Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — the regulatory body that oversees communications across a wide variety of media including radio, telephone and the internet — announced that new rules related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) will go into effect in April 2025. Department of Defense.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The number of office-to-apartment (O-to-A) conversions is on the rise, and by 2025, there will be about 71,000 units planned, breaking new records. Only 3,709 of the 55,339 office-to-apartments that were in some stage of development in January of last year were finished by December, meaning that 51,630 units remained unfinished until 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Auction.com has released its 2025 Distressed Market Outlook , which forecasts foreclosure auction volume decreasing 8% in 2025 as a baseline scenario. The forecast also incorporates two other less likely scenarios with differing macroeconomic and housing market assumptions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The company’s Auction Market Dispatch for third-quarter 2024 included a survey conducted in late September of more than 140 active buyers on the platform. While 45% said current market conditions were not impacting their desire to purchase distressed property, 34% said conditions were detrimental to their decisions.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The family-run brokerage firm recorded some legal w ins and losses , developed new tools for agents and clients , and navigated one of the slowest years for home sales in nearly three decades. The company has been in business since 1957 as we always say, we are a multigenerational company and that is not just a marketing phrase, Hanna said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As you plan your 2025, its important to be intentional about including self-development activities. If youre looking for ways to capture and hold onto market share during this next shift, read this book and implement the strategies inside. Learn how to dominate your hyper-local market using her system.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

If so, here’s how to return back to our roots and navigate an ever changing market. The key is to offer valuewhether through listing alerts, personalized market reports, or consistent follow-ups. To do so, develop strategies and programs that cater to buyers and sellers at every stage. Isn’t that promising?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

The 10-year yield and mortgage rates have been on a wild ride lately, even testing my top-end forecast at 7.25%, but today, the 10-year yield fell after remarks by Fed President Chris Waller about whether the Fed would do even more rate cuts than the market was anticipating. It’s not booming. It’s not falling.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The third, a gift from the United franchise in Richmond, Virginia , states, Only the strong survive in 2025. This goes for anything ranging from decisions about products and services to decisions about entering new markets. Like many other brokerages , United will be focused on growth in 2025. Haase said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Nominations for HousingWires 2025 Finance Leaders Award are open now through January 31, 2025. to discuss the trends shaping the housing industry in 2025. HousingWire: What role does data and technology play in your financial planning and forecasting for 2025, and how are you leveraging these tools to enhance decision-making?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2025

During the 10-minute conversation, Pieklo explores his new focus on developing AFR’s wholesale lending strategy, the competitive landscape of the mortgage market, and the company’s unique approach to differentiating itself from other big names in the wholesale space. We look to the secondary markets first.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They explore forecasts for the 2025 housing market, key macroeconomic trends to monitor, solutions to the housing affordability crisis and more. To start the conversation, Divounguy dives into the past two years of economic developments and how they impact today’s housing market. So, both are happening together.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The best hard money loans for real estate depend on your investment strategy, whether youre financing a short-term flip, a rental property or a large-scale development. Ill walk you through my top picks for the best hard money lenders in 2025 and explain how to choose the right lender for your specific needs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

RealTrends Verified has opened the submissions period for its 2025 rankings, alongside a series of big-time enhancements. In 2025, the platform will offer a slew of upgrades designed to empower professionals, enhance local brand visibility for agents and highlight industry-leading talent. How can agents and teams benefit in 2025?

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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. Tom Davis: When you’re working with a professional and you want expertise, you’re going to want to work with someone who is the expert in your market. A lot of folks were expecting a decline in 2025. trillion.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Just waiting for the market to correct and find balance,” wrote one Auction.com buyer, in response to a survey regarding the impact of market conditions on bidding and purchasing behavior at auction. The remaining 45% claimed that their inclination to purchase was unaffected by market conditions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Todays new home sales report beat market expectations, just like last weeks existing home sales report. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. If you’re wondering why construction labor might be at risk in 2025, supply is piling up and mortgage rates are still above 7%. percent (19.7

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Despite ongoing challenges, such as rising energy costs, office vacancies, and economic uncertainty, commercial real estate (CRE) investors remain optimistic about the opportunities 2025 may bring. According to the survey: 52% of CRE investors believe that potential interest rate cuts will have the biggest impact on the sector in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The single-family rental (SFR) market, which has outperformed the apartment rental sector in recent years, is showing clear signs of slowing. The report , which analyzed rental prices in 857 cities, highlights rising vacancies, shifting regional trends, and the impact of build-to-rent developments as key factors influencing rent prices.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 27, 2025

