Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, transportation and warehousing, construction, and manufacturing. The U6 unemployment rate, which has been historically used by American bearish people to say the labor market isn’t great, is currently below what we saw in the best levels before the great financial crisis.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Master-planned communities continue to attract buyers and outperform the overall new home market by offering a lifestyle, which elevates and links a collection of neighborhoods,” Ken Pearlman, managing principal at John Burns Research & Consulting, said in a statement.

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RIS Media

AUGUST 2, 2021

If you’ve spent any time watching the real estate market this year or working in the field, you know we’re navigating one of the hottest seller’s markets on the books, and new construction has been an ongoing challenge. Falling Lumber Costs Could Level Out the Market. Will the result take immediate effect? Probably not.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2023

Understanding and optimizing each stage of this funnel is critical to streamline recruitment and attract top-tier talent. With that in mind, let’s break down a successful real estate recruitment funnel and how to optimize each stage: 1. Awareness At this stage, potential recruits become aware of your brokerage and what it stands for.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although high mortgage rates, elevated home prices and limited housing inventory have crippled the 2023 housing market, the outlook for 2024 is brighter, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). “The bond market is forcing the Fed to pivot.”

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Sales New Construction Staging Mortgages 450

Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2023

In this tight market cycle, strategic operational decisions can be the difference between success and failure. At HousingWire Annual 2023, attendees will get the inside scoop on the strategies that operational leaders, like Sarah Gonzalez, rely on to grow their businesses in any market. How are you driving your LOs to up their game?

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

Take your customers on virtual tours Virtual property tours are essential in real estate marketing, and these tours leverage VR technology’s power. Moreover, properties featuring 3D tours spend less time on the market — typically around one-third less time — and agents can secure higher selling prices.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

The bond market saw that wage growth was cooling down, leaving the Federal Reserve with few reasons to keep the rate hike story going much longer. The Fed will not tolerate a tight labor market, or Americans on the lower end of the wage pool making more money. Friday’s job report shows there is a clear pathway to get there.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

The real estate industry is in the stages of a seismic shift to fully digital experiences. Furthermore, when it comes to new construction homes, more than one-third of buyers have their interest piqued in a builder while browsing online. Innovation is not just on the construction side — it also can be adopted on the sales side.

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New Construction Construction Sales Industrial 439

Realty Biz

OCTOBER 6, 2023

To that end, here are some best practices to follow in order to keep every site safe and secure, whatever its size and whatever stage of construction has been reached. Implement Strict Access Control: Key to Site Security Preventing unauthorized entry is a crucial first step in securing your construction site, so has to be a priority.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

The subsequent housing market crash sharply reduced that number to an average of about 50,000 originations per year from the late 2010s through 2020. In its executive summary, the report found that the HECM program grew “substantially” during the 2000s and reached its height of 114,000 originations in 2009. per square foot, or 3.5

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

The only entity to be immediately impacted in the initial rebranding stage is Ocwen itself, but a version of the new name is expected to roll out to both Liberty and PHH at some point in 2024. It has constructed a servicing platform while adding multi-asset originations and asset management capabilities. Ocwen Financial Corp.,

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Realtor.com

JANUARY 2, 2023

While purchasing new construction is indeed different from purchasing previously owned property, many misconceptions abound about new builds. With that in mind, we’re here to set the record straight on some easily busted new-construction myths that just won’t quit. New construction homes are more expensive.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

There was rampant speculation after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting last week about the timing and number of interest rate cuts this year. However, for me it’s always been about the labor market and jobless claims data, and that data line hasn’t broken enough for the Fed to be more aggressive. unemployment.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 25, 2023

Think of it as the bedrock of your construction empire. This blueprint outlines your goals, market strategy, and competition analysis—every intricate detail that sets the tone for your company's journey. Seek out professionals who are genuinely passionate about their craft and thrive in the dynamic world of construction.

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Construction Branding Technology Industrial 69

Realtor.com

MARCH 8, 2021

Instead, you might need a construction loan. In this installment from our Guide to Building Your Own Home , we’ll cover everything you need to know about construction loans. What is a construction loan? This down payment is based on the combined cost of the land and estimated construction costs. For instance?

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Keeping Current Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2021

If you’re ready to sell but have held off because you weren’t sure you’d be able to find a home to move into, newly built homes and those under construction can provide the options you’ve been waiting for. You’ll have an even greater opportunity to design your future home to suit your needs. Bottom Line.

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Construction Staging Design Sales 236

Norada Real Estate

JANUARY 27, 2023

When it comes to investing in residential real estate, there are only two basic types of property you can invest in – new construction and resale. New construction properties are those that are purchased directly from the builder or developer who constructed the property. This however is not common in today’s market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2022

A tighter labor market is a good thing, I always say; this means people with less educational backgrounds can get employed as we do have many jobs that don’t require a college education. Look at the jobs data and which sector added jobs in March: Construction jobs came in positively, but retail trade took a big hit.

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Realty Biz

JULY 4, 2022

Management scheduling is the key to success for your construction business. It’s vital that every task assigned to your team meet the expected quality standards set by you in the planning stage. By developing an accurate schedule, you are sure that the construction projects remain safe and solid throughout. Conclusion.

