Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 5, 2025

Kortney Lane-Schafers has been promoted to vice president of growth and client advocacy at Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), which offers data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Professionals should also leverage technology to give clients the best experience for the biggest decision of their lives. Based on a historical commission lawsuit enacted in 2019, the real estate commission landscape is undergoing significant change, reshaping how agents engage with their clients. Isn’t that promising?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This is evident when you ask any highly successful agent where they find their clients. Inevitably, their answer will be “my past clients and sphere.” Perhaps the client wishes to make a purchase that isn’t in the agent’s geographical area or their wheelhouse of expertise. What are the benefits of referrals?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Start with what matters to you Giving back can go beyond hosting large events or raising thousands of dollarsthough thats certainly an incredible goal. Host charity-driven client events : Instead of a traditional happy hour or client appreciation party, turn it into a fundraiser.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to an amended complaint filed this week, Side alleges that Official Partners and its founders Tal and Oren Alexander committed multiple events of default on a $4.6 In addition to defaulting on loan payments, Side alleges multiple events of default, including dissociating from their real estate licenses.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The events of default include dissociating from their real estate licenses, failure to maintain and protect the collateral, and refusal to pay the loan balance after Side sent them a notice of default. They represented ultrawealthy and celebrity clients.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Real estate agents often make the mistake of believing their clients will remember them forever but they dont. Its up to us as agents to stay engaged and stay in contact with our clients. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. So, where do you start? Why send a regular real estate newsletter?

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Real Luxury , as the division will be known, will focus on helping luxury agents and teams, as well as their exclusive clients. Fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage is launching a luxury division , according to an announcement on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

A client needed to see a house and of course they needed to see it immediately. This model often involves a fee per door, hourly rate, or a percentage of the total commission, where the hired help stands to make a paycheck while the primary agent isnt losing the client or commission. Word-of-mouth is still a powerful tool.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

“We’ve got clients calling us frantically looking for leases. Insurance companies are obviously concerned, especially when you see something like the extraordinary events that are happening down in SoCal right now, he said. It certainly is not going to drive costs down. … You’re going to have massive losses.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

His message to realtors is clear: now is the time to educate clients and take advantage of market inefficiencies to unlock success in Q4. Realtors, just like buyers and sellers, are in a holding pattern, but hesitation can cost your clients—and your business—more than you realize.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

“In the current market where the refi boom has dried up and interest rates are sky high, most home purchases are being driven by life events that come with other financial considerations. Through the partnership, loan officers can introduce their clients to an RIA within Encompass.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Despite 2025 housing market predictions changing fast , there are still key themes and trends for real estate leaders to watch to best serve their clients and business. Knowing how these trends are evolving is essential to building their practice and being able to serve their clients.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

I also include tips and tricks to help you find your first clients faster than most new agents. First, look at your calendar and determine how much time you’ll have to dedicate to finding and serving clients. Related articles How to create a foolproof real estate marketing plan for 2024 (+ template) Step 5: Go find clients!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

We’ve seen that after hurricanes and major events that can impact all states, potentially. DB: The main focus for us is to make sure that we’re making ourselves available to our clients, to make sure that we’re there and able to help them.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

. “This has been a difficult time for everyone affected by this tragic event, and our hearts go out to those impacted,” Rabi Aziz, CEO of OCMBC, said in a statement. ” Founded in 2001, California-headquartered OCMBC originates in the wholesale , retail and correspondent channels.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

From client quirks to open-house mishaps, his posts are so relatable that youll swear hes been shadowing your day-to-day. A post shared by The Agency (@theagencyre) Actionable Insights High-quality visuals can elevate your brand and attract more clients Showcase aspirational properties to capture the attention of luxury buyers 2.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

