Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Deals are falling through: Home purchases were canceled at the highest January rate in records dating back to 2017. Im seeing a lot more inventory hit the market than I have in past years, but its not nearly enough, said Charles Wheeler, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in San Diego. from a year earlier to $418,581.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 4, 2025

Pent-up demand caused the housing market to flare up in February, but as buyers wait for more inventory, it has cooled off in March, according to Josh Felder, a Redfin Premier real estate agent in the Bay Area. Compared to before the outbreak, the market still seems less active.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

That raises a question of perhaps little interest to National Basketball Association fans but a great deal of interest to National Association of Realtors members – where is the real estate agent in this picture? Rocket rocketed to being the highest volume mortgage lender in the country by late 2017.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

GLG is a Keller Williams Realty franchise group of residential real estate brokerages located in Georgia, servicing Alpharetta as Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta , Roswell as Keller Williams Realty Consultants , Peachtree Corners as Keller Williams Realty Chattahoochee North and surrounding metropolitan Atlanta areas.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

The latest data reflected in the Agent Movement Index (AMI) for July 2024 indicates a notable shift in the real estate agent landscape, highlighting a cooling trend in agent movement and an emerging caution in the market. The July AMI, however, records a trailing 12 month score of 98.9, a monthly score of 101.1,

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

“I’m excited to be working alongside the top real estate agents in Chicago and look forward to tapping into the Compass tools that are proven to scale agent business,” Hodge said in a statement. She ranked among the top 1% of Chicago Realtors in 2017 and is also a past president of the Women’s Council of Realtors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

For real estate agents, this economic reality can present both challenges and opportunities, and determine strategies in markets across the country. Home insurance premiums have climbed 45% from 2017 to 2022, contributing to a slowing sales market. inflation climbing to 2.6% Data from RentSpree and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2020

Whether you’re a real estate agent needing to spruce up the yard for an open house or a DIY landlord who needs ongoing yard care for your rental properties, you can manage it all from the TaskEasy app. Ryan has an intriguing idea for any loan originators that are planning to join our Real Estate Technology Demo Day.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“Today’s sellers want to work with real estate agents who offer added value, including the ability to get their home market-ready and spruced up without having to pay upfront,” said Olivia Mariani, CMO at Curbio. “We Founded in 2017, Curbio is based in Potomac, Md.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Hometap’s investment volume hit $1 billion in February, surpassing 10,000 home equity investment issuances since it was established in 2017. Burnett: After being founded in 2017, we made our first investments in 2018 and 2019. Kim: What are some ways Hometap sees a potential partnership with real estate agents or loan originators?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2021

In the announcement, UWM said that the decision came in response to Rocket Mortgage and Fairway participating in actions including soliciting loan officers away from brokers and working directly with real estate agents to cut brokers out of the entire process, a narrative that is far from new.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

The two-story farmhouse in a rural corner of Milford Center, Ohio, was one of at least two homes that Elliott, who had been a real estate agent for 30 years, owned with his wife, Golan, who was also a Realtor. By early 2017, Elliott defaulted on his mortgage. Elliott went on the offensive.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. “I had one client in St.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

126 Transactly 3,852% 2017 Real estate transaction platform providing automation, integrations and tech-enabled services that significantly reduce process time. 193 CertifID 2,807% 2017 A company dedicated to fighting wire fraud for the real estate industry. Other established names to make the Inc.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2021

Rocket Homes Real Estate , a real estate affiliate of Rocket Companies , is being investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for possibly violating the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) when it charged fees for referring Quicken’s mortgage clients to real estate agents, according to officials.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

The company’s electronic signature software became a go-to product for millions of real estate agents , mortgage professionals and title agents who couldn’t attend closings during the pandemic. Since taking on the role of chief executive in 2017, Springer took the company public in 2018.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2021

After a review of Atlanta area property records, it would appear Kim Klir is the most successful real estate agent in world history. Led by CEO Eric Wu , Opendoor is arguably normalizing iBuyers in real estate. The rest of this content is for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

