Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

What will the housing market look like in 2025? We already see many signals for what to expect, including last week’s data on inventory , new listings and price reductions, which I analyze below. For a more comprehensive look, read our 2025 Housing Market Forecast covering home prices, home sales volumes and more. Last week, there were 9% more newly pending home sales than the same week a year ago and home sales are ticking down for the season.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. residents earning less than $50,000 annually are struggling to keep up with monthly rent or mortgage payments, causing many to make dramatic sacrifices to stay afloat.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has spent much of the past few years having its dirty laundry aired across public domain and in courtrooms. Now a new report is taking aim at compensation for NAR executives. On Monday, The New York Times published an expose about the lavish perks enjoyed by NAR’s executives. Chief among them is the salary of former CEO Bob Goldberg, who earned $1.2 million per year that later ballooned to $2.6 million.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Leaders spent thousands on Hamilton tickets and other luxuries with corporate credit cards, as former execs stayed on the payroll, The New York Times reported.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In preparation for widespread credit scoring changes , leading credit-score and data analytics company VantageScore has launched a Mortgage Resource Center to support lenders transitioning to the VantageScore 4.0 credit model. The new resource provides tools and guidance to facilitate integration and aligns with the growing adoption of VantageScore 4.0 by a number of industry players.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Monday announced that it will raise the 2025 multifamily loan caps for purchases by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to $73 billion each. This represents a total of $146 billion in multifamily market support for next year, an increase of more than 4% from 2024 levels.

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

If you’re debating whether or not you want to sell right now, it might be because you’ve got some unanswered questions, like if moving really makes sense in today’s market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Add American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC , doing business as AnnieMac, to the list of mortgage lenders that have recently suffered a data breach from a cyberattack. The company notified state authorities that it became aware of “suspicious activity” of certain systems within its network in August. After an investigation, it concluded that cybercriminals infiltrated its systems, potentially accessing and acquiring files containing sensitive personal information of 171,074 custom

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BAM Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The New York Times isn’t finished with its investigative reports on the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Last year, journalist Debra Kamin exposed allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic work environment within NAR, amplifying widespread scrutiny at a time when NAR was already dealing with multiple lawsuits and an investigation with the DOJ.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday announced a proposal to shift its Title I home loan programs to the use of the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) that would more closely align them with broader industry standards. The proposal, now available for review on HUD’s Single Family Drafting Table portal for proposed policies, will be available for comments from industry stakeholders through Dec. 18.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The construction industry expects the new administration to loosen regulations, which could boost sales, though other challenges remain.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With U.S. inflation climbing to 2.6% in October—fueled by rising housing and insurance costs—and mortgage rates having edged back above 7%, homeownership remains a distant goal for many living in the U.S. For real estate agents, this economic reality can present both challenges and opportunities, and determine strategies in markets across the country.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In a changing industry, brokerages and agents cannot simply maintain old practices. Those who want to thrive must embrace new ways to evolve and improve.

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Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this HousingWire executive conversation, Michael Chew, Division President at Consolidated Analytics , discusses the viability of task outsourcing as a method for saving time and money for loan originators —especially in preparation for market surges and shifts. Chew stresses the importance of offloading repetitive tasks to experienced teams , removing the need for rushed hiring and subsequent delays.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

TorontoRealtyBlog Do you like Green Day ? I do. More than a little, in fact. They’re my favourite band of all time. Now, surely that statement could result in some snap judgments on your part, depending on what you think of the band, the frontman, the genre, the style, or any of the songs or lyrics that stand out in your head. But I believe that so much of life and our personalities are shaped by early childhood experiences, and as many of you will undoubtedly relate to, this band came a

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RIS Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Above, Morgan Carey Real Estate Webmasters (REW) continues to lead the real estate technology space by consistently innovating and addressing the evolving needs of its clients. Staying true to this commitment, the company recently launched exciting updates to REW CRM—the most notable of which, according to REW CEO Morgan Carey, is the all-new Lead Details… The post Innovating to Meet the Evolving Needs of Clients appeared first on RISMedia.

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Brownstoner

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When pitching houses for sale over the week of Thanksgiving in 1897, an ad assured buyers considering Rutland Road that while they should observe the Thanksgiving Day presidential proclamation of thanks, it shouldn't stop them from taking a look at the modern houses on offer. Popping up just before the… Read More > The post Updated PLG Row House With Striking Woodwork, Wall of Glass Asks $3.75 Million appeared first on Brownstoner.

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RIS Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

BOSTON, MA—There are a few questions present at the forefront of REALTORS®’ minds as of late—Clear Cooperation, compensation, the DOJ investigation into NAR—but none as pressing as how to succeed in the new normal. Anthony Lamacchia—broker/owner and CEO of Lamacchia Companies—and eXp CEO Leo Pareja answered these burning questions during their “Crush It In Real… The post Anthony Lamacchia and Leo Pareja Riff on Clear Cooperation, Compensation and Crushing It in Real Estate appeared first o

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Eye on Housing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Lending standards were essentially unchanged for all residential mortgage categories in the third quarter of 2024, except for Subprime loans, according to the Federal Reserve Board’s October 2024 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS). Demand for most residential mortgage loans remained weaker across all categories in the quarter. Lending conditions for commercial real estate (CRE) loans were.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In the latest filing in its quest for damages, Utah-based discount brokerage Homie asserted NAR, KW, RE/MAX and others created and enforced rules that amounted to an illegal conspiracy.

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

From housing economist Tom Lawler: Based on publicly-available local realtor/MLS reports released across the country through today, I project that existing home sales as estimated by the National Association of Realtors ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.97 million in October , up 3.4% from September’s preliminary pace and up 3.1% from last October’s seasonally adjusted pace.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Volunteer National Association of Realtors' leaders received perks and payment that lawyers say could run afoul of US tax laws, according to an investigation by the Times published on Monday.

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Bigger Pockets

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The newest Zillow Rental Market Report is out, and it’s showing ‘‘a softening of the rental market beyond regular seasonality.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s time for real estate professionals to get serious about their 2025 business outlook, assessing which measures to build upon and which ones to leave behind.

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Eye on Housing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Builder sentiment improved for the third straight month, and builders expect market conditions will continue to improve with Republicans winning control of the White House and Congress. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 46 in November, up three points from October, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

National mortgage lender offering affected customers free credit monitoring and identity theft protection after hackers accessed Social Security numbers in August data breach.

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Bigger Pockets

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you look at the “Hottest Real Estate Markets” lists from major publications, they often miss many crucial factors that truly make a market worth investing in.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A sleeping giant that's righting the ship. A crown-jewel destination that's still in freefall. And a white-hot zone trapped in a low-inventory quagmire. These are the three strangest housing regions in the U.S. today.

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