Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Clever Real Estate also partners with Valon to match buyers and sellers with local real estate agents who offer cash rebates, commission discounts and other products.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

The receiving agent becomes the buyer or seller’s primary point of contact and representative, and the referring agent receives a referral fee if a transaction closes. Sometimes, a real estate agent may choose not to work with a specific buyer or seller. Many people expect it, especially from real estate agents.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

But that benefit is beginning to be offset by a surge in insurance costs and HOA fees caused by intensifying natural disasters ,along with rising property taxes. Retirees understand the risks of moving to Florida, but many believe the pros still outweigh the cons, said Rafael Corrales, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in Miami.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

While the slowdown has resulted in a return to pre-pandemic levels of market activity, real estate agents across the state believe that an issue far greater than 7% mortgage rates may cause the housing market to slow further. “We We have an insurance problem,” said Charlotte Johnson , a Keller Williams agent based in Mandeville.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Andy Mooers, a Maine-based real estate agent who has worked for 45 years to link retirees with real estate in the northern part of the state, told the outlet that people develop a fondness for the region after vacationing there from more urban and suburban areas.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While tax planning is a year-round task, real estate agents can take some specific actions before the New Year to significantly cut their taxable income. Identify business deductions Every business has ordinary and necessary costs, such as office equipment, marketing , accounting, and insurance , that are tax-deductible.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2022

The loan is not insured when assumed, and the mortgage lender possesses no authority to accept future parties for the assumption. The post The activities RESPA allows real estate agents to perform appeared first on HousingWire. The buyer should be a seasoned rancher or farmer looking to expand. Certain loan assumptions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Successful agents, brokerages and loan officers of the future are going to rely significantly on technology to find, nurture and engage with buyers and sellers while also playing an expanding role as personal advisors in all things related to mortgage, insurance, moving, renovating and new home transitioning.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Real estate agents are in the clear when it comes to dealing with changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) thanks to a last-minute ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals late Friday night.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

The title insurance and settlement services provider was originally bought b y Solutionstar Holdings , an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings (Mr. The post Blend breaks into title insurance with latest acquisition appeared first on HousingWire. Cooper’s original name prior to rebranding) in 2015. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

Obtain insurance Most states will require you to carry both liability insurance and errors and omissions (E&O) insurance for your brokerage. Misaligned and non-productive agents disrupted the dynamic I was trying to create. The 5-step recruiting plan: Identify your ideal agents. Heres how I did it.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

UWM’s TRAC+ announcement comes as the federal government pushes title insurance alternatives designed to save consumers money. No other wholesale lender in the country is offering this, meaning independent mortgage brokers now have a significant advantage with consumers and real estate agents.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

In late June, Susan Gregory received an estimate for a new homeowner’s insurance policy on her 120-year-old St. Augustine, Florida property, after her previous insurer, United Property and Casualty, went insolvent earlier in the year. This is one of the easiest parts of Florida to insure and costs have gone up over 40%.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Florida is experiencing a slowdown as the state faces rising home insurance costs, HOA fees, and increasing risks from natural disasters. Some real estate agents are advising buyers to monitor homes they missed out on, as deals are falling through at a higher rate. Las Vegas 17.9% Houston 17.8% Jacksonville, Fla.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2021

will pay a $1 million fine for improper benefits given to California real estate agents. The marketing representative was identified as Eugene Bleecker, now a former First American employee, who was providing said benefits to his Los Angeles-based group Advisory Group Real Estate Network. First American Title Co.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

has agreed to pay $150,000 to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to settle allegations that two of its employees violated state law that prohibits conflicts of interest in real estate transactions. He is also barred from seeking any insurance license for the next three years. California Best Title Co.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Walk before you run: Build long-term relationships Partner with new real estate agents that you can learn and build together. Be selective: every agent you work with should match your commitment to doing the work and building a sustainable business. Everything else is a distraction.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

For more than two years, a storm has been brewing in the title insurance industry. The four firms in question all had joint ventures (JVs) or affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) in which real estate agents, who were also business referral sources, were investors. Unlike RESPA, the D.C. Unlike RESPA, the D.C.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