This suggests that completed foreclosure auctions may also slightly increase in Q1 of 2025, according to new Auction.com data. Election results should create a better market going forward, wrote one survey respondent. Youngstown, Ohio Markets with the lowest levels of demand were in: Minneapolis-St.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 28, 2024

trillion in 2025, up 28% from the $1.79 Mike Fratantoni, chief economist and senior vice president for research and business development, says although the economy has been stronger than expected this year, the MBA is forecasting a slowdown in economic growth and additional incremental increases in the unemployment rate in 2025.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

How are you doing that in this crazy housing market? Our licensing school brings in brand-new agents, whom we train and develop to help them become superstars. Sanchez: We’re seeing some green shoots in the housing market. How is 2025 looking for your business? Harrington: We have a unique way of recruiting.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Foreclosure activity has declined significantly since the housing crisis of the late 2000s, and distressed home marketplace Auction.com reported this week that it expects the number of foreclosure-auction sales in 2025 to drop to the second-lowest total on record. But these ratios vary significantly across local markets.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

real estate market. While the Sun Belt region is the most dramatic example of this phenomena, insurance markets responding to the increasing awareness of climate risk are materially changing the calculus behind home ownership and the desirability of entire communities across the country. million in 2025.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Mortgage and title clients are undergoing a significant transformation with the shift from Encompass Software Development Kit (SDK) to Encompass Partner Connect (EPC). Increased software development needs : New integrations often require more development resources to ensure compatibility with existing systems.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In this monograph, we discuss the absolute necessity of developing more than one skill set as part of becoming a competent and professional real estate appraiser. At its core, real estate appraising involves the due diligence necessary to form a credible opinion of the market value of a particular property.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

This week, the Seattle City Council had its first meeting of 2025 and housing was a key topic of discussion. To comply with state law, the city must pass new density rules by June 2025, the Times reported. The new proposed neighborhood centers have attracted the most opposition.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With a membership comprising more than 90% of the mortgage servicing market, the NMSA is a nonpartisan organization driven by senior executive representation from the nation’s leading mortgage servicing organizations, formed to effect progress and change on the key challenges that face the mortgage servicing industry.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

housing market was relatively slow in 2024, experts say the luxury sector was an outlier and they are anticipating even stronger conditions in 2025. According to The Trend Report released Monday by Coldwell Banker s Global Luxury program, the brands luxury property specialists expect more luxury buyers to reenter the market in 2025.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As a result, loanDepot is retiring its Vision 2025 strategic plan, which began in July 2022 to help the company reduce its non-volume expenses by more than $730 million. Vision 2025 will be replaced by a program called Project North Star that is focused on the homeownership journey. in after-market hours.

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JANUARY 27, 2025

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) have released their new residential sales statistics for December 2024 , which found that sales of new single-family homes were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,0003.6% The balance between the new and existing home markets could change in 2025, said Sturtevant.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Dunmor CEO Franck Ruimy spoke with HousingWire ‘s Sarah Wolak on why he anticipates 2025 will be a strong sales year, and he highlighted the recent growth for the business-purpose lending (BPL) sector. Wolak: Do you see any of this changing in 2025? Multifamily developments have been picking up with a very strong start.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 3, 2025

According to Zillow s most recent market research, the erratic and abrupt changes in mortgage rates that had a significant impact on the housing market in 2024 will undoubtedly be a significant factor in the upcoming year. By 2025, that figure ought to increase somewhat to 4.16 The post Will Home Sales Increase in 2025?

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This article originally appeared in the February 2025 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. There are promising signs that the market could rebound in 2025 if interest rates moderate significantly, bringing new opportunities and growth potential. by the end of 2025, and 3.1% by the end of 2025, and 3.1%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

loanDepot ‘ s CEO and president Frank Martell said the mortgage market will remain challenging in 2024. Still, the company is working to make money and, when the market turns, accelerate growth in a profitable, sustainable way. “The market has changed a lot. . “The market has changed a lot.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The share of homes on the market with price reductions ticked up this week, which is unusual this early in the season. Potential home sellers notice weak demand, fewer offers and price reductions, prompting them to back away from the market. If potential sellers avoid the market, this will keep a lid on supply growth.

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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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