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Top 5 home improvement projects real estate agents should recommend to sellers

Housing Wire

We’ve all witnessed the housing market slowdown that has occurred over the last year. Across the country, homes are spending more days on the market as interest rates rise. The “same old listing presentation” and tired marketing tactics aren’t cutting it for agents looking to win listings in today’s competitive and tight market.

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Harvard study suggests inflation, labor shortages threaten remodeling industry

Housing Wire

According to the Improving America’s Housing 2025 report , the strength of the remodeling industry has long been supported by the aging of both homes and households, as well as high property values. The average homeowner spent almost $4,700 on improvements that year.

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Real estate newsletters: The ultimate playbook (+ 49 topic ideas & subject lines)

Housing Wire

We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Save time with pre-written newsletters from Market Leader Don’t have time to write three or more newsletters every month? Lets dive in!

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The FICS advantage: Leveraging automation for smarter mortgage servicing in 2025

Housing Wire

Furthermore, servicers can leverage these relationships to approach consumers with value-added services including asset protection, insurance products, home improvement loans, and maintenance options. Effective loan servicing positions servicers as reliable advisors for the homeowner.

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What role does the servicer play in creating clients for life?

Housing Wire

The transition from originator to servicer is too often a consumer experience hiccup, and must be a primary focus of servicing modernization. Consumer-first servicing modernization isn’t just a catchphrase, it’s a mandate we all must follow in a consumer-led era. Cut 18 Days Off The Originations-to-Servicing Transition.

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How retaining servicing provides a competitive advantage

Housing Wire

Managing a profitable mortgage business can be challenging in the best of markets. Servicing retention generates servicing fee income and helps servicers improve the customer experience. But that’s not the only way loan originators are compensating for a more difficult market. ARMS, for instance, are now making a comeback.

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How to gain a competitive edge through in-house servicing

Housing Wire

Maintaining MSRs generates servicing fee income and helps servicers improve the customer experience. This allows the marketing of various other offerings such as credit cards, car loans or depository accounts to clients with whom the lender already has a relationship. Why should lenders retain servicing?

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