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These four strategies are helping title companies win more business

Housing Wire

Host a training or lunch-and-learn on a topic relevant to your local market, like understanding short sales or wire fraud prevention. Your front-desk person may very well be your biggest resource for topic suggestions.

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Real Estate Investor Tips to Capitalize on Spring and Summer Demand

AAOA

Use technology, such as live video tours, e-signing apps, and virtual conference software, to your advantage. You might also consider looking for inventory through non-traditional avenues, such as auctions, short sales, and wholesalers. It’s wise to be ready to act quickly, but prudently, when an opportunity arises.

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AI for Real Estate Agents: How To Leverage Data-Driven Insights

Lab Coat Agents

This can lead to win-win solutions like short sales or creative financing options. If pursuing distressed properties, you can use this data to craft compelling purchase offers to struggling homeowners before their properties enter foreclosure. This means the homeowner owes more on the mortgage than the home is worth.

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How will federal job losses impact mortgage servicing?

Housing Wire

In November 2024, a spate of natural disasters most notably hurricanes Helene and Milton that struck the Southeast in the fall pushed late-payment rates to a three-year peak , according to ICE Mortgage Technology. If not, other long-term options such as loan modifications, deed-in-lieu agreements, or short sales may be available.

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28 real estate niches brimming with potential

Housing Wire

Knowing the “so much more” in that sentence will help you market yourself to buyers and sellers who are hip to all the ways technology can make a home more desirable. Waterfront properties Whether it’s a house with an ocean view or a lakefront bungalow, waterfront properties are in demand.

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Real estate tech roundup: Hubzu and Brookfield Residential

Housing Wire

Hubzu is an end-to-end asset management platform for residential foreclosure, short sale, REO, deed in lieu, CWCOT and retail property auctions. million bids and the sale of more than 225,000 homes. It’s reflective of our commitment to invest in technology and continuously improve the Hubzu marketplace.”.

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The homegenius Platform gives consumers deeper insights in the home buying and selling journey

Housing Wire

That’s why they’ve introduced the homegenius Platform, an integrated solution consisting of advanced technology , data science, machine learning and AI designed to drive value and bring ease to consumers through the home buying and selling journey. The process of finding, buying and owning a home today is disjointed, antiquated and messy.