Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

According to the National Association of Realtors , in 2023, 41% of surveyed buyers signed agency agreements, up from 35% in 2022. In addition to advising homebuyer to take precautions when signing a buyer agency agreement, the CFA also invited regulators to scrutinize these agreements.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

In its filing, HomeServices asked for a review of an August 2023 ruling by the Eight Circuit Court, which found that HomeServices could not enforce arbitration agreements signed by seller clients of its franchisees. In a filing, Judge Stephen Bough, who oversaw the Sitzer/Burnett trial in Oct. The Eighth Circuit refused this request.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Supreme Court and asked for a review of an August 2023 ruling by the Eight Circuit Court, which found that HomeServices could not enforce arbitration agreements signed by seller clients of its franchisees. The appeals court said that this was because the contracts signed by the sellers were not directly signed by HomeServices.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

In October 2023, the firm — which is known for its “buy before you sell” product that enables a mortgage lender to treat the client’s current home as sold while giving them the ability to sell their home on the open market for up to 90 days after buying their new property — launched a partner channel.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

In a filing earlier this week, HomeServices of America asked Judge Stephen Bough, who is overseeing the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit , to deny the plaintiffs motion for entry of judgement. billion in damages. billion in damages. This is 88% of the trebled damages award by the Missouri jury in October. starting Nov. starting Nov.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In a court document filed on Friday, HomeServices of America told the Supreme Court that each HomeServices of America client contract states that the “signatories can arbitrate any claim or dispute arising out of the contract.” Commission lawsuit defendant HomeServices of America is asking the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Anticipating burnout: The subtle warning signs Peaks of high earnings and troughs of scrambling for new deals define real estate. Look for subtle indicators like decreased enthusiasm, increased absenteeism or a decline in proactive communications, as these could be the first signs of impending burnout.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

The Closing Exchange (TCX) partners with its clients to configure solutions to support their workflow at every stage of their digital evolution. TCX provides a full spectrum of signing solutions, including mobile notary, eSigning, hybrid eSignings, IPEN and RON.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Lenders can choose to integrate and configure many third-party services such as verification of asset, verification of employment/ verification of income , e-signing and e-closing. With the deal, Maxwell expanded its secondary market platform to add more than 180 clients.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

Over the past year or so, we have seen an uptick in questions relating to commission disputes between brokers and their clients. A typical commission dispute arises when, after signing a listing agreement or buyer-broker agreement: A seller-client “cancels” a valid purchase contract. A seller-client cancels a listing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Some of my agents have told me that their clients want to list their property with us, but they did not want to put an eXp sign up in their front yard because of the reputation.” Brohm and his team have been with eXp since 2018. When The New York Times is writing about it , it is not good,” Brohm said. That openness is just incredible.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

The first is that Mosaik is designed to be an agent/client collaboration platform so we can serve agents from an operational standpoint, help them increase their productivity, streamline their operations, and also empower them to deliver just a better digital experience to their clients.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ultimately, every homebuyer prospect, every contract and every negotiation is different, but your value should be consistent for all situations and clients. Ultimately, every homebuyer prospect, every contract and every negotiation is different, but your value should be consistent for all situations and clients. Are they relocating?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Most importantly, your website should be designed with prospective clients in mind, giving them the exact information they need and steps to get in touch. Remember — your prospective clients are glancing through dozens of agents’ websites. Then acknowledge their pain points by showing exactly how you can help them.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Imagine if you could bottle the enthusiasm your clients have for working with you and use it to capture new business in 2024. In this article, we’ll show how to procure top-notch client testimonials, where and how to share them, and how to leverage them to bolster your reputation and close more deals in 2024.

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2024

In pursuit of a bigger slice of an estimated $14 billion market after Black Knight acquisition, Intercontinental Exchange signs 37 new Encompass clients and four new servicing clients.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether you’re presenting to a good friend, a referral client or a colder lead, there are some universal mistakes you must avoid if you want to take the listing. Don’t make the appointment all about you Always make it all about the client: their needs, motivation, time frame and priorities. Park in the street.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

Since signing on to The Agency in mid-July, she has already brought $5 million in existing home inventory online and $8 million in builder listings to the firm. He has a background in managing sales operations and brokering transactions between clients in the U.S. Rizo is coming to The Agency from Douglas Elliman. and Mexico.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The pay plan now known as Redfin Next , after rebranding from its original launch name of Redfin Max , allows agents to earn commission splits of up to 75% for transactions they generate on their own and up to 40% for transactions with clients they met via the Redfin platform.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

