Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

The severe lack of inventory in today’s housing market has been a source of stress for home buyers and real estate agents alike. HousingWire sat down with Realtor.com CEO David Doctorow to learn how agents and brokers can alleviate some of the frustrations their clients are facing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. properties , another rapidly expanding brokerage franchise, has always fancied itself as a brokerage with real tech bonafides. In 2020, it launched its own agent-focused product, dubbed “pl@tform.” Real estate agents are busier than ever.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2023

of home sellers gave concessions to homebuyers in Q4 of 2022, through money for repairs and mortgage-rate buydowns. This represents the highest increase of any three-month period since July 2020 when Redfin started tracking this data. In Q3 of 2022 and Q4 of 2021, sellers gave concessions in 30% of home sales.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Outsiders to the real estate industry may assume that the tight market has real estate agents hanging up their hats. In reality, today’s agents are seizing the market and feeling confident. Real estate agents are still confident in the industry and the market. The answer is undeniable.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

This piece will explore some of the key domains where AI is having the greatest impact for real estate agents, brokers and the innovative companies leading the charge. Since 2020, Addressable has facilitated nearly $2 Billion in home sales across 44 states.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In 2018, real estate agent Luis Robledo received a lead for a potential buyer looking to live in Venice Beach, California. The lead had come through Ylopo, a real estate digital marketing solution that aims to help agents find more clients while simultaneously building their brand and team.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2023

And just like the bears who are starting to wake up from their long winter naps, homebuyers and sellers are coming out of hibernation… or at least they normally do. The pandemic definitely changed the real estate market ,” Todd Alperin, a Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate The Masiello Group agent based in Southern New Hampshire, said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

The success of iBuyers is the failure of real estate agents. After all, iBuying companies Opendoor , Redfin and formerly Zillow are predicated on home sellers eschewing a listing agent and selling their home to the company. So far, Offerpad’s agents have played a bit role in the company’s growth.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Yet referrals are one of the best ways new agents can close more deals and earn more money. Real estate referral fees are also a fantastic way for experienced and busy agents to get a nice paycheck without doing much work. Other real estate referral sources The Bottom Line What is a real estate referral?

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2024

The tool — Cloud CMA —provides real-time reports, presentation tools, and other offerings that both companies believe will help agents show their clients that they possess the knowledge to guide them through buying and selling homes. ” This isn’t Lone Wolf’s first partnership with an MLS this year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A second home seller in Nevada has filed a lawsuit alleging that real estate industry players in the state have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. District Court in Las Vegas by Nevada home seller Angela Boykin. 16, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

On Friday afternoon, my real estate agent called with good news. The agent wished me well and said that she would appreciate a review on her website. What’s especially interesting is that unlike average or low-performing agents, top-performing agents simply don’t lower their commission rates very often. “I

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Husky Homes real estate team, led by Alison Crim, has joined Compass , the company announced on Tuesday. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, the team of eight had been affiliated with Keller Williams Realty Madison East since its debut in 2020. “We The team specializes in buyer and seller representation as well as new construction.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To get a sense for what the mood is among real estate agents right now, look no further than Portland , Oregon. Like the vast majority of the country, the city’s housing market has been stymied by high mortgage rates, low inventory and mismatched expectations between buyers and sellers. It’s just very emotional right now.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The bidding wars that put smiles on the faces of sellers and simultaneously drove buyers to rip their hair out weren’t as frequent in August, according to the latest report from brokerage Redfin. of offers written by Redfin agents facing competition in August. In August, 58.8% But buyers shouldn’t get too excited.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

The suit, known as Fierro, after its lead plaintiff Gael Fierro, a Californian home seller, accuses the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. Patrick Thurber, a California home seller, is an additional named plaintiff in the suit.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

The latest copycat commission lawsuit alleges that real estate industry players in Nevada have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. “Sellers can sell their home for more and have their home seen by more buyers while buyers have more choices of homes and can afford representation.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A referral estate referral occurs when a licensed agent or broker passes along a prospective buyer or seller to another licensed agent to handle a transaction. Sometimes, a real estate agent may choose not to work with a specific buyer or seller. Choose your moment!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this article, well cover the definition of a pocket listing, the pros and cons for both agents and sellers, and how to transact off-market legally and ethically. What is a pocket listing in real estate? The pros & cons of pocket listings for agents Potential to double-side. A reason to call your buyer leads.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On Friday, home seller plaintiff Dalton Jensen filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Utah, accusing real estate industry players of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. 9, 2020, and the present, and paid a buyer broker commission.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 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. markets; by December 2020, prices were already up 23.6% year-over-year – and still, people flocked to the central Texas city.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

District Court in Arizona, Joseph Masiello, an Arizona resident and home seller, accuses several real estate companies of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. According to the filing, Masiello was “required to pay a 2% commission ($8,200) to the seller broker and a 2.5%

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

Per a recent Redfin study , 65% of home offers written by company agents in June faced competition, down from a rate of 72.1% Two of my buyers just had their offers accepted because the sellers’ first buyers backed out. metropolitan areas in this analysis, with 87% of offers written by Redfin agents facing competition in June.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

These factors also impacted when, where and how buyers purchased homes, according to NAR’s 2022 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers , which also analyzed the demographic of buyers and sellers across America. Those who have housing equity hold the cards and they’ve fared very well in the current real estate market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

While the slowdown has resulted in a return to pre-pandemic levels of market activity, real estate agents across the state believe that an issue far greater than 7% mortgage rates may cause the housing market to slow further. “We We have an insurance problem,” said Charlotte Johnson , a Keller Williams agent based in Mandeville.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

That’s kind of evaporated,” Martell said on Tuesday morning in a session during The Gathering , HousingWire’s real estate and mortgage conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company now has a digital HELOC offering. Judge Stephen R. Martell believes there will not be “a zero commission” market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A home seller plaintiff in California filed an antitrust lawsuit on Friday in U.S. District Court for Northern California, accusing the real estate industry of colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. The copycat commission lawsuits have made it to the West Coast.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

That kind of drawn-out timetable is typical for the majority of western nations that use the auctioneer system where a seller works with one, perhaps two, auctioneers. fee to the seller. If a showing is to happen, buyers must make appointments with each seller auctioneer to view those homes. It’s a trusted, predictable process.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

1 city in population growth for the last eight years and it was the hottest job market in 2019 and 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. Rapidly accelerating home prices come with a variety of challenges for lenders and real estate agents, including one of the biggest pain points right now — the appraisal gap.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The modified rule still gives sellers and their listing brokers a role in setting compensation for buyers’ brokers,” the filing states. According to the DOJ, when a seller makes an offer of compensation to the buyer broker, the buyer broker does not need to compete on their compensation price in order to attract clients.

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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. In 2020, the business line accounted for the majority of the company’s revenue and expenses.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 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. ” The majority of the company’s 2020 revenue and expenses came from Zillow Offers. Under Barton, Zillow has since pivoted hard to iBuying.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. By the end of 2020 the organization’s membership had soared to 1.48 million members.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Newly released data from the annual profile of home buyers and sellers by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows just how dramatically this trend has manifested since the financial crisis of 2008. Elevated mortgage rates, sky-high home prices, tight credit and stagnant wages have all contributed to homebuyers getting older.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Mike Rawls “Since taking on the role of CEO in 2020, Mike has skillfully led Xome to become the powerhouse real estate marketplace it is today, with tremendous opportunity for growth as we move into 2025. Not many companies can provide a holistic solution to sellers of servicing, subservicing, TPO business, etc.

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