Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

If you opt for the handwritten note option, I’d shorten this by removing the last paragraph and jumping straight from the data to the closing sentence. My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). Dear (first name), I’m (your name), a local real estate professional with (brokerage).

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

This is from 2009 — I opened up a high-tech real estate brokerage with actual agents, working through transactions day in day out and really understanding what processes look like. It became one of the fastest-growing brokerages at the time in Canada, and then I sold that in 2014, and moved to the U.S.

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The Close

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Are you considering taking the leap of faith and heading out on your own, but you don’t know if you should start your own brokerage from scratch or purchase a real estate franchise? In my 28-year real estate career, I have built two independent brokerages and was an investor in two franchises with Keller Williams Realty.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

California-based Impac Mortgage Holdings , a former mortgage lender repositioning itself as a brokerage firm, announced on Thursday that NYSE American, LLC. on Thursday at about 11:00 AM EST, up 2.23% compared to the previous closing. Impac does not intend to appeal the determination, the company said in a filing with the U.S.

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The Close

JUNE 21, 2022

Their easy-to-use logo maker will help you design a professional-looking logo in minutes—without the expense of hiring a designer. The Close readers even get 30% off their order with p romo code 30FSB. The logo for Ryan’s new brokerage is an excellent example. More to the point, good design doesn’t have to be fancy.

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RIS Media

JUNE 9, 2021

Since going public on the Nasdaq (FTHM) at the end of July 2020, Fathom Holdings has acquired a title company, a mortgage company, an insurance company, a lead generation business, two technology companies and completed a brokerage acquisition. Fathom Realty CEO Josh Harley weighs in on the brokerage’s recent moves.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers. Another issue is home sellers’ bias against homebuyers using FHA loans, where offers from non-FHA borrowers are often selected even though lower in price. All these homebuyer charges add up.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2023

What makes Qualia’s title and escrow products unique is the ability to achieve an unparalleled level of internal team connectivity, as well as connectivity with other transaction parties — such as lenders, brokerages, vendors, underwriters, banks and consumers — by bringing everyone together via a shared system.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

” “The NAR and its MLS partners, which now include Zillow, are allowed to once again close off transparent access to home inventory by entering into agreements among themselves that disadvantage all but their own membership; consumers and competition will suffer,” read the lawsuit. Real Estate Tech Demo Hour.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

That’s why we’ve designed our HW Annual event Oct. HW Annual will feature a keynote from Ryan Serhant , founder and CEO of SERHANT real estate brokerage, which leverages media, education, entertainment, tech and marketing to sell luxury real estate. The market shift this year will be a watershed for the housing industry.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

Chime’s all-in-one CRM and sales acceleration platform is designed to help real estate agents, teams, and brokerages close more deals faster. The platform combines IDX websites, lead generation, marketing automation, advanced lead management, and powerful AI to cost-effectively capture and convert leads into new business.

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The Close

JANUARY 24, 2022

Eight years ago, my partners and I wanted to create a brand that communicated that our brokerage was boutique, current, and fun. We spent thousands of dollars hiring a professional branding team to help us come up with the winning combination of name, logo, and colors for our brokerage. Choose the Right Name for Your Brokerage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

Lee got her real estate license during the 2020 lockdown, and she shares that seventy percent of the $14 million she closed in 2023 came through her Instagram account. Her approach is designed (and works best) for agents making around $250,000 who want to take their business into seven figures. Apple Podcasts Spotify 4.

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Realty Biz

DECEMBER 10, 2021

JPAR ® – Real Estate, America’s #1 fastest-growing, 100% commission brokerage, today announced the sale of The Thaxton House, one of only three homes designed by acclaimed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright in the state of Texas. Wright also designed the home’s built-in furniture. “To

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

When you are able to add the number of closings we do to our agents’ book of business, they understand the importance of delivering the results we require.”. Technology plays a key role in managing a platform like JMG, where each real estate agent is under the JMG brokerage umbrella. Technology plays a vital role in this.

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Real Trends

MARCH 7, 2023

It will also help NextHome create more listings of market-ready homes that will require no payments from the sellers until closing. The company employs designers, planners and construction workers to supervise the contractors’ work. The company claims that listed renovated homes sell faster than those that are not.

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RIS Media

JANUARY 18, 2022

a pay-at-closing home improvement solution for real estate agents, brokerages and home sellers, has announced a $65M Series B funding round to support continued growth in the untapped market for fix first, pay-at-closing home improvement. Curbio, Inc., Curbio has raised a total of $93M since its founding in late 2017.

