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Nations Lending, Carpenter Realtors launch Commitment Mortgage

Housing Wire

Full-service mortgage lender Nations Lending and local Indiana real estate firm Carpenter Realtors launched a joint venture, Commitment Mortgage , in order to offer an end-to-end experience — from finding a home to closing a loan in a cooled-down housing market. “We trillion in 2022, down from the previous year’s $4.4

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How to write a lead-winning, memorable real estate agent bio (+ examples)

Housing Wire

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Kendall Bonner named vice president of industry relations at eXp

Housing Wire

According to a company news release, Bonner “will focus on guiding eXp Realty agents through the significant shifts currently shaping the real estate industry, particularly in light of the recent National Association of Realtors settlement. She announced her team’s move to eXp in February 2023. “I

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CoStar Group hires Freddie Mac’s Christian Lown as CFO

Housing Wire

a student loan servicer he joined in 2003. Lown said in a statement that he has held CoStar Group in “high esteem” for its trajectory from “startup to market leader in commercial real estate data and online real estate marketplaces.”

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Compass CEO Reffkin believes agents will still be valued in a post-settlement world

Housing Wire

Robert Reffkin is confident that Compass and its agents have what it takes to continue growing and succeeding in the changing real estate environment. “In First, more buyers are using agents in 2023 than in 2003. Second, buyer agreements are not new.

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“Collusion,” agent training are the focus on day three of the Sitzer/Burnett trial

Housing Wire

Several industry executives, including Rene Galicia, the former director of MLS engage at the National Association of Realtors , and Rodney Gansho, the head of engagement at NAR, again appeared via video deposition, according to reports from Inman News. Ellis is a Missouri homeowner and the daughter of a 30-year real estate industry veteran.

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Who Is the Typical U.S. Homebuyer?

Appraisal Buzz

Agents, Lenders Assist Purchasers During Complex Homebuying Process With 86% of all purchasers using their services—the most of any information source—real estate agents were vital to the homebuying process. These were the biggest down payments for first-time buyers since 1997 and for repeat buyers since 2003.