Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

In an announcement on Tuesday, the brokerage noted that it had expanded the program to more than a dozen additional markets, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego and San Francisco. of the purchase price of the house. of the purchase price of the house. The buyer will receive the refund at closing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

Under the terms of the settlement agreements reached by both Keller Williams and the National Association of Realtors (NAR), cooperative compensation is still allowed. Cooperative compensation offers can also be — and should be, if the client wishes — included in purchase agreements.

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Redfin

JANUARY 26, 2022

One of these important pieces of paperwork is a purchase and sale agreement. . To help you navigate this document, we’ll go over what a purchase and sale agreement is, what makes up the agreement, and what happens after the agreement is signed. What is a purchase and sale agreement?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

While the full version of Zillow’s Super App experience is currently only available in certain test markets, firm executives said that the company plans to expand its “enhanced” experience to a total of 40 markets nationwide by the end of 2024. The law went into effect at the start of 2024.

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Realty Biz

MAY 24, 2022

We decided to sell our house as “for sale by owner” to save the agent’s commission. Both the buyer and we signed a generic purchase agreement. I don’t know what is in your generic purchase agreement. I’m assuming that once both of you signed the purchase agreement you stopped trying to find another buyer.

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Whether you sell your home FSBO (for sale by owner) or with the help of a top real estate agent , you will enter into a purchase agreement that will come from the buyer or buyer’s agent. Missteps or misunderstandings in this important contract can delay the sale of your home or even box you into a bad deal.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

What happens when the Federal Reserve begins pulling back in a serious way from the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market that it has helped to prop up through billions of dollars in bond purchases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 — to the point where it now holds a $2.7 trillion agency MBS portfolio? The Feds existing $2.7

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

That should result in some market share ‘up for grabs,’ and we think the full-time agents are the most likely to capture it. commission for a buyer agent was too much (the exercise assumed the agent worked 150 hours over 2 months, implying $83/hour, to earn $12,500 on a $500,000 home purchase). “Excluding the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

VA loans offer a 100% financing option for qualifying military service members and veterans, and don’t require mortgage insurance. These clients are typically low on funds, which is why they need this type of financing. Adding this cost to their side of the transactions would throw the vast majority of them out of the market entirely.”

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Peter tells John, “I wanted to let you know that I am going to list the condo for sale.” The property is listed for sale and ends up selling after about three weeks. Bob the Buyer is a young man who is purchasing his first home, and is excited to move into the condo in the fall. And what does Bob the Buyer do?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Incenter Mortgage Advisors was flooded with a surge of mortgage-servicing rights business in January — with bulk MSR sales approaching in one month what the firm normally tallies in an entire year. On average, historically, we’d be selling $100 billion to $125 billion [in MSRs] annually,” Piercy said. “The million to $23.7

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2022

PFSI), which ranks as one of the top five mortgage lenders nationally, are seeking to raise more than $700 million in the debt markets through the sale of notes secured by mortgage servicing rights. Subsidiaries of Pennymac Financial Services Inc. Both note offerings receive a BBB rating from KBRA.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

California-based lender American Pacific Mortgage (APM) announced an asset purchase agreement with retail lender Lend Smart Mortgage on Thursday in its latest move to drum up production across the country. The lender also hired former employees from about 35 to 40 retail branches of Finance of America Companies Inc.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

Better Home & Finance Holding , the digital lender that debuted on Nasdaq last week, reported a net loss of $135.4 billion in production volume in the first half of 2023, refis accounted for $131 million and purchase loans consisted of $1.6 Better’s total market share of 0.2% Better’s funded loan volume of $1.7

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 22, 2022

That’s probably why the price was a little below the market average. Yeah, I’ve been studying the market for a while and knew what houses were selling for. In a few short weeks, the market has gotten much softer in this neighborhood and I’m not even sure the house will appraise for my purchase offer. What do you think?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fannie Mae has launched its fourth reperforming-loan sale of the year — an offering of 6,130 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $997 million. The reperforming-loan sale is slated to close by late October 2022, after due-diligence period. The loan offering is being marketed with assistance from Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Company officials say the moves will allow refi-heavy Better to increase its strength in a mortgage market that is increasingly becoming purchase-focused. The company plans to automate some of its refi processes and is now focused on purchase operations, one company official, who requested anonymity, said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

Shares of Better Home & Finance Holding , the parent of digital lender Better.com, collapsed during its debut on Nasdaq Thursday. But Better’s debut came at a low point in the mortgage market, with mortgage rates at their highest levels in more than two decades and historically low levels of home sales. the prior day.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Based on the jury verdict in the Sitzer/Burnett lawsuit, Murray believes the DOJ will not be satisfied with the terms and the scale of changes outlined in RE/MAX’s and Anywhere’s settlement agreements and that it will get involved. loosing 5%-6% of the sale price is substantial equity stripping in their minds.”