You can network and build community with other agents worldwide, keep up-to-date on the latest industry trends, stay motivated when you’re feeling discouraged, learn directly from some of the top real estate leaders, and even potentially find new clients! Use these groups to find homes for picky buyers or find deals for your investor clients.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Script 4: Market update for sellers Hi [Name], I’m hosting a free event on the latest market trends for sellers. With its smart CRM, automated follow-ups, and easy-to-use marketing tools, you’ll never miss a chance to turn potential sellers into clients. I specialize in helping sellers like you find success. Can we discuss your goals?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Ive been doing this since 2005 and I tell clients that Ive never seen a market like this, so we have to navigate it together. But on a comparable home, another of her clients had an offer below the asking price accepted. Its unpredictable, said Teena Jackson, a Redfin agent in Cincinnati.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Collecting contact information digitally allows agents to follow up quickly, share additional information on the property, and stay in contact with them beyond the event itself. Setting up open house sign-in apps for your next event is simple. Launch the app: Open the app and select the property listing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Clients expect their real estate professional to work for them wherever they are buying a home, in their local community or a different state, and we know migration among our states continues to increase, MetroList president and CEO Dave Howe said in a statement. The partnership was prompted by migration data from the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

I’m going to start by making Rate the absolutely best place for every single loan officer to work at figuring out ways in which we can develop them, give them all the skills, the coaching , the mentoring and the tools, so they can have an amazing business, but also better serve all their clients and all their partners.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

I was getting everyone’s email addresses and started nurturing them in the group, outside of the group and doing events and it just naturally turned into my best lead source. Instead, she suggests agents stick to the basics: Location-based groups: Charleston Moms, or local events-based groups: Things to do in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Risk Mitigation Strategies Diversifying our client base and loan portfolio helps mitigate risk in the face of economic fluctuations. Maintaining a strong focus on customer service and borrower support helps build trust and loyalty, ensuring long-term stability for LoanCare and our clients. Next year] will be no different for us.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

has introduced GO Live, a virtual closing system designed to streamline real estate transactions for attorneys and their clients. This platform is designed to enhance the professionalism of real estate closings and give our clients the confidence they deserve during such a significant life event.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Attracting clients vs. chasing clients. Partnering with charities and hosting events! Its a brilliant handbook on how to have the hard conversations with clients; my biggest takeaway was giving up Im here to save the day and fix your problems and replacing that with empowering clients to make (and own) their best choices.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Dark Matter Technologies makes it a priority to stay ahead of these trends, ensuring our clients have the right tools to scale efficiently when market conditions change. Attending events like the HousingWire Economic Summit allows us to stay ahead of key trends, so we can better serve our clients.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this month published an issue spotlight that takes a closer look at home equity contracts, or what the industry refers to as home equity investments (HEIs) that offer a lump sum payment to clients in exchange for a stake in their home equity.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

It is an extremely broad term that encompasses many types of activities — from attending speed networking events (think: speed dating but for entrepreneurs) to stopping by your friend’s summer barbecue. What’s your goal in attending the event? Introverts can still successfully network to find clients. Provide value.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Anton: We’ve based our entire business around putting relationships over transactions to make sure our clients feel valued. It was a really a big focus and we were way ahead of it, so when the day actually came, it was a non-event. Velt: Tell me a little bit about how that shaped your idea of strategically growing this firm.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

The Alliance of Comprehensive Planners (ACP), a trade association for financial planners, will be holding its annual conference this October in Savannah, Georgia, and the event will feature two of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders as key sponsors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Promoting home equity as a proactive financial strategy for retirement planning and significant life events helps clients plan beyond needs and emergency use. JS: Home equity can be strategically used to manage financial challenges, debt consolidation, home improvement, and health care costs, particularly for aging homeowners.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The data gurus are ensuring the quality, finding new insights, and delivering it to our clients and our solution sets that face off into real estate, mortgage, insurance, government and so forth. Unfortunately, with temperatures rising, you see the frequency and intensity of major weather events on the up. Last year, there was 28.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

New American Funding (NAF) said it has initiated an emergency response plan in Los Angeles County in an effort to minimize the event’s impact on employees, customers and other residents. His client is frustrated because of some outstanding financial obligations they had hoped could be addressed sooner using the loan proceeds.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Jeff Salter, founder and CEO of Caring Senior Service , which provides in-home care services, will speak about the potential applications of AI for aging in place at an upcoming event hosted by the National Aging in Place Council (NAIPC) this October in Or l ando.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

If all economic factors, political factors and world events are fine, we just kind of flatline. McCormick said the usual steadiness of the states housing market and Chicago s relative affordability compared to other large cities are major draws for many of her clients. Chicago is affordable for a big city, McCormick said.

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