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Opinion: NAR has finally met its match

Housing Wire

This turned out not to be an overstatement – and its possible abolition is opening the doors to entirely new ways to buy and sell homes. We built out a solution that put the consumers (homebuyers and home sellers) at the center of the transaction instead of a Realtor.

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Hot home-equity market fueling securitization deals

Housing Wire

New York-based Unlock Technologies , a fintech operating in the shared-equity market, and real estate investment firm Saluda Grade , have closed a $180 million private-label securitization (PLS) backed entirely by Unlock-originated residential home-equity agreements (HEAs).

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What’s influencing the increase in REO acquisitions?

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with Michael Chew, SVP of Fulfillment, Asset/Rental Management at Consolidated Analytics , about REO assets, the economic factors influencing the increase in REO acquisitions and how technology can help with REO asset management. HW: What role can technology and analytics play in the REO asset management space?

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State of the mortgage industry half-time report

Housing Wire

According to Jim Park , executive chairman of The Mortgage Collaborative , who has stayed at the forefront of the growing technology in real estate, 12% of first-time homebuyers used some form of crypto towards their down payment last year. Innovations in technology. The future isn’t human versus machine on home values.

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Predictive analytics for real estate: Best tools + guide

Housing Wire

Automated valuation model (AVM): Boosts client consultations by using its proprietary algorithms to accurately estimate home values. Features AI-powered lead generation: AI technology identifies homeowners that are most likely to sell. Smart Data: Over 1 billion data points on residential and commercial real estate.

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Offrs Review: Pros & cons, features, pricing, and alternatives

Housing Wire

Ads drive homeowners to a home valuation tool and lead capture, where they can drop in their email addresses to get a home value estimate. to predict which homes are most likely to sell in the next 12 months, so you don’t waste your time trying to connect with homeowners who aren’t serious about selling.

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Home-equity niche will benefit from a private-label lift

Housing Wire

“After that time, HELOC production waned as defaults spiked and home values plummeted, and HELOC securitizations effectively stopped for nearly a decade. Those 17 deals were backed by home-equity collateral valued in total at $3.9 Saluda is the borrower, and they face Barclays,” Craft explained. “The

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