section 1026.43(c)

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

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. As a leader in the real estate industry, EXIT Realty Corp. “As As a leader in the real estate industry, EXIT Realty Corp.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The new guidelines are designed to make it easier for consumers to revoke consent for unwanted robocalls and texts. The effective date for the new rule is April 11, 2025, giving the mortgage and real estate industries roughly six months to become compliant. Department of Defense.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2020

From pandemic to protests to politics, 2020 has been an obstacle course for housing industry companies. If this year continues its current trajectory, the housing industry might permanently change as a result. Leading the Freddie Mac’s business continuity initiative, which manages $2.2 That plan executed nicely.”.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Opteon, a leader in the appraisal and property valuation industry, utilizes their tech-enabled service fulfillment to streamline and enhance the appraisal process. Advanced data collection: The future of appraisals Data collection is a cornerstone of Opteon’s strategy to revolutionize the valuation industry.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

Roughly one month ago, Ginnie Mae released a term sheet for a highly anticipated new development for the reverse mortgage industry: a new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) product referred to as HMBS 2.0. Still a developed private-label structure has managed to withstand a lot of market distress, he said. “So,

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RIS Media

JULY 23, 2024

The company stated the new Certified Full-Service Professional (CFSP) designation training program is aimed at helping real estate professionals attract and keep customers, communicate their unique selling proposition and stand… The post Buffini & Company Launches New Designation Training Program appeared first on RISMedia.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

I am humbled to join Mike and this extremely talented team that is setting a new standard for the finance industry and look forward to leading Figure into its next phase of growth.” Figure Technology Solutions , the parent company of Figure Lending LLC , named Michael Tannenbaum as its new CEO, the company announced on Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

eXp purposely designed the document in a way that uses as little legal jargon as possible, so as to not confuse buyers and sellers. Pareja also believes that collaboration is the biggest key to success in the industry, which motivated him to release eXp’s streamlined forms online for other brokerages and agents to use and benefit from.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These rankings are designed to help top-performing agents and teams highlight their accomplishments within their specific local markets, enhancing their credibility where it matters most — close to home. This year’s inaugural rankings feature agents and teams from 50 cities across the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

The platform provides tools for both landlords and renters, which the company said is designed to automate and streamline the management process. The platform provides tools for both landlords and renters, which the company said is designed to automate and streamline the management process. “As

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The construction activity is likely to place the housing industry and its financing partners on a “collision course” with insurers, the outlet said. The construction activity is likely to place the housing industry and its financing partners on a “collision course” with insurers, the outlet said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2024

While many had hoped the Department of Justice’s interest in the real estate industry would wane with the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement agreement , that is clearly not the case. “Moreover, the report contains wild speculations that brokers using C.A.R.

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