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Steve Harney, founder of Keeping Current Matters, has died

Housing Wire

In 2007 Harney founded Keeping Current Matters to help agents understand what was happening in the run-up to the great financial crisis. Steve was the major driving force behind the movement of real estate agents to use the data and information they had to be educators their clients needed.” He sold the brokerage in 2005.

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time. Under the revamped mode, business development officers build relationships with real estate agents to get leads and client advisors take incoming leads from borrowers. We are going to pursue the investor niche aggressively, meeting very specific realtors.

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Top of the list: An interview with Ben Caballero

Housing Wire

Caballero is like any real estate listing agent, on the hunt for clients. But instead of individual homesellers his clients are homebuilding companies including Toll Brothers , Trophy Signature Homes , and Historymaker Homes. What builders don’t need is a realtor to list their homes in a traditional way. I never talk to a buyer.

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Corcoran Group enters Washington, D.C., with a new affiliate

Housing Wire

Formerly known as a collective of McEnearney Associates and Middleburg Real Estate/Atoka Properties , the firm’s agents serve both residential and commercial real estate clients across the Greater D.C. Howell is the current vice chairman of Bright MLS and has previously served as president of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Reina Ramos

Housing Wire

Reina Ramos: I don’t have a favorite article but rather enjoy and appreciate the coverage HW provides on all subject matters that are affecting the mortgage industry as well as Realtors. Lenders need to be mindful that clients don’t purchase homes often and using acronyms to describe the program, terms or process can create confusion.

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With mortgage rate volatility, buyers can save by shopping around

Housing Wire

The latest weekly survey data from Freddie Mac shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped 40 basis points to an average of 6.70% this week, the highest level since 2007. The survey also indicates a large dispersion in rates, meaning that homebuyers can save hundreds of dollars by shopping around with different lenders.

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How LOs are dealing with a mortgage rate lockdown

Housing Wire

I go into real estate offices and Realtors have zero listings for the week,” said the LO, who requested anonymity to protect the business of her partners. “I One of Gelbman’s clients, who has been on the market for at least a year, was priced out in 2021 due to “overbidding.”

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