Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Ironically, the technology he’s developed can be a benefit to real estate agents as well. SW: Why did you want to develop this platform? When I originated loans, there were a certain number of people that just didn’t need an agent — because the buyers and sellers knew each other in some fashion.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For most real estate agents, working with a reliable lending partner is essential to a smooth and successful transaction. That partnership is everything,” Amy Breach, a Seattle-based Keller Williams agent, told HousingWire in late 2022. The lender and LO can make or break the transaction.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2023

Home-price growth has slowed markedly in many parts of the country, which has helped to improve buyers’ purchasing power,” Joel Kan, MBA’s vice president and deputy chief economist, said. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). But it’s not just mortgage demand that has fluctuated recently.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2021

Chat with a few real estate agents based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — a city ninety minutes from Baltimore and two hours from Philadelphia — and a similar topic will undoubtedly emerge: the capital of the Keystone State has become one of the most popular places to move to in the entire country due to low home prices.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2023

But the landscape is changing, and ADU buyers (and ADU builders and makers) are adapting to it. Homelight surveyed real estate agents who found ADU ROIs to be neutral to negative, depending on the location. But the pandemic is now over and interest rates are way up. So, what’s happening with ADUs now?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

There are still plenty of buyers interested in this area. In fact, we had (number) offers, which means there are still ready, willing, and qualified buyers eager to make an offer! You can use other agents’ listings here, but be careful not to imply that you’re the agent. Are you considering selling your property?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2024

Real estate agents are optimistic about the housing market and working to implement buyer agency agreement as we head into 2024, according to the RealTrends Q1 2024 AgentPulse survey. Better buyer and seller presentations to break down payment to a more granular level,” was one agent’s response.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2021

And if the sheer size of the gated, master-planned complex known as The Villages doesn’t convince you of the uniqueness of the community – which was developed in the 1980s by developer Harold Schwartz and his son H. Selling and buying in The Villages tends to be a highly emotional process, according to local real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2022

This week’s HW+ member spotlight features Arjun Dhingra, who serves as sales and business development at All Western Mortgage. Dhingra has over 20 years of experience helping homebuyers and real estate agents and is an expert when it comes to harnessing the power of social media to help educate and inform people on the home-buying process.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I am in the camp with many that believe the market will continue to feel price pressure, at least until inventory levels begin to return to normal (2019 or early 2020 levels, at least). Why inventory levels matter to appraisers. Inventory levels have an impact on property valuation, at least in the short term. Of course not.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2021

Inversely, data from Zillow showed for-sale inventory climb the highest in four major real estate markets – Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. “The pandemic has catalyzed purchases by millennial first-time buyers, many of whom can now work from anywhere.” and Austin.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But the virus has had anything but a negative impact on real estate in El Paso. According to multiple real estate agents and mortgage brokers, low interest rates and a high percentage of “essential” jobs in their town has kept the housing market and local economy strong. Interest rates were so low, at 2.5%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

Bonnie Williamson never intended to be a real estate agent. But with rising mortgage rates, still-rising home prices, and record-low levels of inventory, this might be easier said than done. For brokerages – and agents themselves – transaction sides and sales volume are easy ways to measure productivity.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

And many buyers are waiting on the sidelines, paralyzed by low housing inventory and high rates. It essentially allows qualified buyers with a government loan to purchase a home by assuming responsibility for the sellers’ mortgage terms, including the current balance and interest rate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

The number one differentiator about our program is we understand that as a real estate agent, you have one job: to generate leads,” says SERHANT. Smaller, more specific courses, such as The Buyer Presentation , are priced at $347. She even has one specifically for your first 30 days as a real estate agent.

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McKissock

AUGUST 14, 2022

The housing market has cooled since the intensity of the post-pandemic real estate rush, but the seller’s market we experienced has left us with plenty of discussion about what the nation’s housing inventory looks like. Housing Inventory So Low? Why It’s Hard to Meet Housing Inventory Needs Right Now. Why Is U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

After completing countless Veterans Administration (VA) mortgage loan transactions over the years, Chris Pascoe, a Marine veteran turned RE/MAX agent, has developed something of a system. First, he has his clients lender call the listing agent. This, however, doesn’t stop VA buyers from submitting an offer on the home. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

Since launching as a call center in 2003, the California lender has expanded into the outside distributed retail model with a target on the purchase mortgage market, serviced its own loans and developed its tech stack in-house. The call center is going to be the in-market agent’s best friend.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JANUARY 24, 2024

As someone knee-deep in residential real estate appraisal, I’ve got a nugget of wisdom to share: housing statistics are your not-so-secret weapon for leveling up in the real estate hustle. Quick Lowdown for Real Estate Agents Let’s keep it real—real estate is more than just bricks and mortar changing hands.

