Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has launched a new service to handle all the title work for its brokers on refinancings. As a result, brokers no longer need to deal with a title company or settlement agent to close a refi. The top U.S. mortgage lender announced the service on Thursday during an annual meeting with its broker partners in Pontiac, Michigan.
Keeping Current Matters
MAY 16, 2024
There’s no denying the last couple of years have been tough for anyone trying to buy a home because there haven’t been enough houses to go around.
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Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Across all states, California poses the highest risk of bankruptcy for Americans ages 65 and older, according to a study released by personal finance website Moneywise. The study analyzed 11 factors to determine which states put elderly U.S. citizens at the greatest risk of bankruptcy. It determined each state’s risk of bankruptcy by assigning a risk score on a scale of 100 based on factors like poverty rates, debt-to-income ratios, health care expenses and overall cost of living.
Real Estate News
MAY 16, 2024
Squint and you can see a bright side as housing starts bounce back and mortgage rates drop a bit (but stubbornly stay above 7%).
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Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Proptech firm RealReports unveiled a new feature for its AI-powered assistant, Aiden, the company announced on Thursday. The new feature harnesses the capabilities of multimodal artificial intelligence to instantly analyze and summarize complex property documents, including inspection reports, appraisals and seller disclosures. Multimodal AI technology allows advanced artificial intelligence systems to process and integrate various types of data inputs — including text, images and audio.
Real Estate News
MAY 16, 2024
Will Homes.com sell buyer agent leads? “Never,” says Andy Florance, who believes all the portals will eventually move to “your listing, your lead.
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Real Estate News
MAY 16, 2024
Watch the conversation with NorthstarMLS’s Tim Dain as he discusses how technology can work better for agents, and the not-so-simple outcomes of the NAR deal.
Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
A study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed to assess the state of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program over a 20-year period. The study, commissioned by the HUD PD&R and compiled by analytics firm SP Group LLC and its subcontractor Econometrica Inc. , assessed three separate elements of the HECM program’s effectiveness from 2000 to 2020 — including borrower impacts, financ
Real Estate News
MAY 16, 2024
Christy Budnick is out after three years as HSF Affiliates CEO; Gino Blefari to take on dual CEO roles. Plus, a new VP of operations at United.
Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Corcoran Baer & McIntosh , a franchisee of Corcoran Group based in New York City , acquired New Jersey -based Woodward Realty Group , the companies announced on Wednesday. Through this merger , Corcoran Baer & McIntosh will welcome Woodward Realty Group’s 26 agents, bringing the brokerage ’s agent count to more than 130. Woodward Realty Group serves clients across 53 unique municipalities of Monmouth County, New Jersey — including Rumson, Middletown, Fair Haven, Freehold, Little Silver,
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Inman
MAY 16, 2024
May 6 remarks from Anthony Lamacchia spurred at least one NAR midyear attendee to leave the MLS Forum in protest, others to hurl steering accusations, and NAR's senior counsel to intervene.
Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Just weeks after announcing it reached a nationwide settlement agreement in the commission lawsuits , HomeServices of America is undergoing some major changes to its leadership team. Last week, Christy Budnick announced that she will be stepping down as CEO of HSF Affiliates , the franchisor of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices , effective June 3. In a message to network leaders that was obtained by HousingWire , Budnick stated, “The last three years have been the best of my professional car
Inman
MAY 16, 2024
Shock-Gard CEO Matthew Bullock and his wife are the buyers of the spec home. The sale bests a previous record set last month by Brazilian race car driver Claudio Dahruj's home purchase.
Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
With the latest industry turmoil around compensation, steering and more due to lawsuits and the investigation by the Department of Justice , those outside the housing industry would assume the benefit to listing a home on the MLS would be negligible. They would be wrong. The MLS is crucial for home sellers , even in a strong seller’s market, as it provides significant financial benefits and access to more potential buyers, according to a recent study by Bright MLS called “On-MLS Stud
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Inman
MAY 16, 2024
Lawsuit alleges search results on Mortgage Matchup are "designed to steer borrowers to brokers who funnel nearly all their business to UWM, regardless of whether UWM offers the most competitive loan terms.
Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Open the door to the most powerful room in housing. Join us at The Gathering 2025 in Denver, CO, June 8-11. Go here to lock in special pricing with your registration. One of the first articles HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami wrote this year was titled, “The savagely unhealthy housing market is over.” That was back in February. Then, just three months later, he posed the question, “Is the savagely unhealthy housing market back?
