Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

It also means a leasing agent can connect via video with a prospective renter before they enter and communicate with them as they tour the property in real time. How can we make it easier for renters to find and tour properties? We brought all of the processes together into a single system. This is a game changer.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

Along with its full array of real estate agent tools (IDX websites, property valuation tool and more), RealGeeks truly are the “real” ones helping you optimize your real estate workflows. The RealGeeks CRM was developed using industry research and customer feedback.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Summary Real estate marketing apps Lead generation and nurturing apps Open house apps Social media apps Property search app s Team communication & workflow apps Commercial real estate apps Safety apps Methodology The full picture FAQs Real estate marketing apps Pivo Real Estate Monthly price: free with $399.99

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Lewisville, Texas-based property services company MCS announced last week that it acquired Five Brothers Asset Management Solutions , a deal which brings MCS into the reverse mortgage industry for the first time, according to an announcement by the company. Five Brothers, headquartered in Warren, Mich.,

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The company aims to help agents become “Local Leaders” in their communities, giving them exclusive rights to their neighborhood website (there’s a one-agent-per-community rule) and setting them up to become the go-to expert on all hyperlocal topics. Most importantly, build predictability.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

It developed the Pre-Disaster Housing Planning Initiative (PDHI) in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and launched a website on tribal climate resilience and adaptation to assist Native American communities with practices that are specific to the challenges these communities may face.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

From upgrading your real estate website with eye-catching and functional marketing tools, to harnessing AI and a few other unconventional tactics, this guide explains the best lead generation ideas for real estate agents. Advertising on Zillow can put your website in front of millions of potential buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

A study released Thursday by fintech and personal finance website SmartAsset delved into Zillow data on new home sales. In March 2024, four of the top 10 metro areas in the nation for sales of newly constructed single-family homes and condominiums were in Texas. Single-family starts declined by 0.4% Dallas was No.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. Yet, there’s no single database or central repository that comprehensively indicates which homes are part of an HOA. Take the wide-ranging requirement for addressing clouds on the title.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Take a look below to see the full list of this year’s honorees. Congratulations to the 2024 Tech100 Real Estate winners. courted.io/ Real Estate Sales New York, NY CoreLogic corelogic.com/ Real Estate Sales, Multifamily / CRE and Real Estate Data and Analytics Irvine, CA Constellation1 constellation1.com/

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Every property is different. Worse, in the case of a single family rental investor seeking to purchase a home to rent to others but failing to realize strict leasing prohibitions imposed by an HOA, it can lead to minor disasters. Ours is a space crying out for more standardization. Every transaction is different.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Amrock , a national provider of title insurance, property valuations and settlement services and a division of Rocket Companies , rolled out technology to electronically close mortgage transactions from a mobile device.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

Solid understanding of the market It doesn’t matter if you specialize in investment properties , second homes, condos, or single-family homes for first-time buyers. They won’t waste time on mismatched properties or investments beyond a client’s reach. Set up virtual property tours and respond to questions from them?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. There’s no uniform method of determining if a property management firm represents an HOA and, if so, which firm. Take the wide-ranging requirement for addressing clouds on the title.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Home and garden expos Homeowners looking to fix up their properties, potentially to sell down the road, will typically attend these types of expos. Some couples may even need to sell two condos and buy a large single-family home in the suburbs. Most cities will have an events section on their website. Where to find them?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

If this occurs, property owners, both residential and commercial, will face higher tax bills. Smaller servicers that focus on a single market or regional footprint are often at an advantage in terms of seeing what’s happening sooner given their in-market proximity.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Apartments.com provides a solution by helping brokers and agents grow listing visibility among rental properties, attracting more clients in the new year. Apartments.com is the leading online rental listing website, offering renters access to information on more than one million available units. Who is Apartments.com?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The longer the loan is delinquent, the less likely they’ll be able to take advantage of loss mitigation solutions, according to Donna Spencer, vice-president of servicer relationship and performance management at Freddie Mac Single-Family. Ongoing homeowner education must be the new standard,” she said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

While home inspection is regarded as one of the traditional analogy industries, the platform uses proprietary technology and property data to deliver home repair, renovation and lifecycle services through process automation and direct integration, according to its website.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For instance, we update underlying data, retrain our models, and run valuations on every residential property in the country every 24 hours. Using AVMs in conjunction with a property condition or inspection report will yield highly accurate LTV ratios that further improve decisioning and mitigate risk.

