Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2022

It will get worse for the housing market – and mortgage industry – before it gets better. That’s the takeaway from a group of economists at Fannie Mae who slashed their forecast for 2022 home sales this week. “Housing remains clearly on the downtrend — and has been for several months now — due to the combined effects of outsized home price increases and the significant and rapid run-up in mortgage rates,” Fannie Mae’s Chief Economist Doug Duncan said in a statement.

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Maximum Exposure Real Estate

AUGUST 22, 2022

What is a Home Inspector? Are you looking to find an outstanding home inspector? Choosing a home inspector is part of the home buying process, a decision that can significantly impact your satisfaction with your future home. A home inspector is a professional engaged in performing the service of assessing a property’s condition. It can […].

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Redfin

AUGUST 25, 2022

We all want visitors and families to feel welcome when they come to our homes. You also want your home’s exterior to look its best when you’re ready to sell. It’s the focal point for any potential buyer, and what they see as they approach the front steps will be their first impression of the house. So whether you are planning on staying in your home for a few more years or are preparing to sell, these budget-friendly curb appeal ideas will make for an eye-catching exterior.

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Keeping Current Matters

AUGUST 25, 2022

If you’re thinking about buying a home, you likely have a lot of factors on your mind.

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Advertiser: Trellis

Trellis is a state trial court research and analytics platform that provides Real Estate Professionals (Buyers, Foreclosure, Loan Modification, etc.) with LEADS on Pre-Foreclosures, Lis Pendes, Distressed Assets and more — to help uncover **new** opportunities and grow their business. The process is quick and easy — and all in real time. Trellis will supply you with a link to the relevant dockets, a Leads sheet and access to its UI where applicable.

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Keeping Current Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

Whether or not you owned a home in 2008, you likely remember the housing crash that took place back then.

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The American Genius for Real Estate

AUGUST 22, 2022

The phrase "housing bubble" is beginning to percolate in some circles, so let's break that down. The post Are we in the middle of a housing bubble? appeared first on The American Genius Real Estate.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 24, 2022

Over the last few years it has been an extreme seller’s market characterized by low inventory and rising home prices. Home sellers have been in the drivers seat. Most homes listed for sale have experienced bidding wars with sales prices ending up far over the asking price. It has been the ultimate nirvana for home sellers. Not so much for home buyers who have seen their dream home become more and more expensive.

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Eye on Housing

AUGUST 23, 2022

New home sales in July fell to their lowest level since January 2016 as the industry grapples with supply chain disruptions that are delaying new home building projects and raising housing costs as mortgage interest rates increased. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau estimated sales of newly built, single-family homes in July at.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

South Carolina-based Movement Mortgage has acquired the brokerage Superior Rate Mortgage of New England to expand operations in the region, the company announced Wednesday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is another step to boost its sales amid shrinking loan origination volumes. The company announced new hires in the sales executive team in early August.

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Keeping Current Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

If you put off your home search at any point over the past two years, you may want to consider picking it back up based on today’s housing market conditions.

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Maximum Exposure Real Estate

AUGUST 22, 2022

What Does a Real Estate Agent Do All Day Anyway? Lots of people wonder what a real estate agent does on a daily basis. In the real estate business, a real estate agent’s day can be constantly different. Do they sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring? Do they really do anything […]. The post What Does a Real Estate Agent Do For Buyers and Sellers appeared first on Maximum Real Estate Exposure.

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GeekEstate

AUGUST 22, 2022

The annual Innovation, Opportunity & Investment (iOi) Summit brings together over 500+ of the industry’s top tech companies, investors, and REALTOR® members to collaborate, network, and address concerns regarding the future of real estate. At iOi, your tech leader peers join ranks to pool talents and resources and discuss and develop essential PropTech strategies and solutions to revive the industry and drive it forward.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Title insurance underwriter First American has launched a new digital platform for title agents, according to an announcement on Thursday. The company says that the new platform, known as PRISM , combines automation and marketing tools, allowing First American policy-issuing title agents to offer products and services directly to their customers via any computer or mobile device at any time. “Our PRISM platform is another example of First American’s leadership of the digital transformation

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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.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 21, 2022

Low Income Housing Choices. Are you looking for low priced housing options due to having a smaller income? With home prices having skyrocketed across the country over the last few years it has been harder than ever to find affordable housing. It has been a crazy seller’s market characterized by bidding wars with many homes selling over the asking price.