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Realty Biz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Question from Ellie in ID: Hi Brian, We had a purchase offer accepted more than four months ago but it hasn’t closed yet. Four months ago, we made the full-price offer with only a financing contingency, which is probably why the seller has been patient with us. In fact, our mortgage was just given final approval less than a week ago.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

But more than 80% of Rocket’s volume during those years came from refinancings, data from Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) showed. The lender made focused efforts to target the purchase market in 2021 and set up dedicated teams to cultivate relationships with real estate agents. billion in profit in 2020 and $6.1 billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2023

Buyers, sellers and lenders all have a stake in the sale, and title and escrow ensure that everyone’s interests are protected. They also help to prevent fraud and ensure that the sale is conducted legally and ethically. This is especially important in today’s fast-paced real estate market, where time is of the essence.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Potential outcomes of the commission lawsuits The specific details of the lawsuits , the tying agreements, the anti-competitiveness of clear cooperation and the arguments surrounding potential steering and inflated compensation have been written about extensively. outcomes of these cases. Most importantly, how to prepare for them.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2021

Technology for navigating secondary market challenges. In this webinar, MCT COO Phil Rasori and expert guest panelists will review how mortgage lenders can overcome common challenges selling their loans on the secondary market. Presented by: MCT. Presented by: MCT.

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Realty Biz

JULY 17, 2022

Kick-Out Clause vs. Home Sale Contingency. Depending on the type of real estate market you are likely to see different clauses added to a real estate contract. When the real estate market favors sellers home sale contingencies almost become extinct. Bidding wars have been the norm not the exception.

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HomeLight

JANUARY 3, 2024

Sometimes you come across a home for sale that checks off every box on your list, but the listing status says that it’s “under contract” or “sale pending.” In most cases, there are contingencies in the buyer’s offer that need to be cleared before the transaction is moved to the more solid “sale pending” status.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

In mid-2022, the ICE-Black Knight deal prompted concerns that it would raise costs for consumers and give ICE too much pricing power in the mortgage data market, which lenders rely on. Prior to the FTC’s suit, Black Knight announced the sale of its Empower business to a subsidiary of Canada’s Constellation Software Inc.

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Many first-time homebuyers are feeling squeezed out of homeownership because of rising home prices, high interest rates, and strict mortgage financing requirements. They are hard to finance: Today’s manufactured homes are eligible for various financing options, including FHA, VA, and USDA/RHS loans.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Switzerland-based global lender Credit Suisse Group AG had a rough start this week after its stock was beaten down by 11%, the value of its riskiest debt fell more than 10% and the cost of purchasing derivatives insuring against the bank defaulting rose sharply. That concern is overblown, according to several market experts.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

When the market is hot, fewer properties are sold conditionally, but some still are. And in a changing market, like the one we’re in right now, we’re accustomed to seeing many listings appearing as “sold conditionally” on MLS. Let’s say my house is on the market for $1,500,000.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A housing market marked by relatively high interest rates and tight inventory — and punctuated by the practice of home inspection waivers to sweeten offers — are taking a bite out of business for home inspectors, who play a key role in the sales process by ensuring that buyers are not being sold a lemon of a house. and Canada. .

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

The uptick in home sales during the second quarter of 2023 helped Anywhere Real Estate get back in the black. Anywhere, world’s largest franchisor of residential real estate brands and formerly known as “Realogy,” attributed this drop to a steep drop in home sale transaction volume. “We

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, in some parts of the country, home prices have made it almost a necessary reality for those who need to live in high-cost housing markets. We’ll look at the financial mechanics behind affording a luxury home and explore alternatives that can make your dream purchase a reality. But how do people afford million-dollar homes?

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HomeLight

JANUARY 19, 2024

But it can also tilt a sale in your favor. You can then make a strong offer on your next home with no home sale contingency. A mortgage contingency is a clause found in most home purchase agreements that safeguards the buyer. This could mean not getting the home you want, especially in an active seller’s market.

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GeekEstate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I’m excited to release Thomvest’s real estate technology market map, which includes more than 240 companies operating within the residential real estate segment. This is the third update to the market map and includes over 100 additional companies — a testament to the pace of entrepreneurship in this segment.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It is going to change how title companies market their products and services,” Cain said. They will have to get on that listing side of things, which will be much harder as it is an earlier point of sale, as no one has even looked at buying the house yet.”

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RIS Media

APRIL 12, 2021

A standard home purchase agreement typically includes contingencies. Purchase contracts typically include an appraisal contingency. If a home appraises for less than the agreed-upon sale price, the buyer can put a larger sum down, ask the seller to reduce the price or walk away. Types of Contingencies .

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