Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Home negotiations technology platform Indigo just received a large investment to expand its operations in 2025. The founders also cited the National Association of Realtors ‘ antitrust lawsuits as a key motivator behind Indigo’s launch. Indigo is a search platform that allows buyers to bid on agent-approved listings.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The National Association of Realtors reports that existing-home sales increased in November. More buyers have entered the market as the economy continues to add jobs, housing inventory grows compared to a year ago, and consumers get used to a new normal of mortgage rates between 6% and 7%. Three major U.S. from October to 4.15

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

Pending home sales ended the year on a down note, according to data published on Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Pending sales activity had been higher in October and November, and there was some growing optimism that the 2025 housing market could start out strong. Annually, pending home sales were down 5.0%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Buyers want affordable new homes, yet new construction listings are still playing catch up with their high-priced counterparts. In addition to all of these challenges, economic factors outside of housing are making it harder for potential buyers to acquire qualifying mortgage loans. The top 5% Realtors control over 90% of the market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Clever survey comes out as agents and brokerages adjust to seismic changes in real estate, namely the National Association of Realtors (NAR) commission lawsuit and related business practice changes , as well as several down years for existing home sales. million members in 2025, at 8% smaller decline than many had expected.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As 2025 approaches, state-funded down payment assistance (DPA) programs are helping veterans , service members and surviving spouses achieve their dreams of homeownership. Rob Chrane, founder and CEO of Down Payment Resource, said that veterans and their families should be more aware of DPA options heading into 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) reports that pending home sales increased in September. Jones explained that pending home sales, also known as contract signings, measure the first official stage of a home sale transaction—when a buyer and seller have reached an agreement on terms and price. September saw a 7.4%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2025

When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) first started its Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers in 1981, it found that single women were the second largest demographic in the U.S. “In 1981, 73% of home buyers were married couples, 11% were single women and 10% were single men.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

According to a new IPX 1031 survey, an estimated67% of Americans are worried about the real estate market in 2025. IPX 1031 conducted a poll of thousands of Americans to find out how they intend to handle these hurdlesdiving into their homeownership goals, budgets, and fears for 2025.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

We curated some standout closing gift ideas for buyers and sellers and assembled this guide to help you navigate the closing gift process. You might opt for a more upscale gift for your luxury home seller and choose something lasting for the first-time home buyer (Note: they may become a luxury client later in life!).

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Held live from the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) NXT Conference in Boston, the conversation covers broker leadership tips, the value of designations and certifications, and educational resources for real estate agents. We’re trying to say that buyers and sellers, in my opinion, are willing to pay you.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Open house postcards Open house postcard from Wise Pelican Open house postcard from Agents Assemble on Etsy Open house postcard from Agents Assemble on Etsy Open house postcards are a valuable tool in the real estate agent’s arsenal, designed to draw prospective buyers and sellers to your property listings.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The past year may have been a turbulent one for HomeServices of America , but according to executive vice president Chris Kelly, this just means the company is in an even better position heading into 2025. We are not going not going to head into 2025 in a full market recovery. It makes working with our team so much better,” he said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2025, however, the real estate franchisor is looking to welcome in and foster the next generation of top agents. Ensuring that the education offerings that we have, have proven results with them is a focus for us in 2025.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The luxury real estate market is on a growth trend early in 2025. as reported by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Buyers and sellers alike continue to rely on the expertise of Sothebys International Realty agents to successfully navigate an ever-changing market and achieve their real estate goals, White said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The latest signal comes from the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which shows sales in October growing 5.4% Higher mortgage rates mean that some buyers might decide to wait until 2025.” year over year and 2% compared to September. However, there are headwinds. million.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Home staging is your chance to transform a property into a home that buyers cant wait to get their hands on. Buyers want to be able to see how a home will work for them. The best home staging tips help you create a welcoming environment that will make buyers feel right at home. Why is home staging important?