Under the revamped mode, business development officers build relationships with real estate agents to get leads and client advisors take incoming leads from borrowers. JVM, which has also had a market presence in Texas since 2017, saw opportunity for investment properties and plans to capitalize on the growing market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Since its creation in 2017, the company has raised $13.5 Clever’s platform connects consumers with over 12,000 vetted real estate agents. The company negotiates discounted rates, making it easier to compare and interview agents. million, including the new capital raising and a $3.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Prior to becoming the president of DISH in 2017, Carlson held several leadership roles at the firm, including president and chief operating officer. Joyce was named interim CEO in January 2022, after former CEO Adam Contos announced that he would be leaving RE/MAX in March 2022. Earlier in his career.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

” Why more real estate agents are leaving online portal leads behind. Find out how a single lead from Ylopo led to roughly $20 million in real estate closings for real estate agent Luis Robledo. Presented by: Ylopo. Per Redfin, 58.1% and Chicago. of homes worth approximately $2.6

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

In an interview with TechCrunch , which first broke the news of Landian’s debut, Sitzer said his frustration with having to pay a 3% commission to a buyer’s agent on the sale of his Kansas City home in 2017, which his shared with his neighbor, who happened to be a lawyer familiar with the subject matter, prompted the lawsuit.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

How 2020 exposed a greater need for collaboration between real estate agents and LOs. Technology has given consumers the power of choice and expedited the entire real estate purchasing process. home last year at $7 million more than its Zestimated price.). Presented by: Propertybase. of the time, within 10% 75.6%

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued orders against Freedom Mortgage Corporation and Realty Connect USA Long Island for illegal kickbacks on Thursday, the first enforcement action associated with the 1974 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act in six years.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Revolution, founded by Tony Grothouse in 2017, is a direct retail lender licensed in 45 states, with 316 active loan officers and 79 branches across the country, according to mortgage tech platform Modex. We hire locals, so they can work with the local real estate agents, CPAs, financial planners, and attorneys,” he said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Real estate agents gathered at the Palladium Theater in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to learn networking and lead generation strategies from some of the nation’s top luxury real estate agents at the Goldbar Live conference. Eventually, in 2017, he heard back from the husband.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In 2017, the company revived plans for an IPO but didn’t take the plunge. In its prospectus, loanDepot talks at length about its partner business , which includes third-party-originations via mortgage brokers and real estate agents, as well as joint-ventures with builders and other referral partners. billion to $2.6

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

It allows us to better serve our partners, including real estate agents. like 2020, 2016, 2017, 2018 where there were more home sales and lower rates. The tools that we utilize allow us to truly be available to our clients when they need it the most, when it matters the most whether it’s nights or weekends.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

Abra Borrow users can seek “ Propy-certified” real estate agents to help them buy or sell property, including making down payments on mortgages. . LoanSnap launched a crypto-mortgage program that relies on AI technology, cryptocurrency, and linking a real-world mortgage lien to a digital NFT.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

Mortgage lenders and real estate agents who do not provide customers with a digital experience are being left behind. The digital shift era in mortgage began in 2017, but COVID exponentially escalated the speed at which digital applications were introduced and adopted. The COVID shift. Following the trends is not enough.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. Glide, which was founded in 2017, provides tools like eSignature and the digitization of sales processing forms.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2021

One brokerage firm intent on building its own real estate technology platform is Compass. In a second-quarter earnings call, CEO Robert Reffkin announced that they are creating an end-to-end technology platform for real estate agents. Propertybase was acquired by Boston Logic in 2017.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2022

Barber had been working for the Harrelson Group on a contract basis since March of 2017. According to Barber’s contract , his responsibilities included selling and listing approved properties in association with the real estate agency. Harrelson stated that he believes Barber possible used a “credit card to break the lock.”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

That revenue figure includes the full commissions on home sales, which mostly are returned to the real estate agent on the deal. billion in revenue after deducting agent’s cut of the commissions. billion in revenue after deducting agent’s cut of the commissions. Once the $4.8 We have gained market share.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

When Hometap launched in 2017, the Boston-based fintech offered an unorthodox answer to this question for homeowners looking for an alternative to a loan. Partnerships with real estate agents or mortgage originators to educate homeowners and buyers on HEI products will be key, the companies interviewed by HousingWire said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2022

CertifID, founded in 2017 by Adams, Thomas Cronkright II and Lawrence Duthler, is a secure platform that validates parties involved in a real estate transaction, thereby reducing the risk of wire fraud.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here, the real-estate agents are ‘related persons’ because they materially participate, by referring their customers to the JV for title services, in the affairs of the JV, which is itself a ‘covered person’ because it offers real- estate-settlement services.

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