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McKissock

OCTOBER 26, 2020

How can real estate professionals best address this situation? That is if you’re representing the buyer, what should you look for in terms of that extra workspace? Buyers, he adds, need to watch the market carefully and be ready to pounce if a property comes on the market in a neighborhood they like. In Portland, Me.,

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2021

How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates? The inventory of existing homes remains quite tight at less than 2.5 The inventory of existing homes remains quite tight at less than 2.5 This additional inventory is sorely needed. What if it doesn’t?).

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A great skill to have for a real estate agent, or anyone in the real estate industry, is the ability to download sales data from your local MLS and import it into a spreadsheet program like Excel or Google Sheets. In my last post, I discussed statistics related to supply and demand.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In most parts of the country, real estate appraiser’s main source of data is the multiple listing service. MLS) We use it to find homes that are comparable to the ones we are valuing, to determine what buyers are paying for similar homes. Real estate agents are typically the individuals who provide information in the MLS.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

and in order to answer that question, you need to understand how Real Estate Agents make money. If you could go back to your first year as a Real Estate Agent, what advice would you give yourself? One of the first questions new Realtors have for me is always 'how much money will I make in my first year?'

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Moderation in mortgage rates led to a pickup in demand for residential real estate, but limited inventories across the country hindered actual home sales , the Federal Reserve reported in its Beige Book survey of regional business contacts that was published Wednesday.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 7, 2023

It might be challenging to gauge your readiness to act, particularly if you’re a first-time home buyer. Understanding your options for a home mortgage will also significantly benefit you in developing your home-buying plans. For a buyer, this can pose a challenge since there are more buyers than homes available.

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Hank Miller Team

JULY 7, 2022

Probably not a bad question as the changes in quarter 2 of 2022 were dramatic, As the Fed fights rampant inflation, buyers are faced with dramatic rate increases and sellers with a comparative lack of activity. Both the stock market and national housing market went bonkers and home buyers were right in the middle of it all.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Real estate farming also includes traditional marketing methods like sending direct mailers, knocking on doors and nailing your locally relevant social media presence. Why should I try real estate farming? If you have a marketing need, it’s got the AI-assisted real estate marketing tool for you.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 1, 2022

Because real estate agents and appraisers are striving for similar results (estimating accurate value) we can all gain valuable insight from the same market data. Granted, the job of a real estate agent is to get the highest price for their client, but they must still live in the real world by studying historical sales trends.

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Genworth MI Blog

JULY 13, 2023

The current housing market has been met with low housing inventory, yet demand is still relatively high. There is an on-site visual inspection of the property and a suggestion of improvements followed by the research, analysis and development that produces the appraisal report. That’s where you, the lenders, can step in and help.

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Hank Miller Team

JANUARY 16, 2023

One of the craziest segments of the last two years was real estate. Prices and inventory of course, but the massive influx of "hobby agents" over this period was a lesser covered negative result. The number of real estate agents soared to record highs, as did buyer remorse and complaints.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Lower rates are likely to make homeownership accessible to more buyers and it should prompt some potential sellers who are locked in at a rate of 3% or less to list. In Birmingham, ERA King Real Estate agent Anna-Maria Ellison said that even without lower mortgage rates, she is seeing buyers return to the market. “It

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The correct steps to selling and buying a home go like this: Find an EXPERT Realtor and develop a plan. You can offer to pay the buyer’s rent for a certain period of time after closing, known as a rent back, in the event that the closing on your new house is delayed. Buyer Resources. List your current home. Read More ».

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

“It will be slow for a few days and then we’ll get this wave of interest and buyers and then it will slow again, but it keeps picking back up,” he said. And while the seven-day moving average for single-family inventory was just 36 homes as of June 2023, it is far better than the 15 homes listed in mid-May of 2023.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

I hadn’t developed a network for mortgage lending with Realtors,” Woodward said about his work at Interfirst in Indiana. When it comes to selling more complex loan products, buyers still feel more comfortable with loan officers at banks and broker shops. But Woodward struggled to originate purchase loans. “I in the broker channel.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

In certain parts of the Phoenix AMA that do not have a designated water provider, builders and developers need a certificate of AWS to obtain a building permit. Kamps added that he anticipates the prices of the 80,000 lots that already have AWS will also increase if developers chose to sell them, since there currently is a finite supply.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 4, 2021

Last week, a real estate agent asked me about how appraisers adjust for age. That usually appealing to many home buyers. We also develop the effective ages of comparable sales to derive a range of effective ages, which can help to further support our estimate of the effective age of the property we are appraising.

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