Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Fleet Homes Real Estate Team – Keller Williams Real estate teams are comprised of real estate agents and other professionals working together towards one common goal to close deals. Joining a team may not be as beneficial for experienced agents who bring their book of business.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you’re interested in becoming a real estate agent in Illinois, you’ll be happy to hear that the path to getting your real estate license in the Prairie State doesn’t require as much of a time commitment as other states. 1] As a real estate broker in Illinois, it is not legal for you to work independently.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

It is fitting that the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are the backdrop for the final two weeks leading up to when the real estate industry will undergo its largest structural change in decades — a feat of near-Olympic proportions. have been busy training and preparing to be ready for Aug.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

One top question he addresses is how the industry is reacting to this savagely unhealthy housing market. HW+ Member: What’s the number one question you are getting from the real estate agent community on the economy and housing market? This Q&A was originally hosted on June 1st.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2022

Deephaven offers great, hands-on training that quickly gets brokers comfortable with the process and submitting loans. We also provide them with white label marketing materials explaining non-QM and different product options that they can simply pass on to borrowers or real estate agents.”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It reflects another pressing issue of imbalanced supply and demand in the housing market. In addition to all of these challenges, economic factors outside of housing are making it harder for potential buyers to acquire qualifying mortgage loans. Most of those high-priced homes were existing properties, interestingly enough.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Because FHA accepts lower credit scores , higher debt-to-income ratios and lower down payments than most conventional mortgages, first-time buyers have relied on them due to the ongoing affordability challenges in today’s housing market from elevated prices and mortgage rates. ”

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Last month, Clever surveyed a total of 920 Americans about their views of the home purchase process and real estate agents. We found that buyers stepping into the 2024 housing market have much to learn from previous shoppers,” the report stated. The survey also delved into the use of real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lower production volume means cutting staff and restructuring to better focus on the purchase market, Cohen said. Training LOs and getting on sales calls with real estate agents, insurance agents and wealth managers are what Cohen is prioritizing to drum up sales in a market where he expects rates to be in the 5% levels.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Amid the tight housing market , First Team wants to go back to its “agent-first” model, focusing on its marketing programs as well as training its agents, the company said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Regardless of the outcome, real estate brokers are doing all they can to prepare their brokerages and their agents for more transparency, education on the value real estate agents bring to the transaction, and more, according to the 2023 Q4 BrokerPulse survey , a forward-looking housing market sentiment survey by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Even as the housing market slowed in 2022 and 2023, the fraudulent activity of bad actors did not let up. home buyers and sellers it survey were targeted with suspicious or potentially fraudulent activities, while 10% were targeted for real estate fraud and 5% suffered losses during their real estate transaction due to fraudster.

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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. Many of the best real estate CRMs have built-in features to segment your contacts list and automate your real estate newsletters.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

It allows us to better serve our partners, including real estate agents. We’ve been in a housing recession for quite some time, but at some point that recession is going to end. The platform allows our loan officers to be mobile and better serve our clients. There’s also a different challenge out there.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Despite low inventory, the housing market is expected to remain strong in 2021 due to low mortgage rates. And with this housing boom will come even more questions from homeowners who want to know their housing options. Many real estate professionals discount the seller lead.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2023

Other challenges selected by mortgage professionals were relationships with real estate agents at 8.4%; competitiveness of rate sheet and underwriting problems at 5.8%; lender stability at 3.9%; competitiveness of product offerings at 1.9%. Of the 155 completed surveys, 32.3% of the respondents were from the Southwest, 21.3%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Texas residents interested in becoming a real estate agent must first complete 180 hours of approved coursework to be eligible to sit the state licensure exam. We estimate that it’ll take three to six months to get up and running as a licensed real estate agent in the Lone Star State.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

We in the industry are very hopeful that this will be an eye-opener, especially for real estate agents and builders to start recommending this product to clients more regularly.” In fact, a veritable upheaval is headed for the housing market already.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Your path to real estate licensure begins with 120 hours of classes in an approved Ohio real estate license education program. From completing your required coursework to taking the licensing exam, keep reading to learn how to become a real estate agent in Ohio. Ready to find a real estate brokerage?