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The Close

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Let’s talk about your dream of starting your own real estate brokerage. After all, having your own brokerage means more money, more autonomy, and greater responsibility. I’ve launched two brokerages, invested in two more, and coached dozens of broker-owners. 7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Real Estate Brokerage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

In February 2022, UWM filed a lawsuit against AML, claiming the brokerage firm owes $2.8 Now, faced with legal action because it closed numerous loans with Rocket in breach of the amendment while it was in effect, AML seeks to rewrite its bargain by asserting facially defective antitrust claims,” UWM states in its motion.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans. It would forever feel like a failure due to its inherent limitations.

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The Close

MARCH 18, 2022

Real estate designations separate you from the competition, demonstrate your expertise, and give you access to professional networks for referrals and support. But, with so many designations to choose from, it’s hard to tell which ones are worth your time, effort, and money. About Real Estate Designations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2021

For the well-prepared real estate brokerages, this holds a promising future. The fusion of technology, quick sales and incredible demand from the public have created a tsunami of discount-based brokerages trying to fill that public demand. Today, both sellers and buyers expect to handle a majority of the process online.

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RIS Media

APRIL 1, 2021

As the real estate landscape continues to evolve, and as consolidation continues to rise, it’s crucial to prepare your brokerage for the future by cementing a strategy for business expansion while creating a valuable asset. Brokers need to build bigger brokerages consistently. Partnerships. Technology.

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The Close

DECEMBER 28, 2022

To help you decide if Coffee & Contracts is right for you, we took a deep dive into the pricing, design, quality of their prewritten content, and features for 2023 to see how it stacks up against the competition. The Close Score 4.3 Design & Copy. Design & Copy Quality: 5 (out of 5). So are they?

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

Sellers could agree to have their broker enter as little as one cent in the compensation fields, which was as close to zero as one could get. “Bright has always offered flexibility and has never specified a cooperative compensation amount,” the announcement states. In addition, NAR said it supports Bright MLS’ decision. economy.”

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Realty Biz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Ribbon’s homeownership platform allows real estate agents and lenders the ability to easily design winning cash offers, empowering their everyday homebuyers — while providing sellers with the certainty and speed of a guaranteed, on-time closing. The company boasts of $1.5

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The Close

JUNE 8, 2023

Virtual, cloud-based, and online real estate brokerages are no different than traditional brick-and-mortar brokerages—other than you don’t have a physical office to go to for meetings, questions, and support. In a virtual real estate brokerage, this is all done by chat, video conferencing, or other software.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

She was nominated as a 2022 HW Insider for her work in building the company’s digital closing platform from the ground up. It’s also given me the opportunity to build programs from scratch across several continents and led me to my current role at Endpoint where we are on the mission to make the closing process easy for all.

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The Close

DECEMBER 5, 2022

After the list, we cover step-by-step instructions for how to choose a real estate coach who will help you close more deals with less stress this year. Sean Moudry & The Close PRO Successful agents who have plateaued in their career; agents who are starting a brokerage or team. Sean Moudry , The Close Pro.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2022

The deal probably ends a lawsuit that the National Fair Housing Alliance and like-minded groups filed 18 months ago accusing the brokerage and popular real estate listings website of offering services in predominantly white neighborhoods at a “substantially greater rate than it does in communities of color.” Presented by: Salesforce.

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Fancy Pants Homes

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Sometimes, it’s because a celebrity once lived in the house, or because a famous designer left its expert touches on the home’s interiors; or maybe the address itself is well-known, for one reason or another. Shigeru Ban-designed home in Sagaponack, NY. Photo credit: Compass Shigeru Ban-designed home in Sagaponack, NY.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Schwartz in a statement said that this expansion “is proof that there’s tremendous appetite for what we’ve built – a digital experience, designed from the ground up to meet the needs of homebuyers today.”. The mortgage is the catastrophe of the real estate transaction,” added Schwartz.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

And the school’s practice tests, contract workshops, and other tools are designed to ensure confidence as you begin your career. In-person or livestream via Zoom on designated dates / times. Choose from Virtual Classroom or Live Class on designated dates / times, at various locations across NC Required 75 hrs of NC coursework.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Think carefully about what goals you want to achieve in the coming year, such as prospecting targets, advertising, closings and taking time off. Consider coordinating your objectives with your brokerage so you’re aligned. However, you can shop plans designed for the self-employed, such as HBG Solo , any time during the year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. Most recently, the private-equity firm invested in Real , a technology-powered real estate brokerage in 2020, and perhaps most notably, e-recording provider Simplifile in 2013.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If you’re an agent, team or brokerage looking to keep a pipeline of qualified listing leads coming your way, SmartZip may the solution you need. Enhance your brand with custom landing pages designed to convert real estate seller leads. But what if you could find them first?

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The Close

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Transaction fee: Sometimes called a desk fee, brokerages may charge agents a flat fee per transaction. Commission-based marketing: Photographers and videographers sometimes offer no upfront cost payment options as an enticement in exchange for higher rates paid when a property closes.

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