Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

While I hate to be the bearer of bad news, that era is almost most definitely drawing to a close. Well into January, we are already seeing properties go under contract in the first weekend with multiple offers. The changing tides Previously, buyers were able to look for over a month, as average days on market continued to climb.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

We are seeing contracts fall through during the due-diligence period because of the sticker shock on insurance costs, so that is definitely a problem.” It is definitely a significant concern and issue,” Smith said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

In May, ICE said it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Black Knight for $13.1 Black Knight is preparing to be acquired by Intercontinental Exchange Inc. ICE), assuming regulators don’t stand in their way. billion, which valued Black Knight at $85 per share.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These providers offer a rapid and cost-effective means for real estate agents to gather a list of potential clients and ultimately boost sales. Market Leader’s unique approach focuses on nurturing leads for long-term client relationships, so it’s great for a solo agent who’s just starting to build their email list.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 16, 2021

Trying to meet deadlines, keep my clients informed, and put out a quality product in this busy market is enough to make my head spin. Fannie Mae defines market value in part as “the most probable price that a property should bring…” Thus, probability is the very foundation of the most common definition of market value.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 1, 2022

When reading contracts, words will always have their ordinary meaning unless defined otherwise. Below is the definition from Webster’s online dictionary of the plain meaning rule: Plain meaning rule. Below is the definition from Webster’s online dictionary of the plain meaning rule: Plain meaning rule. adjective.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2021

It was definitely a rush job! He wasted my client’s money. For example, one client had a home under contract for $983,000 and the list/appraised value was just $900,000, the LO said. But the most important thing is educating clients from day one. He told me that they have to protect the lender’s interest.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

To succeed in real estate, it’s essential to have affordable, efficient tools for generating, nurturing, and converting leads into clients. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. To target different cities or neighborhoods in your MLS, you’ll want to add additional Zurple websites.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Success depends on how well (and how quickly) you can combine your own marketing skills with the right tools and support systems out there to help you convert leads into clients. Yet, in a competitive real estate market, agents don’t always have the luxury of investing months into long-term brand-building.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

I definitely believe that the legal environment is still there and theres a lot going on, but it is really critical that we focus on … helping our agents grow, helping our affiliates grow and focusing back on business in the coming year, Yannaccone said. But that isnt what she wants her firm to focus on in the year ahead.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The LOs and brokers who are truly passionate, who are great at what they do, will use this time to double down, hone their craft and become even better advisors to their clients. They can work through loan scenarios with LOs helping them find the best product to meet their clients’ needs. It’s like having your own operations team!

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Just like you should be wrapping up your business and closing out your books before the last day of the year, you also need to wipe the slate clean so that you can jump in and move forward with fresh goals, new clients and an uncluttered mindset. If you are a gmail person, this is as simple as selecting your ENTIRE inbox and hitting ARCHIVE.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

“I’ve had many conversations with clients of mine from late April through early July, the market was total pandemonium. Contracts during this time also skyrocketed 62%. “We’ve And, since early July to now, it’s just getting very busy.”. So, there’s activity all over the place.”.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

Making sure everyone is included spans from our diversity, equity & inclusion commitments to our product development where we create greater opportunities for our clients. I don’t mean affordable housing in the HUD definition, though I know that’s needed too. I mean, a house that working Americans can afford in their community.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

These are the folks who are buying right now, and I you know because some of them are my clients.” There’s no question about it, the ‘haves’ definitely have a growth hat on and are buying data to recruit, and they are definitely extremely active.” So, the deals aren’t as attractive to sellers. …We’ll

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This means the lazy real estate agents who provide very little value to their client can no longer just show up and know they will automatically get paid a percentage of the sales price just for writing a contract. Sadly, the understanding of the difference between a client and a customer is pitifully poor in our industry.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

It’s important to be intentional and choose strategies that give you the highest likelihood of meeting and connecting with your ideal clients. Rather than wasting time and money trying many different tactics to find clients, a detailed plan allows you to focus on just a few. I usually recommend sticking to no more than two or three.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 7, 2021

Depending on the client’s needs, my work includes coaching, customized training, quality assurance, continuing education, disciplinary action assistance, internal audit, and other customized projects. Josh : The Annual Compliance Training is designed to meet requirements of clients and regulators.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

