Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2025

It often involves coordinating with stagers, hiring photographers, waiting on edited media, producing videos, drafting descriptions, designing flyers, and uploading everything to the MLS. There’s a lot more that goes into preparing a home for sale than people realize,” says Ryan Serhant, founder of SERHANT.

Marketing

Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

The team is led by Shane Burgman, who has averaged 50 home sales per year during his 10-year career, racking up more than $200 million in sales in the process. Miami -based Real on Tuesday announced the addition of Harvest Realty , an independent brokerage in Southern California with 550 agents. billion including 1,627 sides for $2.4

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

By developing in-house AI tools designed to complement rather than replace human expertise, the company is enhancing the mortgage experience for both borrowers and loan officers. Unlike most off-the-shelf tools bolted onto legacy systems, these platforms were designed to work together from day one.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2025

Existing-home sales are hovering around 4 million and many markets that are typically fruitful for homebuilders have stalled. All of the cities in these two states that JBREC disclosed a grade for are now designated as slow. Overall, sentiment among agents and homebuilders is souring. This is the spring selling season.

Marketing

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

Buyers often assume what they see in the model home is what they will get, however, model homes are designed to showcase high-end upgrades. To help you make informed decisions and avoid costly missteps, heres what you need to know before diving into a new build: 1. Red flags Choosing a reputable builder is crucial.

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

White previously served as vice president and designated managing broker at Baird & Warner’s Glen Ellyn, Illinois , office before departing in 2021 to join Compass. He also contributed to development of the company’s mortgage and title initiatives in the region, and he implemented process improvements tied to sales capture rates.

Title

Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Why listing scams are on the rise Unlike home sales, land transactions often skip in-person meetings or property access, which makes it easier for scammers to impersonate legitimate owners without detection. But in land sales where no physical structure exists this vital step is often skipped, leaving a gap for scammers to exploit.

Agents

Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Founded in 1976, FirstTeam operates more than 46 offices with 2,200-plus sales agents. “FirstTeam’s impressive growth is fueled by a robust ecosystem designed to nurture agents at every stage of their career,” said Michele Harrington , the companys CEO. The firm is among the largest privately held U.S.

Agents

Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

He has overseen more than $12 billion in sales and trained more than 4,000 agents across 16 offices. “We’re billion in sales in less than four years. The RARE model is designed to unlock potential — it gave me the freedom, support, and infrastructure to build something real and lead on my own terms.”

Brokerage

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

In an era of high mortgage rates and stagnant home sales , a real estate transaction model is making waves by reintroducing and standardizing a once-popular financing method. These sales represented $30.3 Today, Leahy sees a similar affordability crisis. Why is the real estate market stuck right now? on its own.

Finance

Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Housing markets across the country are getting a much-needed infusion of inventory, as the number of homes for sale and new listings are running well ahead of last years pace. By dividing a metropolitan areas total population by the current number of single-family homes for sale, we can calculate inventory per capita. 1,536) following.

Marketing

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Auction.com has long been a leading platform for bank-owned (REO) and foreclosure sales to real estate investors and others seeking a discount. SmartSale is designed as an alternative for sellers who are navigating financial challenges or simply seeking greater control, Auction.com explained.

Proof of funds

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

HomeLight is an Arizona -based real estate platform designed to connect agents with clients. HomeLight notes that this is becoming more common for existing-home sales. The company’s 2024 Top Agent Insights survey gathered perspectives from more than 750 real estate agents between Oct. 30 and Nov.

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

The company, redT Homes , states that it’s the Denver areas only residential real estate development company […] offering a full suite of services, ranging from land acquisition and entitlement to design, architecture, and construction along with real estate-focused marketing and sales.

Development

Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

First American Data & Analytics has launched a new product designed to help lenders identify title issues earlier in the mortgage and home equity loan process, with the goal of cutting delays and reducing closing times. VeriTitle is available via an API and can be integrated into widely used loan origination and point-of-sale systems.

Title

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Whether you’re looking to start a career in real estate, already have one or are involved in real estate transactions, you may find yourself wondering about industry terminology and job titles. The industry acronyms alone look like alphabet soup. So, let’s start with the basics: What is a real estate broker vs. an agent? Let’s dive in!

Agents

Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2025

The offering gives homeowners quick cash upfront with potential for more after sale. AI startup Further launches homebuying platform Real estate tech startup Further has launched a new AI-powered homebuying platform featuring Homebuyer AI, a virtual assistant designed to guide users through every step of purchasing a home.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2025

Even within AMAs, the law draws important distinctions between homes built within the boundaries of a designated municipal water provider and those built just beyond. When you’re talking about a developer who builds outside of a designated service area and gets a certificate of assured water supply, it’s a snapshot,” she said. .”

Development

Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2025

In South Dakota , for instance, the state maintains a property and sales tax refund program that homeowners 50 and older can attempt to qualify for. The state’s AARP chapter advocates for the availability of these programs, and it recently published a bulletin designed to raise awareness among South Dakota residents.

