Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. In late 2021, Keller Williams , the nation’s largest brokerage franchise, launched “Command,” an application that allows agents to access the brokerage’s CRM on their phone. In 2021, 6.12 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. In Q3 of 2022 and Q4 of 2021, sellers gave concessions in 30% of home sales. Sellers realize they’re not going to get $80,000 over the asking price like their neighbor did last year,” he added.

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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

MAY 26, 2023

Secret Service , notified the title industry of a rise in what is known as vacant lot fraud, or seller impersonation fraud. “We We started to hear a lot about seller impersonation fraud early on in the year,” Tyler Adams, the CEO of CertifID, said. “We In 2021, Florida was responsible for 12.8% billion in 2021.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

And now, with the COVID-19 vaccine circulating and the economy slowly regaining strength, Zillow researchers say millions of additional households could enter the housing market in 2021. ” Real estate agents and LOs: the great collaboration. million new households entering the housing market in 2021.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I don’t think we’re looking at a slowdown for 2021, I think that’s predicted to be strong, and then maybe even after that,” Johnson said. The post No seasonal slowdown this year as real estate agents report a busier-than-usual fall appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2021

Will 2021 be more of the same? A buyer’s market in 2021? It’s not likely we’ll see a buyer’s housing market in 2021, at least according to experts. For example, home prices are still expected to rise in 2021, but at a smaller pace than we’ve seen this year. More for Real Estate Enthusiasts. projected clip.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

According to the release, the integration will allow Offerpad to provide a cash offer to more sellers and will extend Offerpad’s reach to a larger audience of potential sellers. We have our homebuyer partnership network and our real estate agent partnership network, so the next best place for us to be is a large marketplace.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

Home buyers and sellers rely on the expertise and guidance of real estate agents, especially when making a long-distance move,” Gene Millman, the president and CEO of REcolorado, said in a statement. “We It is quite simple – sharing data helps the market function more efficiently.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

home buyers and sellers it survey were targeted with suspicious or potentially fraudulent activities, while 10% were targeted for real estate fraud and 5% suffered losses during their real estate transaction due to fraudster.

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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. million in net income for 2021. Offerpad CEO Brian Bair.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The team specializes in buyer and seller representation as well as new construction. Compass launched operations in Wisconsin in 2021 and currently operates eight offices with 175 real estate agents. In 2022, the Husky Homes team closed 121 transactions and more than $48.4 million in sales volume.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

If buying a home is on your radar for 2021, there are still ways to do it. Are you hoping to buy a home in 2021’s hot housing market ? More for Real Estate Enthusiasts. More for Real Estate Enthusiasts. Will we have a buyer’s housing market in 2021? Need a real estate agent?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

Filed in Florida in late April, the Lutz suit accuses HomeServices and its subsidiaries, BHH Affiliates and HSF Affiliates , of conspiring to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions. home sellers) pursuing the same injunctive relief that Plaintiff seeks here,” the filing states.

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Empire Appraisal Group

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Lusky, DigitalVision, Getty Images Source: [link] FSBO Sellers Regret Not Having an Agent By Melissa Dittmann Tracey Survey: Sellers who go-it alone are twice as likely to be unsatisfied with the experience – and more likely to say their earlier opinion, “agents are overpaid,” was wrong.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2021

The country was paralyzed amid the current health crisis and many borrowers and sellers alike are frightened to enter purchase contracts and move forward with transactions already in progress. Even some of the most seasoned real estate agents have had to slow down in their current business model.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

However, if the buyer fails to sell the home, the buyer has to either renegotiate the terms with the seller or withdraw from the contract without facing penalties. Proptech Homelight this week raised $20 million to expand its Buy Before You Sell product to mortgage lenders and real estate agents across 40 new states.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Top Agent Network (TAN) is not backing down in its antitrust lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This choice is allegedly removed due to NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy, which requires agents to list the property on the MLS within 24 hours of marketing it.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

Less than a week after HomeServices of America settled the home seller commission lawsuits for $250 million , the firm again finds itself in the crosshairs of antitrust litigation. Lutz, a resident of Colorado, purchased a home in Key Colony, Florida, in 2021 with the help of a buyer’s agent employed by a HomeServices of America franchise.

