Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

As a result, policymakers may be compelled to wait until the labor market demonstrates more pronounced signs of distress before signaling to the marketplace their intention to ease policies further. This approach is intended to soften the labor market and moderate wage growth. The four-week moving average today is also at 323,000.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Leo CoPilot can help agents generate automated marketing materials by leveraging data from an MLS. By automating routine tasks and providing instant, personalized service, we empower agents to focus on what truly matters — building relationships and closing deals,” Real President Sharran Srivatsaa said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Ohio-based builder is offering discounts of up to $20,000 on select homes in Greater Houston , along with no-cost 2/1 rate buydowns , and slashing prices by as much as $93,850 in other markets like Chicago. Chicago’s offerings include doorbuster deals on Quick Move-In homes, which reduce pricing up to $93,850 if the home closes this year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Next year, real estate brokers and team leaders can adapt, innovate and truly thrive in the new market. With these unique strategies, brokers can achieve sustainable success while staying ahead in a competitive market. It also provides your agents with consistent closings, creating a more predictable and growth-focused pipeline.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The new guidelines are designed to make it easier for consumers to revoke consent for unwanted robocalls and texts. It also follows on actions taken by the FCC in December 2023, where the regulator moved to adopt rules that would close the “lead generator loophole” that had been used in the mortgage business.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week announced a new product proposal for government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac that would allow the agency to purchase certain single-family, closed-end second mortgages. This is specifically designed to benefit consumers during the high rate environment, the agency said. “In

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Fleet Homes Real Estate Team – Keller Williams Real estate teams are comprised of real estate agents and other professionals working together towards one common goal to close deals. Depending on the team’s structure, agents can work closely together or independently. Teams are led by a team leader.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Indiana-based lender Ruoff Mortgage is making a move designed to help more homeowners get into new homes with ease. We have partnered with Calque to provide better options to those customers, including the ability to close immediately on a new home before putting their current home on the market.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

Its a busy time to be in the proprietary reverse mortgage space, with new and relaunched products hitting the market and other additional features being added to existing product catalogs. Another potential benefit is for partners to reengage with borrowers who may have been short to close prior to the product’s introduction.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rocket.com is designed for serious buyers and sellers, offering a streamlined path to homeownership, said Jamie Belsky, chief product and design officer at Rocket. Since its launch, the company claims that its AI tool has tripled its conversion rate from website visits to loan closings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Mangus then worked to build the dedicated reverse mortgage department at his new company from scratch and has found a notable degree of success by building Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business through the use of continuing education (CE) classes designed for licensed real estate agents. Curtis Mangus.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Understanding that real estate housing markets are hyperlocal, the RealTrends Verified City Rankings represent the newest evolution of RealTrends agent and team rankings. reflecting the importance of localized expertise in today’s evolving market. reflecting the importance of localized expertise in today’s evolving market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That can include being a housing market expert and advising clients on the best times to list or buy a home; having referrals handy for inspections, repairs, staging and photography; understanding the mortgage origination process; and more. Also top of the list, agents are marketers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

We discussed the current market conditions and revisited the propertys previous listing history including that the last agent had failed to sell it, eventually pulling it off the market 60 days later. Delayed discovery Many fraudulent transactions go undetected until months after closing. Use a service.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

The Platinum Peak product suite aims to offer higher available loan-to-value (LTV) ratios, which are designed to translate into higher loan proceeds for borrowers, according to the announcement. The new variation will also allow Longbridge partners to reengage with borrowers who may have previously been short to close.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Michael Ketchmark , the lead plaintiffs counsel in the Gibson commission lawsuit against real estate brokerages, told Inman News that his firm is closely monitoring NAR s vote and will determine its next steps based on the outcome. I have more faith in the free market than the people who are making arguments like that, he said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Teresa Reber, chief originations officer for The Loan Store, highlighted the company’s commitment to helping brokers close loans faster and improve the buyer experience. ” Last year, The Loan Store launched a consumer rewards program designed to aid mortgage brokers in offering better interest rates. .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

In a press release, the company said it plans to grow the partnership over the next several years through a variety of initiatives designed to build its brand while supporting its mission, vision, values, and industry leadership. The company closed $115.1 from 2023 and good for a market share of 6.9%. And it ranked No.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

It offers order management, instant title reports, closing agent management, and digital closing capabilities. Why Gridbase is a solution designed for the future? Integrating GridBase equips lenders with immediate advantages in an ever-changing market. GridBase is the universal API for lender and title collaboration.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

