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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In its prospectus, loanDepot spoke of 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. In 2017, the company revived plans for an IPO but didn’t take the plunge. billion to $2.6

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2022

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Peoria was hit hard by the departure of the Caterpillar machinery plant in 2017, but its August 2021 unemployment rate of 6.1% San Diego, California. 2% to $129,000, according to NAR numbers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

billion, despite Congress having canceled $16 billion in debt in October 2017. Both NAR and Fannie Mae seek a policy that requires more disclosure – especially amid a real estate or mortgage transaction – about a home’s flood history and future risk assessment. Two of the most powerful U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

About 39% of 210 senior mortgage executives representing 189 lending institutions said cost-cutting was the most important agenda item, the first time that has happened since 2017, according to Fannie Mae ‘s mortgage lender sentiment survey.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2021

Redfin’s Christopher Anderson, a California-based real estate agent, said earlier this month that some insurance plans don’t cover enough of the home’s damage, leaving victims strapped for cash after making weather repairs on their own.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Inflation and a sharp spike in mortgage rates has rapidly cooled down demand for the lender’s bread-and-butter mortgage products , and several of its chief rivals have performed better in originating purchase business due to their stronger ties to real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

ICE expects to have its second-best year for MSP sales since 2017. ICE said it doesn’t anticipate any negative impact to its Encompass business from the recent commission lawsuits if homebuyers use fewer real estate agents which, in turn, could result in loan officers losing their largest referral pipeline. “We

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

And in 2017, I decided to go on full-time as a lead agent.”. But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. These employee agents are exceedingly more productive than the average independent contractor agent.

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