Loans

Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2025

The Gambino Group placed 10th among large real estate teams by sales volume in the 2025 RealTrends Verified’s agent and team rankings with just under $397 million in volume. Leaders said her experience will lend itself will to the architectural and design-driven properties that define much of L.A.’s s residential market. “I

Agents

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

event, are designed to simplify mortgage broker workflows, enhance client relationships and allow them to scale their businesses faster. The tools, announced ahead of the company’s fourth annual UWM LIVE! Easy Qualifier Redesign: Offers an easier way for mortgage brokers to price new loans and manage existing scenarios.

Loans

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Staging a home can make or break a sale but the traditional approach is broken. Collov AI leverages proprietary model training to develop its AI agent , enabling it to understand architectural context, interior design principles, and staging best practices tailored specifically for real estate applications. from Stanford.

Agents

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

With thoughtfully designed tools to drive better conversion rates, automate social media marketing, and streamline time consuming tasks, technology is a key enabler to business growth, but only when fully maximized. Agents need to move beyond a fixed mindset when it comes to technology and invest the time to learn the platform.

Industrial

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Education and distribution A longtime challenge for the reverse mortgage industry continues to be its marketing and messaging, particularly in ways designed to overcome longstanding reputational hurdles that the business has had to contend with for years. Rates re-emerged as a challenge and continue to be as the year winds down to a close.

Industrial

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In real estate, relationships drive sales, and having a way to collect visitor contact information is vital to building those connections. Digital open house sign-in solutions offer agents a clear advantage, blending convenience with powerful data for more efficient sales strategies.

Agents

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

That’s right, there are Black Friday home sales! But in Greater Austin , the “Holiday of Homes” offers flex cash — which can be used towards design selections or structural options — and financing. The promotion applies to select homes in various housing developments across multiple cities.

Fixed-rate mortgage

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Its up to us as agents to stay engaged and stay in contact with our clients. Building on existing relationships is the quickest and easiest way to keep your pipeline filled with active buyers and sellers, so you dont have to worry about dry spells. Lets dive in! Summary What is a real estate newsletter? Why send a regular real estate newsletter?

Pre-approval

Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2025

In 2010, Parks became the trustee for a living trust designed to pay the victims expenses stemming from the accident, from which the victims account contained the $1.66 At that point, Parks diverted proceeds from the sale by claiming the victim owed him money he had advanced to her, the DOJ explained.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2025

While homeowners take pride in seeing their personal tastes and design choices come to life, Realtors may recommend different strategies to enhance the propertys resale value. Realtors most frequently recommended repainting either the entire home or single rooms and replacing the roof as cost-effective ways to prepare a property for sale.

Renovation

Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2025

“From boosting curb appeal to reducing time on market, this service is designed to help clients move forward with confidence and maximize their return.” Refresh by West will enable West + Main agents to assist their clients with getting fast, free proposals to prep their homes for sale and move-in without having to manage the projects.”

Brokerage

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I think there would be even stronger growth and more stability in the market if we had more houses for sale, he added. The states business-friendly regulations and tax policies have led to rapid population growth in recent years, including an estimated 16,000-person inflow from 2020 to 2022 alone. Its a big deal.

Construction

Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

Consumers want and expect a single-search experience, where all available homes for sale can be viewed seamlessly, Hendricks wrote. Despite its creation of the two-tab design and compliance with the policy, Zillow has been a vocal critic of the no-commingling policy and has lobbied NAR to get rid of the optional rule.

MLS

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

Brokers, also known as managing brokers, designated brokers or brokers-in-charge, are typically owners or supervisors of real estate brokerages. Is scrolling homes on Zillow a favorite pastime of yours? Do you subscribe to every real estate-related email newsletter? Do you watch every HGTV show? If the answer to these questions is Yes!

Property Management

Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

However, Compass itself acknowledges in their disclosure that limiting exposure by not listing on the MLS can reduce the number of showings, offers, and the final sale price. Adding to the concern, some critics suggest that double-ended deals , often a byproduct of these exclusive environments, may result in lower sale prices for sellers.

Marketing

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

Designed to engage homeowners and sellers, it maximizes exposure and ensures agents stand out in their most targeted markets. According to the company, the tool helps agents attract more seller leads, increase listing conversion rates and generate higher sale prices.

Agents

Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

These facts clearly show the powerful impact home staging can have on real estate sales. If you thought winning a listing was challenging, just wait until you have to start telling a homeowner what to do with their home in order to sell it quickly. As an agent, you know a beautifully staged home turns into a sold one.

Staging

Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2025

HW: I saw ICE’s press release about the integration of Servicing Digital with your Encompass point-of-sale platform, allowing borrowers to apply for a home equity loan directly from their mobile device using pre-populated loan data. Here’s why the integration between our point of sale and our servicing digital capabilities is so important.

Loans