Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Connect with seller leads Purpose: Build trust and start meaningful conversations with potential sellers. Script 1: Initial outreach to sellers Hi [Name], I noticed your home on [Street Name] and wanted to check if you’ve considered selling. I specialize in helping sellers like you find success. Can we discuss your goals?

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Due to rising mortgage rates that have slowed demand, homebuilders have retreated since the pandemic-driven building boom; they are now more concerned with selling the new homes they already have on the books than with building new ones. Overall U.S. Below 4% : Approximately 59.4% have a rate below 4%, down from a record 65.3% in Q1 of 2022.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

trillion-plus (in unpaid principal balance) at the end of Q3 after you acquired Flagstar’s mortgage operations, or will Flagstar’s book be added to that total? Bray: Flagstar’s book will be added to that. Not many companies can provide a holistic solution to sellers of servicing, subservicing, TPO business, etc.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Marlene was quick to recommend Richard Fentons book, Go for No! The book gave her simple but effective advice that changed her mindset and her career along with it. She shared eye-opening truths about cold calling, building rapport and the most effective scripts and what it feels like to turn real estate daydreams into reality.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

MIAC Analytics is marketing a large mortgage servicing rights portfolio on behalf of a lender with a big book of business in California. The seller will be providing full representations and warranties on the portfolio , which has an average loan size of $343,383. The portfolio consists of $292.91

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

After 29 years and thousands of listing presentations, I have found that sellers, more than ever, want an agent who has solid negotiation chops and who is willing to use them on their behalf. In most cases, a buyer wants to get a fair deal on a house that the seller wants to sell at a fair price. I calmly reply, I understand.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2023

The Detroit, Michigan-based lender sold about $20 billion in MSRs to JPMorgan Chase in April, following a decline in its servicing book in the first quarter of 2023. The transaction will ultimately result in the seller shutting down operations. The company’s unpaid principal balance reached $524.8

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

According to Ketchmark, the home sellers paid an average of $6,700 to the buyer’s agent in the transactions, adding up to $1.78 Ketchmark also brought up Keller’s book “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent,” which discusses the ‘co-opetition’ model that has evolved among rival brokerages. billion in damages. And I say average.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez is partnering with Newzip , a tech-enabled real estate platform, to roll out a program aimed to save buyers and sellers on credit costs. Dubbed Newrez Home Rewards, buyers will be matched with a real estate agent who works with Newzip and provided booking services.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2023

The mortgage servicing rights (MSR) market has opened 2023 with a healthy volume of capital committed to purchasing the assets along with multiple sellers primed for deals — as evidenced by the $60 billion to $65 billion in MSR portfolio offerings currently out for bid, market experts say. So, perception is reality right now.”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Sellers agents: Listing agents specialize in representing sellers. Joining a team may not be as beneficial for experienced agents who bring their book of business. Teams that use Ylopo can give their agents a serious edge when it comes to reaching more buyers and sellers and turning leads into deals.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

As a listing agent, showcasing your sellers properties in the absolute best light possible is a vital component of the service you provide them. It translates to getting more buyers through the door, more offers and more money in the sellers (and your) pockets. This is assuming, of course, that the listing is priced appropriately.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

In todays shifting economy, buyers arent willing to pay the amount sellers are asking for. Think about this: In 2025, would a family rely on a travel agent to book a vacation like its the 1990s? No, theyd likely use an online booking platform to eliminate the middleman. So, why shouldnt the same approach be applied there?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

These resources are what agents need to serve buyers and sellers well, and let those buyers and sellers keep more of their hard-earned dollars. “No other brokerage can offer agents a big traditional split and all the benefits, support, technology and customer introductions that we provide here at Redfin.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Caliber, headed by CEO Sanjiv Das, has retail, wholesale and correspondent lending channels, and has developed a large book of business in the purchase space. Caliber is also among the 10 biggest GSE sellers, at nearly $34 billion in mortgages through August 2020. As of Sept. That placed Caliber just behind United Wholesale Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Maher The author of the best-selling book The 7 Levels of Communication runs this group, which helps real estate agents find business by relationship-building. Well, they can, but when it comes to finding the spiciest memes to post on social media, the more creative minds, the better. Join Real Estate Humor 10. Join BiggerPockets 15.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

That’s especially important during the pandemic, when it’s more likely that buyers and their agents are required to book individual appointments to tour homes, she said. “Sellers shouldn’t overprice their homes, even if most homes in their area are selling for higher than their asking price,” she said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

John Ruhlin’s book Giftology sheds light on creating a strategic and thoughtful approach to gift-giving, offering real estate professionals a unique perspective on how to create positive impressions that last beyond the closing table and set you up for return and referral business.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2023