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Construction Development Staging As-is 75

Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2022

A tighter labor market is a good thing; this means people with less educational backgrounds can get employed as we have many jobs that don’t require a college education. Looking at the jobs data and which sector added jobs in March, construction and manufacturing jobs came in positively, and we only lost jobs in the government.

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Construction Staging Sales As-is 510

Keeping Current Matters

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Mark Fleming, Chief Economist for First American , just reported : “Since hitting a low point during the initial stages of the pandemic, the only major industry to display immunity to the economic impacts of the coronavirus is the housing market. Purchaser demand is so high, the market is running out of available homes for sale.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

Even in a hot seller’s market, there is aspirational pricing. Secret #2 Sometimes, especially in a low-inventory market, your potential seller client may know about comparable sales you didn’t capture. The average days on the market You should know this stat for properties like your subject property.

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If your career as an aspiring country artist flopped or you’d like to ditch the suburbs for a place walking distance to the farmer’s market, you’ll need to pull out all the stops to sell your house fast in Nashville. The difference between staging can mean one week or one year on the market,” says Quinlan. That last task?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2023

Since 2022 — as the labor market has been getting hotter with massive job gains and high job openings — the year-over-year wage growth data has been falling. Let this sink in; while the labor market was booming in 2022 and 2023, the fear of a wage spiral never materialized. I wrote recently about the 1970s inflation and mortgage rates.

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Mortgages Banks Marketing As-is 497

The Close

DECEMBER 27, 2022

I bought my first investment property at 21 years old, before I really understood the potential impact of real estate market cycles. But it took time and experience to figure out the particular moments in a real estate market cycle that are better for different types of investing. Understanding Real Estate Market Cycles.

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Marco Santarelli

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The housing market is experiencing a significant slowdown , with economists predicting that 2023 will be the slowest year for home sales since the 2008 housing bubble burst. These high rates are dissuading many potential homebuyers from entering the market, making 2023 one of the toughest years for real estate sales.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2023

Put those disco pants back in the closet; this isn’t the 1970s, John, and the bond market has been saying this to anyone who would listen. If the labor market breaks this year, meaning jobless claims noticeably rise, that should send the 10-year yield to 2.73% , and mortgage rates can go as low as 5.25%.

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Mortgages Construction Sales As-is 422

Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Then, the housing market takes off like a rocket with home values exceeding all expectations. If any of this resonates with your personal experience in the current market, you have officially entered the realm of interacting with homeowners in the post-pandemic economy. of outstanding debt was in some stage of delinquency, up by 0.1

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Equity Loans Bankruptcy New Construction 422

Point2Homes

JANUARY 27, 2023

Office Market (December 2022) - Point2 News The state of the office sector remains unsettled in 2023, and predicting its future is challenging. With a greater demand for higher-quality spaces and plenty of options hitting the market, fewer businesses might be purchasing office space, but those that do are spending more. A total of 261.3

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Realty Biz

MARCH 29, 2021

Using SEO, Google local business pages, listings on niche sites and power networks like Zillow and Trulia, and employing social media creatively are common marketing tactics that help the process. Here are three novel real estate marketing ideas that help achieve these goals. Virtual Staging. 3D Walkthroughs. 3D Walkthroughs.

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Staging Marketing Design Technology 89

GeekEstate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s real estate technology market map, which includes more than 240 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This is the third update to the market map and includes over 100 additional companies — a testament to the pace of entrepreneurship in this segment.

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Lab Coat Agents

MARCH 20, 2023

However, with the average office worker receiving 96 emails per day, according to the Radicati group , a technology market research firm,a strong multi-channel strategy may be required to break through the din. This simple framework assists in organizing how your marketing will tie to your other initiatives and optimize it for efficacy.

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Realtor.com

MARCH 5, 2021

Discovery+ On “One Week To Sell,” New York–based designer Taylor Spellman takes homes that have been sitting on the market and makes them over so they get snapped up by buyers. In the episode “Construction Zone to Home,” Spellman and her team work on a home that’s next to a huge construction site.

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Marketing Staging Construction Design 74

Broke Agent Media

MAY 10, 2023

Regarding the residential real estate market, Yun forecasts that mortgage rates will drop to around 6% by the end of 2023 and below 6% in 2024. Yun’s forecast for the commercial real estate market includes a decrease in valuations of commercial properties and a decline in total transactions. It’s death by a thousand cuts.

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Commercial Marketing Residential Banks 75

Point2Homes

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Instead, a combination of factors has halted growth in many office markets across the U.S. were the only markets in the top 25 to record a decline in vacancy rates in the past 12 months. were the only markets in the top 25 to record a decline in vacancy rates in the past 12 months. Over the 50 top U.S. last month, down 0.1%

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Marketing Construction Development Staging 69

Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2021

A year after issuing its first Single-Family Green Mortgage Backed Security on Earth Day 2020, Fannie Mae has now completed 25 transactions for the program, totaling $167 million in bonds backed by mortgages on newly constructed, energy-efficient homes. ENERGY STAR 3.0

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