Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A report released Monday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed an increase in pending home sales for the fourth consecutive month. NAR’s Pending Homes Sales Index (PHSI) report is a forward-looking source that predicts home sales based on contract signings. The report found that pending home sales jumped 2.2%

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Roughly two years after Kamini Lane took the helm at Coldwell Banker Realty , the real estate industry has gone through quite a bit of change and faced its fair share of challenges. Brooklee Han: There is a lot going on right now that is impacting the real estate industry. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Introduction As part of our ongoing discussion on the concept of movement in the mortgage industry, it is readily apparent that the failure of mortgage companies to pivot or tweak their business models to satisfy changing market and other conditions has resulted in consolidation based on liquidity, buyback, financial and other concerns.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In a new episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,” host Dustin Owen chats with John Cornish of Iowa-based Key Mortgage Group about his path into the industry, tips for scaling a mortgage lending business and how to avoid stagnation as a loan originator. When I sold competitive products, the sales portion of it felt really easy.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

The customizable AI bots created with eSelf AIs platform have been adopted across various industries, including education, customer service, and real estate. Looking ahead, Clia believes AI agents could significantly alter real estate sales by reducing reliance on human agents and cutting operational costs.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 23, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers High rates, prices keep existing home sales muted Though there was an uptick in existing home sales as spring progressed, last month was still the slowest for the month of May since 2009. That rate was up 0.8%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2025

After a string of dismal reports on the housing market, the real estate industry is getting a much-needed glimmer of hope. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) ticked up to a reading of 72.6 The South, which accounts for the bulk of home sales, rose 2% annually to 86.7,

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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. Meanwhile, pending home sales dipped 2.3% increase between April and May — up 1.1%

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2025

And I want to be clear about this, that it’s not just residential real estate sales agents. And so my job as a real estate coach — someone in someone’s upline or even as a team leader — is to speak to what I know has really worked for not only myself but for so many salespeople.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2025

And the nation’s top brokerage by sales volume announced Monday that it has appointed Mike Simonsen to the role. In the time I spent building Altos, Compass came on to the scene and became the biggest brokerage in the country by sales volume — they reach a ton of people and they have 37,000 agents.

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Real Estate News

JULY 22, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News By the Numbers Lot sales spike after LA fires amid rebuilding challenges California’s January wildfires ravaged Altadena and the Pacific Palisades, but optimism is helping the communities maintain their spirit.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2025

Fidelity National, FHFA announce collaboration on ‘innovative title solutions’ Fidelity National Financial and the Federal Housing Finance Agency are teaming up to explore innovative title insurance solutions, signaling a potential shift in industry collaboration.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

bringing a team with more than $300 million in career sales. because we feel the real estate industry is in need of change,” Smith said in a statement. “In In many ways, the industry has become stagnant, and we refuse to accept that. Key Avenue Group is leaving Keller Williams for SERHANT., first entered South Carolina in 2023.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2025

of all home sales. “But that dynamic is also making it harder to find under-priced homes to buy up and it’s ultimately squeezing profit margins for the industry. Regional differences in activity Home flips as a share of total sales increased in 132 of 173 U.S. Home Flipping Report. While that share was up from 7.4%

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2025

Over the past six years, Korman expanded his firm to 40 agents across four offices, with a focus on high-end residential sales. Compass offers something unlike anything I’ve seen in our industry. 10 agent in Boca Raton by individual sales volume, according to RealTrends Verified. “We real estate agents since 2019.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

These features use GPS data and CoreLogic property tags — called CLIP data — to help users identify sales prospects and uncover deeper insights on demand. housing industry,“ Devi Mateti , CoreLogic’s president of enterprise digital solutions, said in a statement. Climate resilience is also at the top of Araya’s feature list.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2025

The Bruen Team — a small but rapidly growing real estate agency based in Morristown, New Jersey — recorded its best year ever in 2024 by closing nearly $40 million in sales volume and earning a spot in the 2025 RealTrends Verified rankings for small teams. Bruen — who opened his own brokerage under Century 21 in the mid-20th century.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Reverse mortgage professionals made more inroads into the forward mortgage industry in 2024. Continuing this momentum into 2025 is a priority for many in the reverse mortgage space, according to conversations with leaders at various industry lenders. One key is to bolster connections between a companys forward and reverse divisions.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2025

The regulation takes effect for home sales that close after Oct. Rule modification, industry pushback The home inspection regulation was developed after a public comment period in May, during which EOHLC received more than 100 submissions. Public consideration for ending home inspection waivers in the state first began in late 2023.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2025

