Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

We can write almost every new sentence on its own line… But just because it’s en vogue, here’s the “hook” for today’s blog post: There are currently 39 properties listed on MLS that are being sold by lenders. Except that it’s being sold by a bank after the bank foreclosed on the owner.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

This influence is why analysts at investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) believe the drama surrounding NAR’s commission lawsuit settlement agreement is far from over.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2023

Consumer prices climbed at a slower pace in February, keeping alive the hope that the Federal Reserve may pause the federal funds rate hikes in its meeting next week following the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures. But the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have complicated the picture.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

The monitoring program, covering all 50 states, includes MLS listing data as well as public records from data aggregators. Xactus has more than 6,500 clients, including banks and non-bank mortgage originators, and 12 service centers across the country.

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Short sale MLS Banks Loans 370

RIS Media

MAY 2, 2023

banking system equation as First Republic Bank has become the latest casualty in a trend that has many questioning the health of the nation’s banks. Banking and Fed Policy appeared first on RISMedia. Another variable has been added to the turbulent U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

In a note issued March 15, after the news of NAR’s settlement broke, analysts at investment bank KBW wrote that the companies they expect to be “most negatively impacted include those with buyer agent commission-driven models.” If they both become the de facto MLS, that gives the power to all the portals.”

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BubbleInfo

MAY 9, 2024

A new $3,000,000+ listing hit the MLS this week that was offering a 1/2% commission to the buyer’s agent. They also noted that to show the property, buyer-agents needed to submit proof of funds (bank statement) and pre-approval letter plus a 24-hour notice was required.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Consumer price increases cooled further in March, which is welcome news for the Federal Reserve , which made the challenging choice at its March meeting to continue with its federal funds rate hikes despite the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 5.0% monthly increase in February.

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MLS Banks Finance Mortgages 381

Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

The housing market looks different than it does during a typical spring, when the market is usually in full gear,” Lisa Sturtevant, the chief economist at Bright MLS , said in a statement. Year over year, pending home sales were down 20.3%, an improvement on the 23.3% annual drop recorded in March.

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Sales MLS Banks Mortgages 382

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The firm has more than 300 lenders, including brokers, independent mortgage companies, credit unions and banks using its services, according to Mortgage Coach. Founded in 1999, Insellerate’s mobile application enables loan officers to work on their files from anywhere, the firm said.

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Mortgages Loan Officer Loans MLS 393

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

. “Despite the modest uptick in contracts signed on new homes, the housing market remains in a lull, a pattern that likely will continue as we head into January,” Lisa Sturtevant, the chief economist of Bright MLS , said in a statement.

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Sales MLS Mortgages Banks 382

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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Purchase and sale agreement MLS Pre-approval Agents 433

Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

Caliber Reconnect includes MLS Trigger that alerts brokers when a shared borrower’s property has been listed for sale on MLS. Caliber’s Purchase Predictor also sends brokers an alert when a shared borrower is identified to have a high propensity to purchase a new home now, or in the future. Sanjiv Das, Chief Executive Officer.

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Lending MLS Loans Renovation 382

Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2023

Homebuyers have been closely watching mortgage rates, which have been volatile during the first few months of the year,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for Bright MLS. Overall, contract signings were down 21.1% from February 2022. There’s plenty of reason for optimism, said Lawrence Yun , the NAR’s chief economist.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

Today it’s over 70% at big banks, and between 95% to 99% for top producers. MLS reinvented. While currently only a theory, Amazon is well-positioned to reinvent the MLS. However, the real threat right now is in the emerging banking-as-a-service. Tech companies can leverage banking as a service and white label it.

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Loan Officer Technology Loans Mortgages 442

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Kardell Vice President of Product Lone Wolf Technologies Aayaam Kapoor Vice President of Product and Agency Real Estate Webmasters Amaly Quiroz Vice President of Transaction Operations eXp Realty Amy Gorce CEO REdistribute Andrew Binkley President Constellation Real Estate Group Ankur Bansal President of HomeLight (..)

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

If that’s you, you may have heard that one path to a deal is buying a bank-owned foreclosure. There are pros and cons to consider when going this route, however, such as the fact that bank-owned properties often need more TLC than other homes on the market, and many are sold as-is. What’s a bank-owned foreclosure?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The three class action suits Moehrl , Sitzer/Burnett , and Nosalek , named after their lead plaintiffs, take aim at NAR’s Participation Rule , which requires listing agents to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyers’ agents in order to list the property on a Realtor-affiliated multiple listing service (MLS).

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Agents Loan Officer Lending MLS 393

Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

level reported last summer, but inflation is still running far above the Fed’s target rate of 2%,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS’ chief economist, said in a statement. According to Yun, the Fed’s rate hikes have hurt regional banks and the housing market. “CPI data show that inflation is down significantly from the 9.1%

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Closing MLS Construction Residential 382

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Customer Intelligence by Total Expert also features listing insights, which delivers an alert when a borrower’s home is put on the MLS. Customer Intelligence allows lenders to engage a customer at a time when they are looking for mortgage credit.

