Keeping Current Matters
MAY 21, 2024
If one of the main reasons you’re hesitant to buy a home is because you’re worried about the upkeep, here’s some information you may find interesting on both new home construction and existing homes.
Inman
MAY 21, 2024
Managing broker and new Inman contributor Cassie Walker Johnson writes that in the evolving real estate market, investing in buyer agent compensation is a wise decision that benefits everyone involved.
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Real Estate News
MAY 23, 2024
Buyers may be able to take advantage of lower rates and increasing inventory, but many are still priced out, dampening sales.
Housing Wire
MAY 21, 2024
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs will soon release a circular that “bridges the gap” on an agency law that prohibits a VA buyer from paying their real estate agent compensation, a VA official announced on Tuesday. Michelle Corridon, deputy policy director at the VA, announced at the Mortgage Bankers Association ‘s Secondary & Capital Markets Conference in New York that the circular would be issued between now and June 12.
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Keeping Current Matters
MAY 23, 2024
There’s no denying mortgage rates are having a big impact on today’s housing market.
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Real Estate News
MAY 24, 2024
David Mele, the longtime leader of CoStar’s home search site, confirmed to Real Estate News that he has left his position as president of Homes.com.
Housing Wire
MAY 20, 2024
A coalition of Democratic and independent members of the U.S. Senate , led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), is expected to introduce a new bill on Monday that seeks to immediately renew a push for the funding of public housing to the tune of $70 billion. “Expanding our supply of quality housing is the only way to dig ourselves out of this housing crisis,” Sen.
Keeping Current Matters
MAY 20, 2024
If you’re thinking of making a move this year, there are two housing market factors that are probably on your mind: home prices and mortgage rates.
Inman
MAY 24, 2024
The red brick Georgian mansion, known by children all over the world as Kevin McCallister's home, is back on the market after 12 years and comes with a large Kevin Lego figure for the home theater.
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Real Estate News
MAY 20, 2024
With many owners of existing homes hesitant to give up their low mortgage rates, new homes continue to account for an outsize share of the market.
Housing Wire
MAY 22, 2024
I anticipated solid year-over-year home-price growth in today’s existing home sales report, so I’ve tried my best on social media to inform people that we have a low bar in home-price comps for this report and the next one. This is the context for why the home-price growth data was strong, which took some people by surprise. As you can see below, even though home prices rose in 2023, the median sales price showed negative year-over-year growth in April, May and June of last year.
Keeping Current Matters
MAY 24, 2024
The asking price for your house can impact your bottom line and how quickly it sells.
Inman
MAY 24, 2024
The luxury market is back. That was Compass co-founder and CEO Robert Reffkin's primary message during his latest appearance on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street," where he talked about home price trends, mortgage rates, and stock market ebbs and flows.
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Real Estate News
MAY 19, 2024
A “consumer-centric” approach to buy-side commissions is better for all agents, industry leaders say. Here’s why, and what you need to know about the DOJ.
Housing Wire
MAY 23, 2024
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Thursday published Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2024-10 , outlining reporting requirements that lenders must follow if they detect a cybersecurity intrusion. Effective immediately and applicable to all FHA-insured mortgage programs, the letter states that all lenders “that experience a potential or actual cyber incident must notify HUD via the FHA Resource Center at answers@hud.gov and HUD’s Security Operations Center at cirt@hud.gov within 12 hours of detect
Keeping Current Matters
MAY 22, 2024
Are big investors really buying up all the homes today?
Inman
MAY 23, 2024
Equity Angels was launched in early 2024 by 2018 Inman Person of the Year Kenya Burrell-VanWormer, chief growth officer at NEO, and Katherine Winston, founding member and head of marketing at Plunk.
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Real Estate News
MAY 21, 2024
An appeals court ruled that the government could reopen its investigation. NAR says that decision involved “far-reaching and exceptionally important” errors.
Housing Wire
MAY 18, 2024
New listings data has been moving lower over the last few weeks. I usually wouldn’t care too much about this as its a data line that can be volatile week to week but now it’s been three weeks. The moves haven’t been significant and our weekly pending contracts data picked up this week. But, we need to see more growth in new listings data just to grow from 2023 levels. 2023 new listings data was the lowest ever on record, so it’s already a low bar.
Seattle Times Real Estate
MAY 22, 2024
The mall and its parking garage sold for far less than the last time they traded hands.
Inman
MAY 24, 2024
Christine Quinn and a number of other stars are set to make an appearance on "Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home," a new HGTV series that premieres on Max on June 1.
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Real Estate News
MAY 20, 2024
Minnesota’s largest multiple listing service embraces its “broker-centric, tech-forward focus” as it works through rules changes and pursues collaboration.
Housing Wire
MAY 20, 2024
Fraud and forgery claims represented more than one-fifth of the total dollars spent by title insurers on claims expenses and losses over the past decade, according to a study conducted by Milliman and commissioned by the American Land Title Association (ALTA). Between 2013 and 2022, title insurers recorded 203,181 claims for policies written during that time, and they paid out $4.4 billion in claims related to losses and loss expenses.
RIS Media
MAY 20, 2024
In a real estate transaction, a Use and Occupancy Agreement (U&O) presents a unique solution for buyers and sellers under certain circumstances. This agreement allows a buyer to use and occupy the property before closing the sale. Conversely, it can enable a seller to continue occupying the property post-sale. I will examine the benefits and… The post Benefits and Risks of Use and Occupancy Agreements appeared first on RISMedia.
Inman
MAY 24, 2024
Homeowners can't sell a primary residence through Xome's seller portal without a listing agent, but can hire an agent on their own or ask Xome to match them with one.
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Real Estate News
MAY 21, 2024
A new report describes the political might of NAR, its lavish efforts to protect it, and risks to its future posed by the government — and its own actions.
Housing Wire
MAY 23, 2024
New home sales missed estimates , showing that demand isn’t crashing but not growing much either. However, we need to keep an eye on the housing construction data in this report because it has huge implications for the economic cycle, our recession risk and mortgage rates. As the chart below shows, the housing sector generally poses a future risk to labor if the single-family permits data continues to decline.
RIS Media
MAY 21, 2024
Antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice (DOJ) appear unsatisfied with the agreement struck between the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and plaintiffs in commission lawsuit class-actions, with a DOJ lawyer saying explicitly that they do not want any offers of compensation made by seller agents to buyer agents At a court hearing today in… The post DOJ Lawyer Says No Offers of Compensation ‘Anywhere’ appeared first on RISMedia.
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