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced 10 top hot spots for the 2025 housing market based on economic, demographic and housing factors predicted to significantly impact local markets. All areas offer a favorable financing environmenteither with lower proportions of locked-in homeowners or lower mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

Deephaven’s focus on non-QM lending is expected to drive its volume past $80 billion in 2025. Diego: We’ve kicked off 2025 with mortgage rates that haven’t done much except go a little bit higher. A lot of folks were expecting a decline in 2025. And so we’re forecasting our growth into 2025.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

HousingWire, the leading source for housing market news and information, announced its partnership with Columbus Realtors, the largest city-based Realtor association in Ohio. Columbus Realtors aims to be the leading voice of real estate in central Ohio.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

District Court for the Western District of Missouri has granted final approval of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) proposed settlement agreement to resolve class action claims related to broker commissions. NAR membership dues for 2025 will remain unchanged from 2024.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 15, 2025

Americans are asked in thestudy if they intend to relocate in 2025, where they would like to relocate, and why. The American Dream vs. reality: While more than one-third of respondents wish to move in 2025, less than 10% actually will. Up to 35% of the 1,250 poll participants said they were planned to migrate in 2025.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Although eXp Realty s tagline may be the most agent-centric brokerage on the planet, CEO Leo Pareja said the company will strive to keep the best interests of the consumer at the center of its decisions in 2025. He then tried to figure out how to create an agreement that a buyer would feel comfortable signing.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

According to the most recent quarterly report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), home prices increased in nearly 90% of metro markets (201 out of 226, or 89%) in Q4 of 2024, while the 30-year fixed mortgage rate varied between 6.12% and 6.85%. Mortgage payments for first-time buyers typically accounted for 37.4%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Many in the real estate industry are looking at 2025 as a year to get back to the basics of the business, but Side is taking it one step further. And this focus just happened to coincide with everything going on at the National Association of Realtors and the lawsuits. We are really trying to enhance the experience of our partners.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

From a slower housing market to the industrywide business practice changes , there is no doubt that 2024 was a challenging year for real estate brokerages, but Anywhere Real Estate believes these challenges have helped to set it up for success in 2025. Anywhere expects this organic growth to continue in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As the new year draws near, Fannie Mae anticipates that many of the housing trends from 2024 will persist in 2025, with the lock-in effect of mortgage rates and housing affordability continuing to be major obstacles for countless Americans. In 2025, economists predict that the average mortgage rate will continue to be higher than 6%.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

According to a recent Redfin analysis, the average buyers agent commission for properties sold in Q4 was 2.37%. That is down marginally from 2.45% a year ago, prior to the announcement of the new National Association of Realtors (NAR) commission standards , but it is practically unchanged from 2.36% in Q3, when the new rules went into effect.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The role and value of real estate agents has come under scrutiny since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settled a bevy of antitrust lawsuits related to offers of agent compensation on Realtor-owned multiple listing services (MLSs). But Rayse claims that buyer agents spend roughly 87 hours on a single transaction.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Building on existing relationships is the quickest and easiest way to keep your pipeline filled with active buyers and sellers, so you dont have to worry about dry spells. Your newsletter content should be a mix market updates, buyer and seller advice, community news and events, and storytelling.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

The respondents included 420 people who bought a home in 2023 or 2024, and another 500 who plan to do so in 2024 or 2025. “We We found that buyers stepping into the 2024 housing market have much to learn from previous shoppers,” the report stated. More than 80% of recent buyers asked for at least one seller concession.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

On Thursday, Umansky and Haber announced that the trade group is rolling out its membership plan for 2024 and 2025. During this building phase, we also began ramping up our advocacy efforts, starting with the successful push for changes at the VA to help protect our veteran home buyers. “We million at the end of May.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 27, 2024

decline in pending home sales, according to the National Association of REALTORS. A continued dearth of inventory, high home prices and stable mortgage interest rates have kept would-be home buyers at bay this spring.” million in 2025. million in 2025. May saw a 2.1% Per the report, every U.S. million in 2023 to 4.26

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

Professionals in the industry, which are generally small businesses structured in the form of an LLC, deliver quality homes to end-buyers at competitive prices or rents, with their profit derived from the value added by repositioning or improving the home prior to sale or lease.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

After rising in March , pending home sales continued to slide in May, with the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) posting its second consecutive month of declines to reach a record low, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The PHSI fell 2.1% from April to a reading of 70.8 on a yearly basis.

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Kevin Sears Installed as 2025 President of The National Association of REALTORS® November 7, 2024 – At the annual National Association of REALTORS® Conference Governance Meeting , held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Kevin Sears was installed as the 2025 President of The National Association of REALTORS®.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

month over month in December, according to the newest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). According to an NAR outlook, home sales are projected to rise significantly in 2024 and 2025 as the housing market steadily returns to normal. increase between 2024 and 2025 to a pace of 5.35 in 2025 to reach $405,200.

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