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The Close

APRIL 19, 2024

Once you understand that there is a difference between IDX and MLS, you’ll see how IDX can improve your website and overall business. Let’s look at the essential details about what IDX is and how to create an IDX website. IDX in Real Estate Defined IDX stands for Internet Data Exchange.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

.” That said, social media does top the list of where real estate agents generate leads, with 52% of respondents saying they get their tips from one of the aforementioned websites and apps. The agent’s customer relationship management system was the second best tech source for leads, responsible for 31%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2021

In fact, according to a new report from real estate brokerage Redfin, a whopping 63% of last year’s buyers made at least one offer sight-unseen, never setting a single foot inside the property before putting in a bid. Townhouse vs. single-family house, factors to consider. More for Real Estate Enthusiasts. Do your research.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Black Knight’s MSP loan servicing system is a single, comprehensive platform used by servicers to support a range of loan products including first mortgages and home equity loans, and lines of credit on a single system. The firm closed more than 120,000 mortgage loans over more than 30 years, according to VanDyk’s website.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2021

The company was founded in 2005 by Allen Cory White while he was attending college, according to its website. RealPage CEO Steve Winn said that the acquisition “positions RealPage to enter the surging market for multifamily property bulk Wi-Fi services as a key player.”. “We Presented by: Apartments.com.

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Realty Biz

JUNE 11, 2023

One of the key aspects of digital marketing is search engine optimization (SEO), which involves targeting specific keywords to improve a website's visibility on search engine results pages (SERPs). Optimizing content with this keyword can help attract potential buyers looking for properties in proximity to their current location.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The wholesale mortgage lending division of Rocket Companies has launched a national mortgage broker directory on its website, providing potential leads to mortgage brokers and also poking at its biggest rival, United Wholesale Mortgage , in the process. Here’s how to find property owners ready to sell.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As part of its review of g-fees, the FHFA is eliminating upfront fees for agencies’ affordable mortgage programs, HomeReady and Home Possible; HFA Advantage and HFA Preferred loans; single-family loans supporting the Duty to Serve program. The agency will work with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to announce an implementation date shortly.

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The Close

MAY 14, 2024

Research the Property & Neighborhood During the listing appointment, the sellers expect you to know essential details about the potential listing. You must have information about the property’s number of bedrooms and bathrooms, lot size, and features. Do you plan to make any repairs or updates before listing the property?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

The largest institutional single-family rental (SFR) operator in the country, Invitation Homes , is in the hot seat over its alleged failure to comply with building-permit requirements for rental properties it owns in California.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This can include creating a visually appealing website with impressive listing pages, utilizing social media platforms, optimizing your online listings for search engines, and advertising through traditional channels such as local newspapers or magazines.

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Realty Biz

APRIL 6, 2023

Whether you are a real estate agent or a property manager, having a website is essential to reaching your target audience and growing your business. However, just having a website is not enough. You need to optimize your website with relevant keywords to improve your search engine rankings and attract more visitors to your site.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Congratulations the 2023 Tech100 Real Estate honorees.

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The Close

APRIL 15, 2024

It gives them a real-time sense of what the property feels like and the ability to move around the space, making listings more appealing. So, if you’re not adding virtual tours to your property listings, then what are you doing? Viewers can click through each room within a property, getting as zoomed in or out as they want.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As a result of these trends, many homeowners and small business owners are considering adding ADUs to their properties. Here are several considerations a homeowner should evaluate before installing an ADU on their property. Many municipalities require certain setbacks from the street and/or property line.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Real estate agents today need outstanding websites — or, at the very least, highly functional ones — to both attract and communicate with clients. That’s why we’ve chosen the most feature-rich marketing tools with a focus on integration, automation, ease of use, practicality, and their potential impact on your bottom line.

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Marco Santarelli

AUGUST 17, 2020

Instead, we’re going to focus on the best real estate websites that make it easier to perform due diligence when researching properties and simplify the process of finding, vetting, and managing tenants. Here is the list of 21 best real estate websites in 2020 for buying, selling, renting, or managing a property.

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