Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not count buyer’s agent commissions as part of their allowable interested party contributions (IPCs), according to announcements from the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) on Monday. That remains an open question at this time.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Louis-based Clever Real Estate found that recent homebuyers, as well as people who are considering a home purchase in the next year, are experiencing a laundry list of difficulties. Last month, Clever surveyed a total of 920 Americans about their views of the home purchase process and real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Like with most things in life, real estate brokerages come in a variety of shapes and size, from white-glove service firms to discount brokerages to flat-fee firms that offer al a carte services. Fewer agents? Obviously, RE/MAX comes to mind as it has a large franchise model that is tied to agent count,” Tomasello said. “If

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Chicago-based At World Properties , which own @properties and Christie’s International Real Estate , has agreed to settle the nationwide class-action antitrust claims brought by home sellers. Additionally, all agents licensed under these firms are also covered by the proposed settlement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

million Hispanic households own their home, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals ( NAHREP ) said in its 2023 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report released on Tuesday. Despite elevated interest rates and tight inventory, the national Hispanic homeownership rate reached 49.5% In total, more than 9.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

These housing professionals have been gaming out the potential impact on buyers’ agents – a significant source of referrals. Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Sarah Wheeler: Let’s talk about your background, because you have both technology and real estate experience. I have founded several startups, but my previous startup in Canada was a tech company in real estate. We were kind of the Zillow of Canada — we were the first platform to open up access to real estate data.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Photo credit: AJ Canaria Hilary Saunders , the co-founder and chief broker officer at Side , sees the current challenges facing the real estate industry as yet another opportunity for brokerage models to further evolve. “I Hilary Saunders speaks at The Gathering by HousingWire on Monday, April 22.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed last week the changes it would like to see in how real estate agents and brokers are compensated through its statement of interest filed in the MLS Property Information Network commission lawsuit , few in the real estate industry were surprised by the agency’s desire to decouple commissions.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

The simple answer is that Zillow is wholly focused on solving real consumer problems with software. Those who have followed us for a long time know how aggressive and innovative we have been, methodically converting our sticky audience into revenue. million real estate license holders, many handle only one or two transactions a year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

While many in the real estate industry were surprised by the news Friday morning that the National Association of Realtors had agreed to a nationwide settlement of the commission lawsuits for $418 million, Marty Green, a principal at law firm Polunsky Beitel Green , was not one of them. It is going to be an absolute mess.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

I’m sharing a transformative announcement with you today, one that marks a new era for RealTrends and propels forward the vision of bringing transparency to what it means to be a top-performing real estate brokerage, team or agent. In real estate and data alike, clarity and trust are paramount.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools equip real estate agents with unprecedented capabilities. Since real estate tech changes by the hour these days, we did a deep dive into the most helpful AI tools for real estate agents on the market today. Visit Top Producer 2.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Super Bowl is a deep part of American culture and it grabs a disproportionate share of everyone’s mind,” Andy Florance , the CEO of CoStar Group, said. “So, When it came time to select talent for the ads, Florance said Levy and Gardner, who starred and co-wrote in Saturday Night Live’s Zillow skit in February 2021, were no-brainers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mauricio Umansky, founder of The Agency and star of Buying Beverly Hills, and Compass agent and NAR Accountability Project founder Jason Haber are making good on a promise to explore a real estate professional trade organization alternative to the National Association of Realtors.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Friday’s bombshell – the National Association of Realtors ‘ proposed $418 million settlement of real estate commission lawsuits – set off a frenzy of trading for stocks in the residential real estate sector. That revenue concentration seems to be what had investors heading for the exits on Friday.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

In our hyperconnected times, consumers have more choices than ever, and brands have to get creative if they want to stand out in an oversaturated landscape. In the highly competitive world of real estate , it’s no different. If you do have a specific niche as an agent, your marketing efforts should reflect that.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2024

Real estate listing giants Zillow and CoStar are currently embattled in a fight for listing portal supremacy. The battle began heating up in September 2023 when CoStar’s residential real estate platform Homes.com surpassed 100 million unique monthly visitors, becoming the second most popular listing portal behind Zillow.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2023