The transaction will ultimately result in the seller shutting down operations. Mr Cooper also estimates a tangible book value increase of about $1 per share at closing. The companies expect the deal to close in the third quarter of 2023, and after onboarding of Home Point customers, Mr. Cooper will shut down the seller operations.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

How to prepare for a listing appointment Have a quick call with the sellers to ask them about their motivation, timeline, and price they have in mind. You can send everything electronically if they prefer, but I always like to have hard copies on hand just in case that’s easier for the sellers. Business cards.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As a public company, we’re a pretty open book.” If there is an outright ban on sellers paying buyer agents, it’s clear from research focus groups and what happens in other countries that we will not see homebuyers coming out of pocket to pay buyer agents,” Florance said. What moron would shoot themselves in the head by doing that?”

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2022

Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experience over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige Book for July. The Beige Book.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

per share net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon. Cooper will shut down the seller operations. Mr. Cooper also estimates a tangible book value increase of about $1 per share at closing. Cooper is assuming $500 million in outstanding Home Point 5% senior notes due in February 2026, per the deal announced in May.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2022

The seller is not identified for either deal. Pricing [on EBO loans] has already crept down to the high 90s [as a percent of par]. “… It’s really opportunistic for sellers [now] to be able to get out with a minimal haircut and get away from the [servicing] advances, and get away from the liability and servicing.”.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2023

Prior to the collapse of Fannie and Freddie, pre 2008, the GSEs would give preferred pricing to their largest sellers in what was known as “alliance” agreements. The spread in pricing between a large seller and a small one was significant. The problem here is that they are turning to negative incentives.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In April, Ocwen announced it acquired the entire $14 billion book of mortgage servicing rights of Texas Capital Bank through its subsidiary PHH Mortgage. In total, the deal added 200 new correspondent sellers and 60,000 loans to PHH’s business.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2022

The seller is not identified. MIAC, as exclusive representative for the seller, is pleased to offer for your review and consideration a $6.23 The seller is not identified in the offering, which indicates the deadline for final bids was Jan. Incenter Managing Director Tom Piercy would only say that the seller is a “nonbank.”.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2023

However, Planet claims its servicing portfolio stood at $94 billion as of June 2023, and the deal with Village increases its MSR book by 10.6%. According to Dubeck, Planet remains a “liquidity provider to mid- and smaller-tier issuers, providing competitive prices to sellers. The volume in Q1 2023 was 68.3% “We bought $12.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Expired sellers and FSBOs: This is for the bravest of agents out there! Look up expired sellers and FSBO sellers on LinkedIn and send them a message. Related articles 9 savvy strategies to get more real estate referrals 3 FSBO scripts that actually book appointments (+ tips for using them) 7.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2024

According to Barton, the “substance of the settlement” is a “very reasonable middle path forward for the industry, where commissions are communicated between sellers and buyers and both parties are better educated.” Barton also touched upon the terms of NAR’s settlement agreement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This phenomenon is explained in the book Man’s Search for Meaning , authored by Holocaust survivor Viktor E. In the book, Frankl states, “Don’t aim at success. Viktor Frankl When Frankl published the book, he deliberately left his name off the cover, not wishing to be associated with it. Don’t aim at success.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Real estate and the dawn of the internet era Prior to the advent of the World Wide Web, for-sale listings were published in a hard-copy MLS book, which was not allowed to leave the broker’s brick-and-mortar office. All of the books said they were confidential and not to give them away,” said Saul Klein, the current CEO of San Diego MLS.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2024

This isn’t saying too much since 2023 had the lowest recorded level of new listings ever, but it’s still a plus in my book.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Listings are the life-blood of all successful real estate businesses, but making the leap from working primarily with buyers to working with sellers can be a challenge for many agents early in their careers. Many nosy neighbors end up turning into sellers, and hosting open houses is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your marketing skills.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

According to Freel, originators that do not own MSRs are likely to benefit from lower rates due to higher origination volumes and the absence of markdowns on their servicing books. Pennymac is another nonbank working to safeguard its servicing book. Cooper Group. As of June 30, Mr. Cooper had become the largest U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But as much as it’s already a core tenet of real estate, collaboration currently presents a unique new opportunity for real estate agents to evolve the way they work with their buyers and sellers. It’s time that tech providers took a page from the book of the people they serve. We’re taking that page.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A traditional primary resident seller is also a buyer, which means if they don’t list, they’re not just taking a potential home to be bought off the table — they’re taking a future sale off the books as well. Existing home sales have more legs to go lower, especially now that new listing data is falling. million to 1.28

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