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Brokers, especially those dealing in the default and real estate owned (REO) business, should strongly consider becoming HUD certified housing counselors or, at the least, undertake the training in order to improve skills helping distressed, low income, or first-time homeowners.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

LOs across a variety of housing markets reported that inbound reverse mortgage inquiries appear to have risen since the beginning of the year, keeping them busy. “I I’m working with a couple of brokerage firms on a multipart agent training series,” Frank Borg, a Seattle -based originator with Fairway said in a February interview.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Because in both instances, they first had their homes valued by real estate agents, not appraisers. But the owner felt that a real estate agent could do the same type of valuation as an appraiser. And the agent they initially used was less expensive than hiring a certified appraiser.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2024

The recent announcement of Homie’s decision to strip its brokerage services and end employment for its real estate agents has once again brought the discussion of alternative models in real estate to the forefront.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 20, 2024

As an appraiser, you’re already familiar with buzzwords like seller’s and buyer’s markets. A seller’s market indicates demand is high and inventory is low, while a buyer’s market means inventory is high and demand is low. One excellent resource is local real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A housing market marked by relatively high interest rates and tight inventory — and punctuated by the practice of home inspection waivers to sweeten offers — are taking a bite out of business for home inspectors, who play a key role in the sales process by ensuring that buyers are not being sold a lemon of a house. and Canada.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2022

When the restaurant Tom Hunt worked at as a server temporarily shut down during the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided it was the right time to pursue his longtime desire of becoming a real estate agent. Reality television programs portray the real estate agent as a glamorous and easily profitable career.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Alipour gushed about Redfin’s training program, and she accessed maternity leave benefits other agents lack. But what makes Redfin different – what makes it radically, transformatively different – is that it classifies real estate agents as employees. Redfin was an amazing place to start my real estate career.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is also an adage that is holding true in some of the nation’s more expensive housing markets including California , Florida and Washington State , according to reverse mortgage professionals in these areas that spoke with RMD. I’m working with a couple of brokerage firms on a multi-part agent training series,” Borg said. “I’ve

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A friend of mine is a successful real estate professional in a competitive market. We often discuss changing housing market conditions, and the pressure real estate agents are under to stay relevant in the wake of increased competition. He built his business on an existing strong sphere.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

One significant factor behind the lack of evolution in the appraisal industry is that the American housing market has grown at a much higher rate than the pool of licensed professionals that are legally certified to appraise residential real estate. Navigating appraisal challenges in today’s housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Get expert advice, independent reviews and product recommendations from our editorial team of experienced real estate agents, brokers and coaches. You’ll get alerts about the hottest leads that include personalized talking points, properties of interest, and housing market data to reference.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The seller, who struggled to find a buyer in a cooled down housing market, agreed to deposit a lump sum payment into an escrow account at closing – ultimately saving Davis $6,900 in monthly payments in the first two years. in the second year. Erica Davis, Guild Mortgage loan originator and home buyer.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Other top challenges included “educating real estate agents and consumers” (26%) and “generating new business” (24%). However, as the market has slowed, PropLogix believe the percentage of title agents feeling that generating new business is their greatest challenge has increased.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2023

Minorities in real estate We need more people of color in the real estate industry who can shape where we live, work, socialize, shop and worship. Currently, 75% of real estate agents and 97% of property appraisers in the U.S. White professionals also dominate the commercial real estate sector.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2022

Eric Hill, an Atlanta real estate agent representing a nationwide homebuilder, had a plan to help more than 100 homebuyers get mortgages. In the end, some $850,000 in claims had to be paid on defaulted government-backed mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). year over year as of April and 36.4%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Terrence Murphy From the end zone to luxury open houses, Terrence Murphy is proof that an entrepreneurial spirit is the key to success in nearly everything. Murphy is not only a legendary football player, he is also a top-producing real estate agent, investor and broker-owner. 5000 several times. It is stable but unique.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I love helping people accomplish their real estate goals, it is so rewarding to help others and that is why I really have enjoyed this career path. HW: What does the real estate market look like in your area? JM: The market here is holding steady. I love to teach and train, motivate and inspire.

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