Inman
MAY 16, 2024
Unique, engaging and highly specific content can make you a trusted resource for buyers and sellers locally and regionally, Chicago broker David Marden writes.
Housing Wire
MAY 16, 2024
Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Sridhar Sharma, executive vice president and chief information officer at Mr. Cooper , to talk about how the company is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to increase productivity while making their customers happier. Sarah Wheeler: You came into the mortgage space about nine years ago after leading teams at NTT Data and Infosys.
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Inman
MAY 16, 2024
For real estate agents, highlighting diverse financing options is one of the easiest ways to attract more traffic to their listings. Clever's Luke Babich shares a few programs and options to know about.
RIS Media
MAY 16, 2024
With the U.S. still experiencing a housing shortage due to construction halts from the COVID-19 pandemic, housing completions, and starts, should continue to push positive, as each showed true in April—and the need for housing remains everlasting. According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, housing starts reached a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.360… The post Housing Starts Rebound in April, Rising 5.7% appeared first on RISMedia.
Inman
MAY 16, 2024
The rollout of the latest iteration of ChatGPT, calling itself Alex 4o, allows you and your business to do more than you ever thought possible. Author and trainer Bernice Ross shares the latest enhancements.
RIS Media
MAY 16, 2024
Escrow holdbacks and repair escrows are common tools in real estate transactions, used to facilitate smooth property transfers under certain conditions. These financial arrangements help manage and mitigate risks associated with property conditions at closing. I will clarify the distinctions and similarities between escrow holdbacks for repairs and other types of escrow accounts.
Speaker: Sarah Santa Ana, Real Estate Coach, Move4Free Realty
Networking is one of the crucial elements in every real estate organization's success. Both agents and real estate companies need to maintain robust networking links. This is why social media is essential for any real estate professional! Social media enables you to stay in touch with your present clients, maintain connections with your past clients, and engage potential customers and investors.
Inman
MAY 16, 2024
The Agency repped the building’s sales for one year before SERHANT. stepped in to take the reins on the 21-unit UWS boutique luxury residence known as 'Fifteen.
RIS Media
MAY 16, 2024
You don’t have to like it. But you can only hate it for so long. More than two months after the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) announced it was paying $418 million and making long-resisted changes to MLS policy and compensation, brokers and MLS leaders are still seeing that anger in the real estate community.… The post Don’t Get Angry, Get Educated: How MLS Data, Buyer Contracts Can Transcend Settlement Changes appeared first on RISMedia.
Inman
MAY 16, 2024
S&S Christie's International Real Estate, was born through a collaboration with S&S Group, a conglomerate of ultra-luxury companies that span the automotive, timepiece, fashion, art and, now, real estate sectors. Their first office will open in Saigon in June.
RIS Media
MAY 16, 2024
Above, Filippo Incorvaia and Sarah Close When real estate professionals, and anyone else for that matter, look back on what happened within the residential real estate industry during 2023-24, normally vital measures such as mortgage rates and number of homes sold will not just take a back seat to the legal issues that have dominated… The post The Buyer Agent Playbook: Brokerage Leaders On Generating New Business Post-Burnett appeared first on RISMedia.
Speaker: Trey Willard, Realtor/Team Leader at Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
In order to create continued success in today’s real estate market, realtors need to utilize an arsenal of technology that will increase their efficiency and presence on social media. Using technology to manage your prospects and tap into their needs through websites, social media, and other channels is critical for real estate success in 2022 and beyond.
Inman
MAY 16, 2024
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RIS Media
MAY 16, 2024
As the adage goes, the only thing constant is change. But what if embracing change becomes the new constant? I firmly believe change is good. To grow, it is important to not only welcome change but to use it to inspire opportunities to evolve and innovate. Yet, equally as important, as we prepare for what… The post Change, With a Backbone of Consistency appeared first on RISMedia.
Inman
MAY 16, 2024
Find out how this top luxury team leader and his marketing-forward Spears Group have transformed their corner of the Florida market.
RIS Media
MAY 16, 2024
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 7.02% this week, down for the second week in a row from last week’s 7.09%, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) from Freddie Mac released Thursday. This week’s numbers: The 30-year FRM averaged 7.02% as of May 16, 2024, down from last week when it averaged… The post Mortgage Rates Decrease Again appeared first on RISMedia.
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