Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

HousingWire is excited to announce this year’s Rising Stars, representing the next generation of leaders in mortgage and real estate. This year 80 honorees were selected.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Mauricio Umansky ‘s residential brokerage The Agency is venturing into core services. Through partnerships with Bubble Insurance Solutions and New American Funding , real estate agents at The Agency will have access to mortgage lending services and insurance services for their clients. In 2023, The Agency ranked as the No.

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Marco Santarelli

MAY 27, 2024

Soaring mortgage rates in 2024? Let's face it, today's mortgage rates can sting. There's a little-known weapon in your arsenal: the assumable mortgage. An assumable mortgage is a way to take over the existing mortgage on a property instead of getting a brand-new loan.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

With the Federal Reserve gone AWOL on purchasing mortgage loans, mortgage rates have doubled and spreads over 10-year Treasuries are at historical highs. 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.

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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. However, in the most challenging mortgage market in over a decade, Impac’s equity reached a negative $11.6 million in stockholder equity.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

As the engines of the housing and mortgage markets continue to sputter due to higher interest rates and fewer buyers, industry innovators are looking for ways to get their company’s wheels off the ground. An originator since 1999, Read got his real estate license in 2014 and opened up his real estate brokerage in 2019.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

While you can develop name recognition over time, I believe that naming your team or brokerage something other than the leader’s name allows more opportunity for scale and differentiation. I still own the national trademark for The Address , which was the name of my first independent brokerage.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

With the Fed gone AWOL on purchasing mortgage loans, mortgage rates have doubled and spreads over 10-year Treasuries are at historical highs. 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. Such opportunities may arise.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has moved to dismiss an amended counterclaim filed by broker shop America’s MoneyLine (AML) that accuses the lender of antitrust practices regarding the “ultimatum” it imposed two years ago. In February 2022, UWM filed a lawsuit against AML, claiming the brokerage firm owes $2.8

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Notable features Salesforce-based CRM integration Lead capture tools with email collection Lead scoring tool for prioritizing clients Market Leader Starting at $139 per month Visit Website Who it’s for Market Leader is ideal for agents and brokerages aiming to enhance their lead generation and client management through a streamlined platform.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Movement Mortgage has tapped Brady Yeager to join the team as national sales director, a role that will lead the expansion of Movement across the country. ” With over 21 years in finance and mortgage lending roles, Yeager’s experience spans investment banking, residential retail mortgage, and private mortgage lending.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Volatile mortgage rates and economic uncertainty have rocked the housing market this year, challenging mortgage lenders, real estate agents, title companies and appraisal firms to adapt quickly to changing conditions. That’s why we’ve designed our HW Annual event Oct.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The mortgage insurance and real estate services company first introduced titlegenius in Florida this past May. In its analysis of Q2 2021 figures surrounding mortgage and real estate closings, FundingShield found an overall increase in the risk of wire and title fraud, with two in five (40%+) transactions categorized as high risk.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2021

While addressing all of these issues is important, should we not have more stories and conversations about how brokerages can capture the most important stakeholder of all? Let’s dive into two areas that technology partners and independent brokerages can align to ensure that demand is captured and more at-bats are won. The homebuyer.

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Marco Santarelli

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you are thinking of starting or expanding your own real estate brokerage, you might be wondering how profitable this business can be. However, with proper planning and execution, real estate brokerages can be highly profitable ventures. Is owning a real estate brokerage profitable? According to a report by IBISWorld, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

agent count and to expand its mortgage business. Under the modified teams program, in order to unlock the program’s financial incentives (which include reduced recurring fees and a broker fee cap), a brokerage in an eligible state must first add any combination of six team leaders or members from outside the RE/MAX network.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

Ryan Serhant, founder of real estate brokerage SERHANT., Serhant launched his namesake brokerage after building the No.1 Serhant’s new brokerage is designed to break the traditional model, with divisions focused on media, branding and technology to reach consumers in a new way. will headline HousingWire Annual Oct.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

AIR is designed to “safeguard the independence, objectivity, and impartiality of appraisers and other Independent Parties throughout the valuation process for 1 to 4-unit residential properties,” according to Fannie Mae. Lenders typically use appraisal management companies (AMCs) to transfer the compliance burden associated with AIR.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). With Wise Pelican, you can try both — it’s a fantastic resource for beautifully designed postcards and letters. For letters, use the template below: Dear (first name), I’m (your name), a real estate professional with (brokerage).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2022

According to United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) CEO Mat Ishbia, who rallied brokers at the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME) Fuse conference in Las Vegas on Saturday, the next year and a half will be a proving ground that will level set the market for brokers, and only some will come out winners.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

In September, Zillow unveiled Zillow Homes , a licensed brokerage entity, which serves as the brokerage of record for all Zillow Offers transactions. 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

APRIL 25, 2024

Instead of generic design templates, LCA Marketing Center’s templates are designed for agents, by agents. The app allows you to quickly choose and edit design templates for social media, flyers, postcards, and even signs and business cards — all from your phone. Already have a lender you love? Invite them to join Curb Hero.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

From leading mortgage companies and real estate firms to spearheading groundbreaking initiatives and driving policy reforms, these honorees are making an indelible impact on housing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

SimpleNexus , a digital mortgage startup, announced on Tuesday that it picked up $108 million in a Series B funding around. The fund raise comes as the company attempts to increase its marketshare within the eClosing and mobile mortgage segments.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Mortgage Industry Standard Maintenance Organization (MISMO) announced last week that the organization is looking for participants for an initiative focused on standardizing pre-closing title document data sets. MISMO hopes that the initiative will streamline the business process and improve the efficiency of the closing process.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As someone who worked for a large, nationally branded brokerage for 30+ years, I had a front-row seat to many mergers and acquisitions. Owning a brokerage isn’t what it used to be More and more aging broker-owners are considering retiring or moving on from real estate. I would love to say they all went well, but they didn’t.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2021

Adwerx is the only digital advertising service designed specifically for leading mortgage lenders to automate compliant, individualized ads for loan officers and branches, and deploy digital marketing at scale to reach prospects directly, build brand awareness, and increase the productivity, recruiting, and retention of loan officers. #1.

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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.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), a composite index designed to track the housing market and consumer confidence to sell or buy a home, increased in March by 5.2 Mortgage applications decreased 2.2%, according to the March 31 report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. points to 81.7.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Here’s a financial checklist that real estate agents and mortgage professionals should complete before the end of the year for more success and financial security in 2024. Consider coordinating your objectives with your brokerage so you’re aligned.

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Real Trends

MARCH 7, 2023

This Millennial generation comprised the largest share of home purchase mortgage applications for the last six years, according to CoreLogic data. 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

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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the world of mortgage lending, there’s an all-too-common sentiment that echoes through the industry: “My loan origination system (LOS) sucks.” In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do.

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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

JANUARY 27, 2021

Many economists are predicting low mortgage rates for an extended period of time which will keep the red-hot seller’s market intact indefinitely. For the well-prepared real estate brokerages, this holds a promising future. Today, both sellers and buyers expect to handle a majority of the process online.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The Seattle-based real estate brokerage and listings platform will be publishing flood risk information on nearly every home on its listing platform, it announced on Tuesday. It provides a climate-adjusted assessment of current risk through the course of a 30-year mortgage.

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