You know what loan officers and real estate agents love almost as much as cashing a commission check? Complaining about other loan officers and real estate agents. It shouldn’t surprise you that a sizable percentage of newer LOs and real estate agents are washing out in the current market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

As part of the settlement, Compass has agreed pay $57.5 Additionally, like the three other brokerage firms that have already settled, Compass has agreed to make changes to its business practices as part of the settlement. million into the settlement fund, adding to the $626.5 million total from the four other settlements.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alex Elezaj: It’s only a matter of time before rates drop, and when they do, there will be a clear difference between those who have been preparing and those who have not. The winners have spent 2023 focused on strengthening relationships with real estate agents , educating borrowers and improving their marketing strategies.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2024

However, in court documents filed last week, Anywhere explicitly stated that as part of the settlement, the firm “insisted that the people in the Settlement Class release all their antitrust claims arising from the same alleged conspiracy, including claims they could assert as either sellers or buyers.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

The Gibson suit was filed in late October 2023 by Michael Ketchmark, just after a Missouri jury ruled in favor of his clients in the Sitzer/Burnett suit that found real estate industry players liable for colluding to artificially inflate agent commissions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

We’ve been scenario planning for quite some time, and it was not a scenario we have not already planned for,” said Art Carter, CEO of the California Regional MLS (CRMLS). “On On a couple of our webinars, we said that we expected it to happen by the end of the summer, so the timing wasn’t really a surprise either.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2023

A couple of weeks ago, mortgage rates soared to a new 2023 high, reaching over 7% on a 30-year fixed-rate loan for the first time since November 2022. Yet higher mortgage rates aren’t all bad news for savvy real estate agents. Many real estate agents may shy away from working with landlords and renters.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. Snatching up first-time homebuyers is akin to striking gold — since developing a relationship with them can mean a loyal client for life.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Real estate is a vibrant, dynamic and competitive industry. As a way to deal with this, many agents and brokers seek out professional mentorship as a means to gain insight and level up their performance. A quick internet search will prove that real estate coaching programs are plentiful. Ventures. “So

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Data from the American Land Title Association’s (ALTA) Title & Settlement Agent Registry (ALTA Registry) will be integrated with the platform of closing software provider Qualia , according to an announcement on Wednesday. The registry is free and ALTA membership is not required to be part of it.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Jutla notes that while Redfin no longer requires its agents to be members of NAR or local Realtor associations, all of the agents she worked with during her transactions were NAR members. She used Redfin agents for both listing and buying purposes.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

REcolorado has strategically boosted that value with a focus on building a trusted, cooperative, and comprehensive real estate marketplace to position customers for success. HousingWire: REcolorado does not just serve Colorado real estate professionals you consider yourselves their business partner.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

FACT : When you look at that amazing new listing that just hit the market and you see the listing agent and ask, “How did that agent get that listing?!” It is almost always because the seller already knew the agent! GOAL: Be that agent who the seller already knows and gets that listing. Who goes into your database?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you’re interested in becoming a real estate agent in Illinois, you’ll be happy to hear that the path to getting your real estate license in the Prairie State doesn’t require as much of a time commitment as other states. 1] As a real estate broker in Illinois, it is not legal for you to work independently.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the nearly two months since a Missouri jury found the real estate industry liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions, Jason Posnick has fielded a lot of questions about commissions and cooperative compensation from clients. It has been cool to hear that.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Although what lies ahead in the world of real estate and mortgage services in 2024 remains a bit uncertain, it’s now crystal clear that, beyond the already-tired suggestion that we “survive until ’25,” quite a few businesses will be seeking to find additional sources of revenue. Here’s why.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Real estate agents are optimistic about the housing market and working to implement buyer agency agreement as we head into 2024, according to the RealTrends Q1 2024 AgentPulse survey. Of the 136 respondents, 96 were part of a national brand, and 40 of them were part of an independent firm.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Many Massachusetts real estate schools offer online courses. After completing an approved course of study, you’ll be able to sit the state real estate exam. Vetted by HousingWire | Our editors independently review the products we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

According to Keller Williams spokesperson Darryl Frost, the firm will pay $70 million as part of the settlement agreement. This will not impact our operations or our ability to support our franchisees and agents,” Frost added in his email. The settlement settles all home seller lawsuits nationwide.

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