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Equity Loan Officer MLS Loans 379

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Speakers: Carrie Gusmus, President, CEO, Aslan Home Lending AJ Barkley, head of Neighborhood and Community, Lending Bank of America Charmaine Brown, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Finance of America Companies Courtney Graham, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief People Officer, Princeton Mortgage. 03 HWA The Remix: Argyle.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2020

While currently the majority of banks are providing deferments for homeowners, many forecast that we will see a rise in the number of foreclosures when these provisions expire,” the company states. “As An on the website itself, RealtyTrac points to the possible uptick on the horizon for foreclosures.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

While the markets have already “priced in” this rate hike, which was widely expected, most investors are already wondering what it would take for the central bank to lift rates again later this year. Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant noted two weeks ago. range on Wednesday, its highest level in 22 years. Rents were up 8.3%

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Fixed-rate mortgage Investor Mortgages Banks 370

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Most investors are already wondering what it would take for the central bank to lift rates again later this year. If shelter was excluded from the CPI calculation, inflation would be about 1% in August, said Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant last week.

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Fixed-rate mortgage Mortgages Investor MLS 442

HomeLight

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Free online home value estimators can give you an idea of what your house might sell for or how much home equity you’ve banked so far. Most aggregate some combination of county auditor and tax assessor records, user-submitted data, and MLS listings and sales to produce the estimate. How Much Is Your Home Worth Now?

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Realty Biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Check MLS Websites MLS platforms have some of the best bargains in the housing market. Foreclosures are similar, but instead of paying an individual, you will have to buy the property from the bank. Banks sell foreclosed homes through auctions, but negotiations can get complicated.

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Sales MLS Short sale Banks 120

Notorious ROB

JULY 22, 2021

At a minimum, it requires data collection and/or reporting from the MLS to whatever enforcement agency to make sure that the rules and regulations are being followed appropriately. And that's at a minimum. At the maximum is total government control, a government-operated listings exchange.

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Lighter Side of Real Estate

APRIL 22, 2024

But before you bank on that and hit the pause button on selling your house, here are 4 things to think about: 1) It Might Not Be Just a Few Months While the settlement is proposed to take effect in July 2024, keep in mind that the key word is “proposed.” You’ll still be allowed to do so, it just won’t be published within the MLS listing.

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MLS Agents Banks Finance 110

Realty Biz

MAY 8, 2023

Investing in real estate is not as simple as going to the MLS and finding what you want, as competition for housing is fierce in many cities. Non-market decision The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) does not list all properties for sale. MLS listing must be consulted. You may see features marked "Coming Soon" in the MLS.

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Inman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

4 by the investment banking firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods forecasts commissions to decline by at least 30 percent as a result of ongoing threats to the real estate industry. A report released Oct.

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Banks Industrial MLS Brokerage 195

The Close

JULY 23, 2022

Begin with an MLS search of the past 12 months’ sales in the area your client is looking. Every agent knows that they can find expired listings on their MLS or using Vulcan7. However, the MLS data only tells us two things about the homeowner: at one point they genuinely wanted to sell, and the price they wanted to sell at.

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RIS Media

MARCH 11, 2022

Bringing the MLS/Brokerage Relationship Into the Future. Brian Donnellan , President and CEO, Bright MLS. The best brokerage, MLS, mortgage finance, association, technology and service-provider leaders will once again make the CEO & Leadership Exchange the must-attend real estate event of the year,” says Featherston.

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Notorious ROB

APRIL 5, 2023

DPX is an MLS The first and most important differentiator is that DPX is a Multiple Listing Service. It turns out that you cannot build an open auction platform on top of the traditional MLS. Many an MLS, for example, simply do not even allow auctions to be listed. We are a parallel platform, not a competitor to the MLS.

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Purchase and sale agreement MLS Brokerage Agents 97

HomeLight

MAY 7, 2024

of all real estate transactions in the city, according to Canopy MLS. Requesting proof of funds — a bank statement or a letter from a financial institution confirming their ability to complete the purchase — is a standard practice. In 2023, cash sales accounted for 18.7%

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Notorious ROB

APRIL 2, 2023

Which means that every local REALTOR Association and every local/regional MLS has to up their legal budgets for 2024. And anyone who has served on a REALTOR Association or MLS Board of Directors since 2015 should free up his or her calendar for depositions and save all of his or her correspondences from 2015 on.

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MLS Brokerage Agents Industrial 98

Real Trends

JUNE 22, 2022

The number of active listings on this MLS — which includes Phoenix plus a half-dozen surrounding cities such as Scottsdale and Tempe — has climbed 249% in the past four months. As of June 20, the number of homes marketed on the MLS was 12,539 compared to 5,022 on Feb. However, they climbed 17% year-over-year in May to $589,100.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2021

You’re reading through a new MLS listing, and you believe you found your ideal home. A foreclosed home is a property that has been seized by the bank after the homeowner failed to make their mortgage payments. A home goes through several steps before the bank physically takes over the house and sells the property. Auction sale.

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