They explore O’Connor’s personal experience during the Los Angeles wildfires , including evacuation efforts, as well as the current dynamics of the real estate market. My business has always been more design focused. I work with different designers and I do development as well. They were Palisades agents.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Nominations for the 2024 Marketing Leaders award are open now through April 30. This prestigious accolade recognizes the visionaries, innovators and strategists who have set new standards of marketing excellence in mortgage and real estate. She is always strategizing for the future to stay one step ahead of current market trends.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

Is virtual staging finally ready for its close-up? AI can create virtually staged images to match any trendy interior design style you can dream up for a small fraction of the price of traditional virtual staging. We think it is. You can see the results in our test images below.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Some housing industry observers wouldn’t hesitate to mention Southern California when asked about the most competitive real estate markets. markets despite its higher prices and low supply. California’s major housing markets continue to thrive in two main ways despite higher prices and mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

Lever by Movoto offers a suite of services including training, marketing, transaction management, database management and lead generation. The platform is designed to provide solo agents with the structured support typically available to larger teams, company leaders said. The platform, Lever by Movoto, aims to assist eXps U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Heidorn Director of Software Engineering & Infrastructure Cloudvirga Aaron Smith Director, Sales CubiCasa Adrian Provost Chief Executive Officer Realty ONE Group Terminus Ana LeBlanc Human Resources Director InterLinc Mortgage Annie Lemon Producing Branch Manager Gold Star Mortgage Financial Anthony Russo Diamond (..)

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Since its founding, Harvest has closed 5,210 transactions for $6.8 After rock-solid careers of their own, they decided to combine their skills and their shared passion to help Chinese home buyers, sellers and investors navigate Southern Californias competitive real estate market, Real President Sharran Srivatsaa said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

They’re reflective of market conditions.” ” Keller said the main message to agents is that they should be aware that local markets change, and they have to be flexible. He also argued that the national average commission slide has no relevance to an agent in any particular market because the markets are all different.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Describing the modern-day mortgage market as challenging would be an understatement, to say the least. The average rate throughout 2024 for 30-year fixed mortgages was 6.72% higher than it was during the 2008 market crash. It reflects another pressing issue of imbalanced supply and demand in the housing market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

Global investment bank Cambridge Wilkinson today announced the closing of a forward flow agreement up to $100 million for a private real estate lending platform specializing in short-term bridge , fix-and-flip, construction and land development loans.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Peter Sciandra, who serves as EVP of reverse lending secondary marketing at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. Rates re-emerged as a challenge and continue to be as the year winds down to a close. Were seeing market headwinds, and not really seeing a lot of release in the rates.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

Veteran real estate broker-associate Christina Khosrowabadi, who has closed more than $140 million in sales since 2022, has joined Christies International Real Estate Sereno , one of northern Californias largest independent brokerages. She joins Christies Sereno from Side , where she operated her own firm, Redefine Real Estate.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The new rules mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) antitrust settlement are designed to encourage more negotiations for buyer agent commissions. The interviews revealed that buyers in some markets are more open to taking on some of the cost of compensating their agents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Believe it or not, good old-fashioned postcards are still one of the most effective real estate marketing strategies. Even though most agents focus their marketing efforts online, people start thinking about finding a real estate agent well before they hit ENTER on their first Google search. But where do you start?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

She was so busy she could only talk to us from her car, en route to a closing. ” TikTok riches are in the niches TikToks algorithm is designed to give users exactly what they want when they want it. I’m not his ideal agent, and he’s not my target market, even though I handle his transactions. Sound familiar?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

While Skyslope isnt the cheapest real estate transaction software option on the market, its extensive features and focus on audit and compliance make it worth the investment for brokerages that need a reliable system. This allows you to focus on what matters most closing deals. Small teams and solo brokers, this one’s for you!

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Freddie Mac has put its finger on the scale of an emerging loan market that has been the domain of the private-label securities market, which has nurtured its reemergence in recent years. billion have been securitized in the private-label market, “of which $4.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Buyer after closing Dear (Buyer Name), It was a pleasure working with you! Co-broke agent after closing Dear (Agent Name), It was a pleasure working with you on the sale of (Address)! Lender/attorney after a tough closing Dear (Vendor), I know this wasnt an easy one, but thank you for all your help getting us to the closing table.

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