Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

A well-written property description also allows you to highlight aspects of the home that would not otherwise be readily available via MLS, such as a newly renovated kitchen or a brand-new septic system. Its your chance to emotionally connect with the buyers and create the desire for them to come see the home in person.

Renovation

Real Estate News

JULY 8, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Is the surge in delistings good news for buyers? Many sellers have plenty of equity and low locked-in mortgage rates , both factors that enable them to be patient.

MLS

Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

Meanwhile, around one-third of both Gen X and Baby Boomers are mostly prompted by financial factors, like mortgage rates and home equity. June 1: the day that has the most new listings on average, based on analyzing MLS data from the past decade. Another 27% of Gen Z see it as a stepping stone.

Agents

Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2025

We are a franchise-based model where decisions aren’t made at some Wall Street private equity company. As the statistics bear out, that happens when you put a listing out in the public domain, meaning in the MLS, where more consumers can see it. They’re made at the local level. Our offices are independently owned and operated.

Industrial

Real Estate News

JUNE 26, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Pending sales defy expectations, spark hope for a rebound Mortgage rates continued to decline in another positive sign for the market. But new listings lost steam in June amid ongoing economic uncertainty.

Sales

Real Estate News

JULY 7, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock Agents 20% down? The typical down payment for repeat buyers tends to be larger, NAR noted, and nearly doubled in the past decade amid housing equity growth.

VA loan

BAM Media

DECEMBER 16, 2024

BAM Key Details: According to new research by Bright MLS, 26.8% According to a new nationwide survey conducted by Bright MLS , nearly one in five homeowners are gearing up to list their property in 2025. Many of these buyers also have been able to quickly accumulate significant equity in their homes as home prices have escalated.

MLS

The Close

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Lenders prefer to see fully stabilized properties when you’re looking for home equity loans or lines of credit. They provide access to multiple listing service (MLS) notifications directly to your inbox with new listings based on your criteria. Zillow pulls its listing info from both MLS and other sources.

Finance

RIS Media

JUNE 24, 2025

In the latest RISMedia webinar—“Maximizing Your Niche: How to Specialize and Dominate a Target Market”—panelists included Colette Stevenson, CEO of REsides, an independent MLS known for its borderless model and broker-centric equity structure; Skyler Lemons, a real estate broker with EXIT Strategy Realty in Chicago; and Robert Clarkson, founder and (..)

MLS

Real Estate News

JULY 18, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News Industry Homeownership education needs a reboot — and a new messenger Loan officers and financial advisors need to meet aspiring buyers where they are as many increasingly turn to social media for home financing advice.

Loan Officer

The Close

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Listing websites: Sites like Zillow, MLS, Realtor.com, and LoopNet list properties for sale. Home equity line of credit (HELOC): If you already own a property with significant equity, you can use a line of credit against that equity to fund your real estate investments.

Hard money loan

Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Agents can now spend time converting high-quality leads that are sure to turn into more closed deals instead of spending hours trying to identify potential sellers through expired MLS listings or door knocking. Advanced search filters: Filter by pre-foreclosures, auctions, liens, vacancy and equity.

MLS

The Close

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Unlike regular property listings, you won’t always find preforeclosure listings on the MLS or popular real estate websites. Real Estate Agents Investors can work with real estate agents with access to the MLS. But don’t worry; there are plenty of ways to hunt down these homes, whether you decide to work with a real estate agent or not.

Hard money loan

The Close

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

If you need access to your local MLS, contact a real estate agent in your area to gather data or create a rental market analysis. Equity shares: Another approach to investing without using money is giving a partner a property’s equity share in exchange for the cash necessary for a down payment on multifamily real estate.

Purchase and sale agreement

The Close

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Rehab loans: These include home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), HomeStyle renovation mortgages, 203(k) rehab loans, or CHOICERenovation loans. However, many flippers choose to get a real estate license to gain access to the MLS and save even more on fees. Course platform.

House Flipping

Lab Coat Agents

MAY 15, 2025

Instead of relying on the MLS alone, explore off-market opportunities. For example, you can cite local market data, buyer demand trends, and the sellers equity gained over the last few years as reasons why now is an optimal time to sell. Expand Your Lead Sources Less on-market inventory doesnt necessarily mean fewer opportunities.

Pre-approval

RIS Media

JANUARY 13, 2025

The case, filed by four Louisiana agents and brokers, echoes similar concerns about equity and competition within the real estate industry… The post Brokers in Three States Suing NAR or Local Associations With Discrimination and Antitrust Claims appeared first on RISMedia.

Equity

Realtors Property Resource

JUNE 19, 2025

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Commercial

McKissock Real Estate

JULY 22, 2025

If you’ve been working as an agent and want to take control of operations, grow your income potential, and build equity in your brand, owning a brokerage might be your next big move. Build Equity: Owning a brokerage helps you control your brand and grow its value over time. Over time, your brand reputation will grow.