The CFPB alleged that between 2019 and 2024, the brokerage incentivized real estate agents to direct business to Rocket-affiliated companies. As part of the rebrand, Amrock has been renamed as Rocket Close , while its title insurance arm will now operate as Rocket Title Insurance Co.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 14, 2025

Some homes are attracting bidding wars like its 2020 again, while others are sitting on the market for weeks with no action, said Desiree Bourgeois, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in Detroit. Todays housing market is weird. Oftentimes, its move-in ready homes in desirable areas that draw competition.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Real estate agents are no strangers to going out of their way to help their local communities. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Community Aid and Real Estate (CARE) Report published in May, nearly 70% of all NAR members reported that they volunteered at least eight hours a month in 2023.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

The company recently launched a mortgage brokerage firm that offers a plug-and-play program for real estate agents to become mortgage loan officers, a practice called dual licensing. of the loan amount, with a $5,000 cap, which adds to the typical buyer-side agent commission of up to 3%. according to the company.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Additionally, the storm has prompted buyers and home insurers to hit pause. Tampa-area agent Jeff Borham of eXp Realty said that protocols for insurance are having an impact. According to him, you can’t bind insurance once a storm is named, but if insurance was bound before the storm was named, homebuyers can still close.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As the mortgage rate environment became increasingly volatile in August and early September, one in three title insurers reported order volume that was below or far below average. One of the things that we are currently working on is a new consumer facing website that is focused solely on bringing talent into the title insurance field.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2021

Analysis of millions of pieces of disparate data informs nearly every decision made involving residential real estate. For real estate investors, homebuyers, appraisers, insurance companies, mortgage lenders and other financial institutions, a deep understanding of the risks associated with a property and a community is essential.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

in October—fueled by rising housing and insurance costs—and mortgage rates having edged back above 7%, homeownership remains a distant goal for many living in the U.S. For real estate agents, this economic reality can present both challenges and opportunities, and determine strategies in markets across the country.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Four title insurance firms have agreed to pay nearly $3.3 million to settle civil claims that they’ve engaged in kickbacks with real estate agents through joint ventures in the Washington, D.C. As investors, the real estate agents then received profit payments distributed based on their ownership interest.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

Property documents offer real estate agents and their clients crucial insights; however, they are often long, full of legalese, and poorly formatted, making them extremely tedious to review and understand,” James Rogers, co-founder and CEO of RealReports, said in a statement. “Now

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The housing industry, from servicers to real estate agents and more, will feel the impacts of this year’s hurricane season far beyond 2022. In the midst of this, a potential lapse in the National Flood Insurance is top of mind for many. . Many states do have sellers disclosure laws.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Title insurance underwriter First American has launched a new digital platform for title agents, according to an announcement on Thursday.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So far his venture-backed title company has launched platforms that have sped up title clearance and title insurance acquisition, and they have their sights on expanding into the lending and appraisal space. As title insurers our business practices and our regulatory oversight are different in every single state,” Stone said. “So

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2021

The Insurance Commissioner for the state of Washington apparently concluded that Modus offered real estate agents and their clients a “thing of value,” such as free home warranties, other closing-related services, in exchange for switching their escrow and title services to Modus.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

One of the most important roles we play at ALTA is strongly encouraging buyers to shop around for their title insurance company. The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) ensures that homebuyers always have the legal right to consider alternative title insurance providers and can never be forced into using a particular provider.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

Mangus then worked to build the dedicated reverse mortgage department at his new company from scratch and has found a notable degree of success by building Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business through the use of continuing education (CE) classes designed for licensed real estate agents.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Energy-efficient and climate-resilient home features are quickly gaining popularity as homeowners look to keep costs down, including insurance costs. When selling a home for sale, competent real estate agents will emphasize the qualities that buyers are looking for since they have a unique understanding of what they desire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We’re writing today to address the unintended consequences that may result from the real estate agent commission dilemma stemming from recent lawsuits. There are multiple lawsuits challenging the prevailing structure of real estate agent commissions, and, as a result, there is no shortage of industry conversation on the topic.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Michele Buschman, chief information officer at American Pacific Mortgage , said that hackers will insert themselves within a mortgage transaction and pretend to either be a real estate agent, a title escrow company, or the LO, and send an email asking the borrower for a wire transfer, or will send them a link that needs to be clicked on.

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