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Pending home sales post a modest gain in March:  NAR

Housing Wire

Pending home sales increased by 3.4% Sales were essentially flat compared to one year ago. NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index increased to 78.2 New-home sales jumped by 8.8% New-home sales jumped by 8.8% Meanwhile, existing-home sales receded by 4.3% million home sales in 2024, a 9% increase from 2023.

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Why investors believe CoStar holds a big advantage post-NAR settlement

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The opposite trajectories of their stock prices seem to reflect investor appetites for their different business models. Last December, Zillow netted 105 million unique visitors, according to Comscore data cited in Zillow’s investor materials. Zillow For years, Zillow has dominated online home listings.

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Investors are buying more, but spending less

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Real estate investors are buying more properties, but paying less for them, according to a report from RealtyTrac released Thursday based on ATTOM Data Solutions home sales data. In the second quarter of 2021, investor purchases accounted for 15.4% of all home purchases nationwide, compared with 11.5% of the market.

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Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang snag new investor

Housing Wire

Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners announced Tuesday its investment in Sales Boomerang and Mortgage Coach , two fintechs focused on attracting and retaining mortgage borrowers and making loan originators more efficient. The post Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang snag new investor appeared first on HousingWire.

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Why are existing home prices rising when sales are still so low?

Housing Wire

Existing home sales fell in today’s report , which isn’t surprising, but one headline that shocked some people was that home prices are still up year over year, even with higher inventory and higher mortgage rates. Supply being near all-time lows is one thing, but existing home sales aren’t crashing like they did in 2022.

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FAR parent updates investors on AAG integration, business performance

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Last July, the company sold its title insurance business to Essent Group , followed by strategic changes in September including a transition of its offshore-based operations to a team in the Philippines and the sale of “certain operations” of its home improvement lending business to Aqua Finance.

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Don’t get too excited about the jump in existing home sales

Housing Wire

We got a great existing home sales report on Thursday, but is this data already too old? Existing home sales showed a jump in sales, which was anticipated by most as we had positive, forward-looking housing data due to mortgage rates falling from 8.03% to 6.63%. Purchase apps look out 30-90 days before they hit sales data.

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