Brokerage

Redfin

JANUARY 28, 2025

However, there are other costs you need to account for in addition to the loan itself, such as: Equity payment: Youll need to pay the seller for the equity theyve already built up in the home. The sellers equity: This is the difference between the homes sale price and the remaining balance on the existing mortgage.

Loans

Realtors Property Resource

JUNE 19, 2025

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Commercial

Marco Santarelli

MARCH 4, 2025

As Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS, put it, “Although a slowing economy may not seem like a good thing, lower rates could give the housing market the shot in the arm that it so desperately needs.” On the other hand, a larger down payment means lower monthly payments and more equity from the start.

Mortgages

The Living Room

JUNE 5, 2025

Livable as-is, it’s a rare chance to build sweat equity in a neighborhood where move-in-ready homes are increasingly hard to land. MLS#495892374 | TAXES: $4,156.18 With CM2 zoning, the possibilities go well beyond single-family use—think home office, studio, or a mixed-use high density development. And the location?

MLS

RIS Media

MARCH 12, 2025

One of the bills under consideration in Congress to address the affordability crisis is the Humans Over Private Equity (HOPE) for Homeownership Act. Introduced in February 2025, the bill points to large financial entities purchasing single-family homes in bulk as a reason for high prices, and looks to remedy it with new tax statutes.

Investor

RIS Media

MARCH 31, 2025

billion in equity value. In a stunning strategic business transaction announced March 31, Rocket Companies, the Detroit-based fintech platform including mortgage, real estate, title and personal finance businesses, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Mr. Cooper Group in an all-stock transaction for $9.4

Mortgages

Rochester Real Estate

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

The seller can secure monthly rental income while maintaining the potential for a future sale, while the buyer can live in the house and potentially build equity over time. This arrangement benefits both the seller and the buyer. On the other hand, discount brokers offer a more limited range of services at a reduced commission rate.

Purchase and sale agreement

The Living Room

MAY 15, 2025

Welcoming and well-kept, with room for sweat equity! MLS# 700426503 | TAXES: $6,659 The post Just Listed! Portland, Oregon, 97214 A gable-and-wing design, blending Tudor Revival architecture, with its steeply pitched roof, prominent klinker brick chimney and deco, storybook and gothic influences. Newer furnace -, newer roof-.

MLS

RIS Media

JULY 11, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced Thursday that it would be terminating key polices from the Biden administration’s Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) Task Force—an initiative launched to address racial bias in home appraisals.

Equity

AAOA

JULY 7, 2025

Here’s the truth: The best deals never make it to the MLS —they’re off-market. When you aren’t out driving for dollars, you can create custom lead lists right in REsimpli—absentee owners, vacant properties, high equity, inherited homes—and layer those criteria to target the most motivated sellers.

Marketing

BAM Media

JUNE 7, 2025

Just input the basic property details, and it generates a polished description in seconds, optimized for your MLS. While not strictly an “AI tool,” PropStream uses data modeling and search filters that help you zero in on likely sellers, including absentee owners, tired landlords , pre-foreclosures, and high-equity homeowners.

Branding

HomeLight

MAY 8, 2025

According to Matt Lamontagne , as is sellers are usually people who do not have the financial means to make improvements, usually because their money is tied up in their home’s equity. We have such an inventory problem that you can definitely put it together in a way where you don’t have to give it away and lose a ton of equity.

As-is

Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

While the transaction prompted some raised eyebrows, it makes sense for a private equity firm thats known for preparing companies to go public to buy in a down cycle for the housing market. And it maintains a brand that industry sources say still has a lot of equity, which likely made it attractive to Stone Point.

Equity

Real Estate News

JUNE 5, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Sellers start holding back as market demand drags Mortgage rates ticked down slightly this week, but lower rates may not be enough to motivate buyers as affordability continues posing challenges.

Marketing

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The new build sector could also suffer from a labor shortage if Trump executes his promised mass deportation of immigrants This dichotomy in inflation stress will contribute to a tale of two housing markets in 2025, said Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant in a statement.

MLS

Inman

JUNE 13, 2025

Real estate affinity groups and inclusion leaders told Inman that by shifting potential liability away from local and state Realtor groups, brokerages will now be expected to rule on certain ethics complaints.

Brokerage

Luxury Real Estate Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Realtor.com Zillow MLS Homes.com LuxuryRealEstate.com Leading Real Estate Companies Of The World Mayfair International Realty ❓Top 10 Real Estate FAQs – Atlantic Station Edition Who is the top Realtor in Atlantic Station? Anthony coordinates both seamlessly to align timing and equity. Absolutely. What marketing do sellers receive?

MLS

BAM Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Data from Bright MLS shows that sellers who bring their property to the market typically sell for 13% to 17% more than those who don’t. First, we have the investors… They want to buy your home, take your equity, and make it their profit. Then there are two other types of buyers.

Agents