While Bright MLS, which serves clients in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., “We are making this small change to underscore the complete flexibility of Bright subscribers to engage in transparent negotiations with their clients,” the firm wrote in an announcement on its website. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

She said that prior to joining the lawsuit, she was unaware that clients could negotiate the commission and claimed that she would have “gone a different direction” if she had known. According to Ellis, a 6% commission has already been filled in on the contract prior to her signing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Do you remember the last time you received a letter in the mail, in an envelope, that was hand-addressed to you? People remember snail mail simply because we don’t receive much of it. It’s an effective strategy to add to (and amplify) your other prospecting activities. Please think of me as your go-to resource for all things real estate.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

While we do not comment on pending litigation, Guild’s long-standing reputation for doing what’s right is built from our core values of integrity and respect, and we are committed to those values with every employee, client, and partner,” Guild said in a statement. Seely’s attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comments.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

When clients find their dream house and are ready to make an offer, Todd Armstrong’s next call isn’t necessarily to the seller’s agent or the buyer’s loan officer. “We Scalone recently wrote a policy for clients buying a home in Claremont, the Serra Mesa area of San Diego, which he described as a “pretty urban environment.” “A

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Practice furiously fast lead follow up Answer your phone when you’re not with clients, and anyone who lands in your voicemail, Messenger, Whatsapp or other texts has to be called back immediately. Don’t just vow to “survive another one” — instead, commit to thriving and making this your best year ever.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Black Knight will integrate Wolters Kluwer ‘s eNote and eVault capabilities in order to cut lenders’ costs per transaction and secure their clients’ electronically signed assets. Using the eVault helps clients securely manage their electronically signed assets throughout the entire post-execution loan life cycle.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

To get a better idea of the dynamics driving this data, RMD spoke with Jon McCue, RMI’s director of client relations, for additional perspective and a breakdown of why business moved this way. The retail channel volume decrease of 15.7% effectively “masked” a gain of 3.9% posted on the wholesale side of the business, according to RMI.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Due to how HomeServices and its affiliates handle their client contracts, if a dispute arises, each client is entitled to individual arbitration of their claims. 27, 2019, and the present — 118 different client agreements that are subject to arbitration fall under the laws of 35 different states. Filed in late 2023 in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The agents in these two metros will remain W-2 employees who still receive benefits, including health care, 401(k) matching, mileage, dues, technology tools, team support and all listing marketing expenses, including photography, staging, yard signs and other collateral materials. They’ve got people signing up left and right,” Aleem said. “So,

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Coming out of COVID, we saw our competitors getting very active, either buying companies or extending huge signing bonuses. For most of its history, New American Funding (NAF) has focused on organic growth, but earlier this month, the company acquired Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. Draper and Kramer fit well with that initiative.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Short-Term Rental Analysis is easy to read, provides true short-term rental comparables and key market insights, and is analyzed and signed by one of Opteon’s Commercial Staff Appraisers. The company will continue to work with its clients to understand their problems and collaborate on creative ways to solve them.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As a SmartZip user, you’ll get immediate access to its customer relationship management (CRM) tool, pre-populated with client data from your target market so you can begin marketing to those potential sellers. You need to sign up for a demo to get full pricing details. Then, it deploys marketing campaigns on your behalf.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Surveyed professionals also pointed to finding investor clients and have had success with products such as non-qualified mortgages ( non-QM s), down payment assistance programs (DPAs) and home equity line of credits ( HELOC s). About 37% of respondents were spending money in social media and 34.8% in events to garner business. Roughly 36.3%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2023

This jargon is what distinguishes us as professionals; however, our clients do not speak our language. If our clients spoke “mortgage” they would need us less. Starting today, let’s make a pact to only speak to our clients using words and phrases which make sense to them. We need to provide a client experience unlike any other.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

From fully online to wet-sign and hybrid options, the end-to-end solutions Black Knight brings to the table are designed with the purpose of helping lenders select the best way to close each loan while providing a simplified closing process with lower costs and improved customer outcomes. “It Joe Nackashi, Chief Executive Officer.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the real estate market continues to grapple with high interest rates and low inventory, agents entering the market are looking for affordable client relationship management (CRM) tools that offer a cost-effective means to automate and manage client interactions.

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