Since founding Coastline in late 2020, the group has closed more than $200 million in home sales and is ranked among the top 1% of teams in San Diego County. Gilliland’s entry into the industry was influenced by her mother’s success in real estate investments. In 2024, it closed $67.4

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As low inventory levels, elevated mortgage rates and rising home prices keep the housing industry stagnant, short-term real estate investors — aka fix-and-flippers — faced market turmoil during the third quarter of 2024. Despite fewer sales and lower resale prices, fix-and-flippers faced fierce competition for deals in most markets.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2025

Previously focused on buyers , the expanded platform now allows agents to provide visibility across the full transaction process — something many in the industry are pushing for as real estate practices adjust to changes stemming from the 2024 antitrust commission lawsuits. Rayse helps agents show the story behind the sale.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2025

Headlines that call Cape Coral, Florida , the “worst housing market in America” and liken it to precursors of the 2008 financial crisis have garnered discussions across the real estate industry. ” According to RPCRA and FGCMLS, the June 2025 median home sale price for Cape Coral was $371,850 — up from $369,000 in October 2021.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Real estate industry executives may not see eye to eye on the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), but there is one thing they do agree on — the vast majority of sellers receive the most benefit from listing transparency and broad exposure of their listings. “The What makes the U.S.

MLS

Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

market is led by company founder Adam Stern, who has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. He has overseen more than $12 billion in sales and trained more than 4,000 agents across 16 offices. “We’re billion in sales in less than four years. .” RARE’s entry into the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

He actively searches for new and groundbreaking ways to improve his companies and inject innovation and creativity into the industry. Offering enhanced integrations and efficiency upgrades to lenders HousingWire: Many have long seen title insurance providers as a separate industry from real estate and from mortgage. Not even Rocket.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Stone Point is no stranger to the real estate industry, as it also holds strategic investments in Lone Wolf Technologies , Homepoint , CoreLogic and Meridian. Czarnecki has over two decades of real estate industry experience. In addition to the partnership with Stone Point, the firm also announced leadership changes.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Growing dissatisfaction among real estate agents , concerns over declining commissions , and shifting views on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) are among findings in Redfin’s 2025 Industry Survey. Despite these challenges, most agents expressed optimism about increasing home sales in 2025.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Dwiggins: Since we started the company back in 2014, we were always looking to try and be a little bit different from the rest of the industry, in the sense of it wasn’t about having tons of agents. It was about the quality of the people who shared sort of the same vision for the industry.

MLS

Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2025

Whether you’re just starting your real estate journey or hitting the reset button after a tough season, I want you to hear this: You didn’t choose an ordinary career — because this isn’t an ordinary industry. A listing appointment is more than a sales pitch — it’s your opportunity to create clarity, offer direction, and earn trust.

Agents

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

.” The spokesperson continued: “It is clear the government isn’t interested in their own rules, or facts, and are simply including us in this case to score headlines based on our strong brand and prominent position in the industry. We look forward to exposing the government’s massive overreach in this matter.”

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Buyers are not required to prepare their current home for sale until after they move into the new property. The product uses a purchase price guarantee (PPG) to eliminate the need for a sales contingency — a real estate purchase agreement that makes the sale of a property contingent on the buyer’s ability to sell their current home.

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

The industry veterans describe it as an AI-driven platform for real estate team and brokerage valuations and sales. If news leaks that a brokerage is for sale they risk losing agents and triggering competitor recruitment, which can greatly affect value, the announcement explains.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

During the conversation, the duo discuss traditional real estate team structures, offer unique resources for new team members and cover future trends in the real estate industry. I was in the hospitality industry before then, and I wanted something where whatever effort I put in, I could get out. I knew one person and that was it.

Agents

Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2025

Tamir Poleg, chairman and CEO of The Real Brokerage , closed out the prepared remarks section of his firms first-quarter 2025 earnings call by addressing the transformative technological era the industry is currently operating in. Our industry is no exception. The firms sales volume rose 80% year over year to $13.5

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The brokerage has hired industry veteran Nikol Solares as senior managing director of new development marketing. The future of Compass is bright, and we look forward to continuing to provide the industry-leading tools, technology, and support our agents need to excel as the demand for luxury properties continues to rise.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2025

The answer lies in a remote corner of the mortgage industry: subservicing. While each deal represents a unique circumstance, they point to a broader industry truth: Scale has become increasingly critical as the cost of servicing continues to climb particularly for nonperforming loans. subservicer in 2024 with a $340 billion portfolio.

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