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Maximum Exposure Real Estate

AUGUST 22, 2022

You will execute a listing contract when selling your home with a real estate agent. The most common arrangement is an exclusive right to sell listing agreement. What an exclusive right to sell agreement means today is much different than many years ago. When I first entered the real estate industry in the mid-1980s, having […]. The post What is an Exclusive Right to Sell Listing Agreement?

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HomeLight

AUGUST 23, 2022

Selling a house often seems easier in theory than it actually is, especially since most people only do it once or twice in their lives. There’s lots of work to do before that “For Sale” sign ever gets put in the ground, and then even more work before you sign on the dotted line. During the sale process, there are many points where even experienced homeowners can make a mistake , costing time, money, or both.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2022

California real estate startup Reali is shutting down, with plans to lay off most of its employees on Sept. 9. The firm is the latest to fall victim to rising mortgage rates and a drop in home sales. . The San Mateo, California startup cited “the challenging real estate and financial market conditions and unfavorable capital-raising environment” as reasons for shuttering its business that was founded in 2015 by Ami Avrahami and Amit Heller. “Active real estate transactions will

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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.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 24, 2022

There are more than 1.9 billion websites currently active on the internet, and if you plan on generating leads and getting yourself known on the internet, you’ll have a lot of other websites to compete with. But how is it even possible to compete with so many other websites, you might ask? It all has to do with the power of real estate SEO. If you don’t use SEO for your real estate agency, you will find that your agency will remain virtually unknown to the masses.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

TorontoRealtyBlog. Do y’all play fantasy football? I do. I have for more than half of my life… Having downloaded songs on Napster in November of 1998, and having joined eBay in May of 1999, I like to tell stories about my early adopting of technology that make me sound a lot older than I actually am, specifically, to groups of people who don’t care.

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Sotheby's International Real Estate

AUGUST 24, 2022

Featuring curated videos from the most sought-after destinations the world over, discover this week’s Video of the Week. ??. San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico | Marco Ehrenberg, Los Cabos Sotheby’s International Realty. Cielito del Mar is an iconic, two-acre estate nestled into the rocks of Chileno Bay Cove. Designed by famed mid-twentieth-century architect Cliff May, it is the last remaining original Chileno Bay home from Baja’s Golden Age.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2022

How will President Biden’s executive action to erase $10,000 in federal student loan debt affect homeownership? While industry watchers don’t expect the debt forgiveness to move the needle in a significant way, it could have a net positive impact on homeownership long term. About 45% of borrowers, or almost 20 million people, would have their student debt fully canceled, according to the White House.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 23, 2022

Have you heard the term MLS in real estate and wondered what it meant? When you begin the process of either buying or selling a home, you are likely to hear about the multiple listings service. The multiple listing service or MLS is a way for real estate agents to connect buyers and sellers better. As a seller, it lets the world know you’re home is for sale.

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Lab Coat Agents

AUGUST 22, 2022

Coaching Time…. I was sitting down with an agent that has produced over 300 million in volume this year. He’s one of my coaching clients and most of his business comes from referrals. After outlining What his referral business looks like we went deeper as to what it needs to be in 2022. Here’s a quick little rundown of what we went over and how I broke it down.

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Sotheby's International Real Estate

AUGUST 20, 2022

Whether they use bold colors, intriguing textures, or striking wallpaper, accent walls easily infuse a home with style and create a focal point for attention or art. Fabulous Florida Contemporary. Patricia Mahaney & JB Edwards | Sotheby’s International Realty – Palm Beach Brokerage. Nearly every space of this lofty six-bedroom contemporary residence in Palm Beach Gardens is exceptionally appointed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Homepoint is in a tough spot. Like its peers, the wholesale lender’s origination volume has plunged over the past year due to a dearth of refinancings and a sluggish purchase market. But there’s another threat that Homepoint executives must worry about – United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the top dog in wholesale, has embarked on a strategy of heavy price cutting, forcing Homepoint and others to limbo to compete for business.

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Speaker: Ari Capogeannis, Director - Revenue Marketing at NVIDIA and Bill Pappa, Sales and Marketing Leader at Ai Media Group

Building strong personal and professional relationships with clients is a critical success factor. Sales professionals who focus on relationship building generate more leads and raise their brand awareness. Because this can take time, having regular engagements can help you cultivate these relationships more efficiently. The most effective way to accomplish this is through direct hyper-personalized touchpoints.

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