Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While new social media platforms seem to pop up all the time, Facebook remains a tried-and-true platform for real estate agents to grow their business in a variety of ways. LCA’s tagline is “exploring the science of real estate,” and you’ll find plenty of advice about technology here. Join Real Estate Mastermind 5.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Dubbed “Investors Flex,” the non-QM product for real estate investors, offered purchase and refinance loans up to $2 million that could be used to finance up to 20 properties by using each property’s monthly rental income to qualify.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Real estate professionals can help by hosting educational workshops to help make the transaction easier. Find your audience Not every real estate transaction is the same because not all buyers and sellers are the same. Real estate transactions involve a variety of professionals, each experts in their field.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

Rising interest rates , already in the mid-4% range, have dramatically slowed refinancings, forcing originators to look toward other products that entice purchase buyers or those with equity in their existing homes. The new product targets real estate investors, a group that represented 16.4%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As real estate practitioners adjust to the practice changes that took effect in August, and the industry waits for final approval of the NAR settlement from the court in November, questions continue about seller offers of compensation. In a bidding war, cash buyers and investors will win, and first-time buyers will lose.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Experienced real estate investors often say that there are opportunities in every market — whether prices are rising or falling, whether the trends lean towards a buyers’ market or a seller’s market. All these investors need are properties to sell or rent. 2022 Forecast series. 2022 Forecast series.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Midwest and Northeast regions seem to be the new hot spots for real estate investors. This week, Realtor.com named markets in Ohio , Michigan , Pennsylvania , New York and Connecticut among the top markets for real estate investment opportunities in 2024. Dayton, Ohio, holds the No.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 16, 2024

Investor activity in the U.S. year-over-year—the largest increase since mid-2022, according to a new report by Redfin, a real estate brokerage. Investors bought approximately one out of every six homes sold in the quarter, representing $43 billion in transactions, marking a 13.7% increase from a year earlier.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Real estate agents have white-knuckled their way through more than two years of suffocatingly high mortgage rates that have stymied sales, choked off inventory and pushed home prices to new all-time highs. If more buyers come in than supply comes in, that has to dictate stronger prices or more sales, one of the two.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Networking can be intimidating for some real estate agents. Yet real estate networking doesn’t have to be scary. We’ll dive into strategies for both online and IRL networking, expert tips for networking successfully, secrets specifically for introverts, and where to find new potential real estate clients.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

housing market may have slowed during the second quarter of the year, investors did not take their foot off the gas. The number of home purchases by investors rose 3.4% While investors are still sensitive to mortgage rate changes, they are less sensitive than consumer buyers as 69% of investors pay in cash.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The pandemic has shifted the pecking order of the real estate industry’s location-location-location axiom for many homebuyers — high-cost and high-density urban is out, while suburban is back in vogue and rural is experiencing a bit of a revival. 75% out-of-state buyers); Calhoun County, Ala. (60%);

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Become a hub for real estate listings. Brokerage founder and CEO Robert Reffkin laid his firm’s plans for the future bare during its third-quarter 2024 earnings call with investors and analysts on Wednesday. Listing inventory remains the lifeblood of the residential real estate marketplace,” Reffkin said. “At

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2021

.” The Oakland, California-based company offers an online marketplace where buyers and sellers can both buy and sell rental homes in more than 70 U.S. Some of these properties have tenants already residing in them, giving investors the opportunity to buy and sell the home without the renters being forced to vacate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Friday’s bombshell – the National Association of Realtors ‘ proposed $418 million settlement of real estate commission lawsuits – set off a frenzy of trading for stocks in the residential real estate sector. That revenue concentration seems to be what had investors heading for the exits on Friday.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Check out these nine downloadable real estate prospecting letter templates to help you make an impression in your neighborhood or zip code. My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). Please think of me as your go-to resource for all things real estate.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Real estate tech firm Prevu announced a Series A financing round Thursday of $6 million. Launched in New York City in 2017, Prevu offers buyers up to 2% cash back of the purchase price thanks to its commission rebate. billion in real estate transactions over the past six years. “In

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In December 2023, a startling rumor started to spread on social media — that large institutional buyers had purchased 44% of the available homes on the market in 2023, leaving policymakers concerned with the potentially predatory grip of these entities. New Western , meanwhile, also stood out as a marketplace for real estate investors.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