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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.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Single-family home building permits fell 23% from their 15-year peak in early 2021 and 2% year-over-year in September. This is due to the fact that the share increased significantly throughout the pandemic, rising from about 17% in 2019 to about 30% by the end of 2021. Overall U.S. Below 3% : An estimated 22.6% in Q1 of 2022. “A

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The share of Black and Asian first-time buyers is down from 6% in 2021, while the share of white first-time buyers is up from 82% and Hispanic homebuyers up from 7%. million in 2021, up from 50.5 The age of a first-time homebuyer increased to an all-time high of 36 years as compared to 33 years in 2021. million in 2010.

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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. Masiello sold a home on an Arizona MLS through HomeSmart “in or about October 2021.”

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 17, 2024

Total VA loan volume in 1947 was more than $3 billion, compared to its $447 billion peak in 2021, according to the study. Nearly 20% of those veterans polled cited seller hesitation about VA offers and negative attitudes about VA loans among sellers’ real estate agents as major challenges with using their benefit.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Latinos are twice as likely to use Federal Housing Administration financing than non-Hispanic white borrowers, but most of the real estate agents the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals surveyed felt FHA borrowers were at a competitive disadvantage. last year, respectively.

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Lamacchia Realty

MAY 18, 2021

FINDING A GOOD REAL ESTATE AGENT. Real estate agents are trained and experienced at negotiating for the client to get the most out of each transaction and to ensure each step of the process is done with great attention to detail. You should do the same thing before choosing a real estate agent!

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 19, 2024

Total VA loan volume in 1947 was more than $3 billion, compared to its $447 billion peak in 2021, according to the study. Despite the popularity of VA loans, Veterans United found that myths and misconceptions surrounding the benefit still exist among veterans, servicemembers, and the real estate community overall.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

In REX’s Lanham Act portion of its lawsuit, the firm alleges that Zillow “falsely labeled REX listings as ‘Other Listings’ rather than ‘Agent Listings’ when REX’s listings were in fact offered by licensed real estate agents,” according to earlier court documents. “It

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McKissock

APRIL 20, 2021

Becoming a real estate agent requires a giant leap of faith and an investment of time and money. That’s why some agents may choose to test the waters with a part-time real estate position while hanging onto a steady income from another job. How much is a part-time real estate agent salary?

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

The market right now just feels like it’s a bit lukewarm,” said Brian Huskey , a Billings, Montana-based ERA American Real Estate agent. At the height of the pandemic market in June 2021, however, the Billings metro area reported a Market Action Index score of 75.42. in early June 2021. a year prior and the 51.72

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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

JUNE 12, 2024

Total VA loan volume in 1947 was more than $3 billion, compared to its $447 billion peak in 2021.“ “The About 20% of respondents mentioned ”seller hesitation about VA offers” and ” negative attitudes about VA loans ” among listing agents as the top obstacles for using their benefit. And veterans can use them multiple times.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

Interest rates are a major headache for real estate agents across Illinois. On the sell side, agents say that low mortgage rates from a purchase or refinance transaction in late 2020 or early 2021 are keeping many potential sellers in their home. “A

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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% metros listed in the report, with 86.7%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

On Wednesday, Zillow announced that its Zillow Offers customers will be offered “a more simple, integrated transaction experience through added services, managed in house,” starting in January 2021 with Zillow Homes. The Zillow Homes solution will expand into more markets throughout 2021.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Zillow Group acquired ShowingTime in 2021. However, in 2021, the MLS defendants and other MLSs joined together to create MLS Aligned, which acquired another showing management platform which was rebranded as Aligned Showings. This is just the latest lawsuit alleging anticompetitive behavior in the real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

In an amended complaint filed on Friday, home sellers Danielle and Jessie Kay (who sold a house in Baden, Pennsylvania, in December 2021 with the help of an agent from Realty One Group Gold Standard ) were added as a plaintiff. The Pennsylvania copycat commission lawsuit has some new defendants and a new plaintiff.

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