Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The mortgage industry has been on a roller coaster ride this year due to a resilient economy. In the span of a month, mortgage rates shot up near 7% after dropping to the low 6%-levels. “The economy continues to show strength, and interest rates are repricing to account for the stronger than expected growth, tight labor market and the threat of sticky inflation,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac ’s chief economist.

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Real Estate News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

CEO Ryan Schneider said the company will make cost reductions to bring operations in line with the market, as he expects a volatile year in real estate.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

When people think about the title insurance industry , what comes to mind is often its core products – title insurance policies that protect property rights of homeowners and lenders. But many may be surprised to learn that title and settlement professionals do so much more than conduct title searches, issue policies and process claims. As an industry, our commitment to protection goes beyond title insurance policies.

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Real Estate News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Despite losses on home sales, CEO Carrie Wheeler said the company believes in its value proposition and sees "significant runway" via its Zillow partnership.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Kevin Wilzbach, director, product management at Wolters Kluwer, about the adoption of digital technology and the future of eNotes. HousingWire: What kind of impact has the overall deceleration of the mortgage market had on the adoption of digital technology over the past few quarters? Kevin Wilzbach: Well, I guess the short answer is, it hasn’t helped.

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Real Estate News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The latest movers: The Nielsen Group, Laurie Finkelstein Reader Real Estate, Archpoint Advisory, The Real Estate People, Inspired Living.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mortgage interest rates climbed again this week, with the daily rate approach levels not seen since November.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

LenderLogix, a provider of mortgage automation software and application programming interfaces (APIs), has launched LiteSpeed, a white-label streamlined point-of-sale (POS) system that serves small- to mid-sized mortgage lenders. Patrick O’Brien, the founder and CEO of LenderLogix , said the product was designed in response to the need for a more efficient and cost-effective method of managing the loan application process.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Watch this week's three new expert-led classes featuring top tips for agents, and what you should know about the latest tech trends

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Despite the closed title purchase order volume dropping 36% year over year and the number of closed refinance orders dropping 79% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, Fidelity National Financial still managed to record a strong Q4 in 2022. “Our title business has continued to perform well despite the fall off in mortgage originations due to increasing mortgage rates and housing market headwinds,” Mike Nolan, Fidelity’s CEO, told investors during the firm’s fourth-quarter earnings call mid-mor

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The company attributes the success to "consistent coaching and humanizing of the chatbot," which in the past year increased daily messages by 322 percent and daily lead responses by over 108 percent.

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Eye on Housing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

While the two main confidence indexes for multifamily housing increased slightly in the fourth quarter, they both remain in negative territory, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released today by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The MMS produces two separate indices. The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) increased two points to 34 compared to the previous.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The dominant iBuyer lost nearly $400 million in the fourth quarter, according to an earnings call Thursday afternoon. That's better than the previous quarter, but a big jump from the same period in 2021.

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Bigger Pockets

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

ChatGPT is only a sliver of what’s already available in the AI space. Bernice Ross talks to team leader Kendall Bonner and offers a roundup of some of the hottest applications you’ll want to add to your AI toolbox.

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Tom Ferry

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Know the J-Curve stages of business growth to keep your eyes ahead and embrace discomfort. Let’s talk about growing pains. Specifically, let’s talk about where those pains begin in the stages of business growth. Good things don’t come easy; you know that. But why does it always seem that just when you’re getting the […] The post Know the J-Curve to Conquer the Stages of Business Growth appeared first on Tom Ferry.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Find out how these attorneys, brokers and friends put their legal and financial expertise to work to create exceptional outcomes.

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Broke Agent Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

RBN’s points deal may be too good to pass up for some buyers and sellers. Here’s what to know — and how to get in on it. What do you give as a closing gift? A knife set? A gift card? One of those pencil drawings of the house itself? What if you could gift a trip to Europe or a week at a luxury spa? A million American Express points could make that possible.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

According to the suit filed Wednesday, Michael Bjorkman and David Golden took advantage of women while attending real estate industry events.

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Maximum Exposure Real Estate

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mortgage Terms You Need to Know When Buying or Selling a Home Specific “mortgage definitions” are essential to understand whether you are buying or selling a home. Mortgage definitions and terminology can be confusing when you’re not using them daily. The mortgage process can be intimidating, and no wonder since you are trying to qualify […] The post Mortgage Lending Definitions and Terminology You Need to Know appeared first on Maximum Real Estate Exposure.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Ohio is the latest state to file suit against MV Realty for deceptive practices following probes by regulators over its "homeowner benefit agreements" in Florida, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

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Broke Agent Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

BAM Details: The Fannie Mae ESR Group reports a strong start in 2023 for the economy and housing market and no longer expects a recession in Q1. Recent data releases suggest further weakness ahead as consumer spending outpaces income and a January rebound in inflation points to more aggressive action from the Fed. The Fannie Mae ESR Group has reported a stronger-than-expected start in 2023 for the U.S. economy and housing market.

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The deal brings RE/MAX Capital Realty under the operations of the RE/MAX Alliance Group, growing the combined companies' forces into a total of about 400 agents and staff.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Fifteen offers, wow! Who says the market is slow, right? In actual fact, and this is a topic for another day, the market has come back hard over the last three weeks. Agents are seeing it and talking about it, buyers are feeling it, and some sellers are making moves where as they wouldn’t have six weeks ago. Today’s blog will highlight an example of how and why the market looks to have made a comeback, specifically, sale price that even the buyer and the buyer age

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Inman

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Revenue declined 33 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 — and 13 percent year over year — as the franchisor dealt with double-digit declines in transaction and unit volume across every business segment.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

JPAR® Real Estate is pleased to announce the opening of JPAR® Iron Horse. The office is set to open its doors on March 1 in Pleasanton, CA. JPAR® Iron Horse will be owned and operated by Erica Starkey, CEO and Broker and Dan Starkey, COO - Operations and Marketing. This office is among the first JPAR® offices in California as the brand expands into the golden state.

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Bigger Pockets

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The housing market has entered into a new era never measured before.

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BubbleInfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Do you need help with finding your next home! For those who can stay around here, it’s easier – and I can help you. How about those of you who want to leave San Diego County – how can you find good help?

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Bigger Pockets

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Most people assume that buying rental properties is only for those making six-figure salaries.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

New developments in the field of artificial intelligence have been making leaps and bounds over the past few years. The practical applications of newer, “smarter” algorithms and machine learning models are everywhere in the real estate industry. AI predictive modeling is used in countless ways for analyzing properties and making market forecasts for everything from when a home will sell, how much it’s likely to sell for, and which residents in a neighborhood are likely to put their property up o

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