For fix-and-flip investors, 2023 promises to be a very challenging year. Tack on higher costs for materials, labor and financing, and it’s clear that there’s little margin for error for investors pursuing a fix-and-flip strategy. Even then, investors shouldn’t be waiting for a surge of bank-owned properties to come to market.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Combined, this partnership could spur better decision-making for investors and home buyers as well as create a more efficient workflow for agents, the statement said. Additionally, the partnership comes off the heels of a $13 million Series B financing for Local Logic in August.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The volume of real estate purchases by international buyers dropped to their lowest levels in a decade over the last year, as a result of the pandemic. The post Foreign Real Estate Investors Plot Their Return appeared first on DSNews.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 12, 2024

Over the past few years, investors have reduced their homebuying activity, but their activity has continued to outpace the market as a whole. Consequently, even though investors are buying fewer homes, their percentage has increased—according to a new Realtor.com study. Investor participation in home purchases decreased from 13.8%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The real estate market in China, both commercial and residential, have been unwinding over the last few years. Lax lending standards and cheap credit, plus a popular belief that real estate values never decline, created a massive bubble. Growing demand While there is a chance of real estate assets in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

As a broker and real estate coach, I’m always surprised when new agents tell me they don’t want to use real estate scripts. Below, you’ll find proven real estate scripts for 12 common situations to help you earn more business in 2024. This is [name] with [brokerage].

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In 1983 Jim Campbell launched what is believed to be the first joint venture experiment between a real estate brokerage and a title and settlement firm. Campbell is now something of a JV guru, having completed over 80 joint ventures with real estate or lending firms. Image was created using MidJourney.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

Roughly 80% of real estate investors surveyed are selling single-family homes at or above asking price after fully renovating the properties to make them habitable, according to a report from real estate marketplace New Western. 50%), Charlotte, NC (49%), Jacksonville, FL (48%) and Houston, TX (46%).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

The proposed settlement between the National Association of REALTORS ( NAR ) and class-action litigants has prompted much discussion about a series of practice changes affecting compensation for real estate professionals. As an economist focused on the real estate market for years, I’m wary of ideas that sound too good to be true.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

In this executive conversation, Laura O’Connor, President and COO of JPAR Real Estate Affiliated Network shares her insights on the role of the modern real estate professional. Laura brings a fresh perspective to building trust and delivering value in an increasingly complex real estate landscape.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

Mauricio Umansky, founder of The Agency and star of Buying Beverly Hills, and Compass agent and NAR Accountability Project founder Jason Haber are making good on a promise to explore a real estate professional trade organization alternative to the National Association of Realtors. NAR did not return a request for comment.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The world of real estate is constantly in flux, yet one thing remains true: Lead generation is one of the most important requirements for maintaining a successful real estate business. Particularly in the 2023 economy, with interest rates on mortgage rates stubbornly perched around 7.5% By being true to yourself.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Creating a real estate marketing plan can be harder than it sounds. I put together this guide to help you find your niche and create a real estate marketing plan aligned with your brand, personality, and local market. If you’ve ever walked through a vendor hall at a real estate conference, you know what I mean.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Still, despite the gloomy news of late for SFR and fix-and-flip investors, some industry experts see better fortunes ahead in 2024 for both sectors. “We Salmanson, CEO of Cherre , a data integration and insights platform serving the real estate market, including institutional owners of single-family rental (SFR) properties.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a real estate agent, you may think clients should care more about their next home than your life story. And while that may be true, well-crafted real estate agent bios can build trust and credibility and serve as a powerful tool in an agent’s marketing arsenal — giving prospective clients.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2022

Retail housing market data from June showing early signs of a real estate slowdown was foreshadowed three months earlier in buyer behavior at foreclosure auctions. The downshift in buyer behavior at the foreclosure auction came two months before the downshift showed up in retail housing market data.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

Buyers are really struggling.” Although there is no doubt among local real estate professionals that demand is high in the Cincinnati housing market, agents say the area’s low inventory situation is only adding to the challenge facing consumers. It is extremely competitive,” DeRoussel said of the Cincinnati housing market. “We

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

When it comes to handling compensation eXp Realty is not mincing its words — it is not sharing its listing fee with the buyer’s broker. However, the firm says this does not mean it is unwilling to work with buyer’s brokers. But it will be their sellers who make the decision on an offer of compensation to a buyer broker.

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