What’s the secret to nurturing leads and turning them into loyal clients? As your real estate business expands, nurturing your growing client base inevitably leads to a need for improved communication. It’s a high-functioning customer relationship management (CRM) tool with robust features, integrations and automation.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Saghafi has clients who recently decided to pull the trigger and move to a bigger house by selling their home that had a 2.375% mortgage rate. Interest rates going up definitely cooled the market, but overall, that is not the problem.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this article, well cover the definition of a pocket listing, the pros and cons for both agents and sellers, and how to transact off-market legally and ethically. This could translate to a higher commission, depending on how your contract with the seller is written. A reason to call your buyer leads.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 6, 2022

But the other problem is that it undercuts the contract you’re entering when you agree to perform the appraisal. How many times have you had a client try to move the goalpost on you? “Oh That contract or agreement you make when you accept a job is critical. It’s not the client’s job to understand this – that’s our job.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

The agents who spoke with RealTrends all viewed any time spent developing leads and cultivating relationships that will help them grow their client base as productive. Just how we do contracts now is so much faster. The back end systems, when we are listing something or putting something under contract, it is all just very seamless.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

But we are definitely supporting a market that already exists — they don’t use real estate agents anyway. We’ve enabled the ability to create an offer, negotiate that offer and produce a contract — all from a mobile device, without having to go through the back and forth of sending emails and follow ups.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

For example, when a title company receives a Purchase & Sale contract via email, AI can help grab key information and queue up a transaction with pre-populated data for review.” I think the amount we use AI might fluctuate but it is definitely here to stay,” Bill Svoboda, the president and co-founder of Close Simple , said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2022

Essentially, through the so-called Bacon Protocol — a set of smart contracts and programming that exists on the Ethereum blockchain platform — investors can purchase stable coins, which are a form of “stable” cryptocurrency pegged to the value of the U.S. That’s what we built our system to do [for crypto and traditional mortgages].”. “In

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

“Rates are materially, definitely increasing faster than we were anticipating,” Saket Nigam, senior vice president of capital markets at Spring EQ , a home equity lender, said. The lender expects to turn a profit this year by reducing costs upwards of 30% through a renegotiation of worker contracts, but not through layoffs.

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McKissock

MARCH 10, 2021

When a real estate client defects, it might not be something you are doing to drive away real estate clients. There could be any number of reasons why the client decides to look elsewhere. However, you must consider, at least a little, that something you did along the way caused the client to walk away.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

According to VanFossen, that’s a “definite potential outcome that a lot of mortgage lenders are looking at, legally and in a compliant manner,” including Absolute Home Mortgage, which is doing tests with this dual-licensing structure. He has been focused on getting referrals from prior clients and online.

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Walitt Solutions

MAY 24, 2020

A student in my USPAP Update class recently asked me, “I know I can discuss the report with the client, but I’ve talked about the report with other intended users, too. individual, group, or entity) who engage an appraiser by employment or contract in a specific assignment, whether directly or through an agent.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

One of my favorite seller clients was a FSBO who I became friends with. If you have any questions about the paperwork or need help during the contract to close period, please save my number and reach out. If no: It’s definitely not easy to do, and it looks like you have a great property! Good for you + good for your clients!

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2021

He started contracting with home mortgage lenders to appraise the value of the property tied to a loan. “It But DeZarn was an independent contractor business of one, and he lost his clients in 2008 when the housing market imploded. AMCs business model is to snare contracts from mortgage lenders, and serve as their appraiser middleman.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Definitely the best practical appraisal advice I have read on new URAR. In the October 2024 issue of Appraisal Today Excerpts: Everyone has a different opinion of a “good” appraiser – clients, review appraisers, AMCs, other appraisers, regulators, etc. To read more, Click Here My comments: Read this blog post!

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McKissock

MARCH 2, 2021

Here are five excellent resources offered by McKissock Learning—including a Pro-Series webinar on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, “ The Market Value Doesn’t Support the Contract Price, Now What? ”. Webinar: The Market Value Doesn’t Support the Contract Price, Now What? Blog post: Advice for Working with Difficult Clients.

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McKissock

MAY 11, 2022

Before you log too many hours chauffeuring buyers from property to property, make sure they’re truly motivated to navigate the challenges of a hot sellers’ market —from competing with other buyers to committing to contracts that favor the seller. Here are some good indications that your clients are truly ready to buy. #1:

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

It also helps new agents understand the real estate digital tools available to them, how to build a Web presence, and the various ways to share their information both organically and socially, to generate online interest and potentially bring in new clients and referral partners too. Do read the fine print about canceling the contract.

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McKissock

DECEMBER 14, 2021

On the way he needed to drop off an appraisal report to a lender client. He handed the report to his client who quickly turned to the bottom of page two, and said: “Wow Ben, I was sure this one would have come in at least $20,000 higher.” Free Download: Ready to launch your appraisal career?

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