Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved housing counselors should be trained to work with Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) borrowers, according to perspectives she shared this week during an online housing conference hosted by HUD. Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner Julia Gordon thinks that more U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Davis also highlights Deephaven’s edge in products like their Ground-Up Construction and Fix-and-Flip products, offering originators essential tools and training. Davis believes that by aligning with the right lender and expanding product offerings, originators can position themselves as valuable partners in a shaky market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

This is an experienced agent or broker who provides leads, training, mentorship, support and other resources for the team members. It can vary widely depending on the size of the team, its overall goals and the type of market it serves. Every team member brings a particular skill set to the table. Teams are led by a team leader.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

There are promising signs that the market could rebound in 2025 if interest rates moderate significantly, bringing new opportunities and growth potential. While the real estate and mortgage industries have experienced challenges thus far, a reduction in interest rates could inject new energy into the market for Q4 and into 2025.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Describing the modern-day mortgage market as challenging would be an understatement, to say the least. The average rate throughout 2024 for 30-year fixed mortgages was 6.72% higher than it was during the 2008 market crash. It reflects another pressing issue of imbalanced supply and demand in the housing market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In the role, Steere will be charged with “reimagining core market center leadership training,” with the hope of recruiting future leaders to the company. “As Keller Williams wants to give its team leaders a boost. The real estate franchise has hired Shanan Steere to be its director of growth operations.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

They also explore the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement , agent training deficiencies and more. Overall, there aren’t any requirements on the franchise, which allows us to tap into a different market than our competitors. The lack of training and guidance by brokerages is horrible.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Much like lawyers needing to take a separate bar exam in each state they wish to practice in, real estate agents’ training and licensing requirements vary by state. Also top of the list, agents are marketers. A top-notch real estate agent knows exactly how to market a home listing to get the right eyes on it.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Although many large brokerages had the education and training platforms already in place, the intensity and level of training required to get everyone up to speed in time for the business practice changes was something few had dealt with before.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Marketing Marketing is essential for building awareness and staying competitive in the title industry, yet many professionals struggle to find the time. In fact, 88% of marketers now believe their organization must increase its use of AI to meet customer expectations and remain competitive.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

The HousingWire Pulse Survey for Q3 2024 provides a detailed snapshot of current housing market sentiments and challenges faced by real estate agents, brokers, and mortgage professionals. The survey reveals a generally cautious optimism among these sectors, despite varied expectations regarding market trends over the next three months.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

.” Grimshaw and and Callahan expressed their excitement over joining William Raveis and tapping into the company’s robust network of agent support across multiple markets. ” Beaulieu also said the company focuses on developing talent with training, coaching and technology solutions for marketing and sales.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Nominations for the 2024 Marketing Leaders award are open now through April 30. This prestigious accolade recognizes the visionaries, innovators and strategists who have set new standards of marketing excellence in mortgage and real estate. She is always strategizing for the future to stay one step ahead of current market trends.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Real estate agents who rely heavily on cold calling may need to rethink some of their marketing tactics. Agents are still allowed to send marketing calls and texts without prior consent, as long as they are not using a random or sequential number generator (ATDS) or pre-recordings and artificial messages.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In terms of options, we’re very fortunate to have some of the top brokers in the country working with us on a product suite we will soon take to market. DA: When we started out, I thought AI would be most helpful in marketing , getting people in the funnel. SW: How did you decide what part of the process you wanted to improve?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

is probably the most cliche real estate marketing advice of the decade. The Canva Made Easy For Real Estate group is an ideal place to learn how to use Canva, share templates and discover new ways to improve your marketing materials. Many Realtors are using Canva to cut their marketing budgets in half. Join Canva Made Easy 3.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Why most teams struggle to scale Scaling a real estate team to $100 million in production is a daunting challenge, but the biggest roadblock isn’t market conditions or competition — it’s outdated strategies. Delegate or outsource tasks where weaknesses exist, such as transaction coordination, lead follow-up, or marketing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

Against that backdrop, Zillow identified prime markets for first-time homebuyers , and half of them were nestled in the Midwest. The housing train is slowing down just enough to give more first-time buyers an opportunity to hop on board,” Divounguy said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

This will be used in your marketing and branding, so be sure its polished. Its not just about aestheticsits a tool to differentiate yourself in the market. It includes and can serve as a guide for many of your marketing strategies. Your vision should be audacious and aspirational. Envision your brokerage in 3-5 years.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

Having QC in place allows us to market ourselves as a provider of quality, which builds trust and ensures long-term success, she stated. The road ahead: Automation and training Looking to 2025, both Holloway and Mercado are focused on leveraging ACES automation capabilities to manage increasing data volumes and regulatory complexities.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The HousingWire Pulse Survey for Q4 2024 provides valuable insights into the current state of the real estate market from various perspectives: brokerage leaders, mortgage professionals, and real estate agents. This diversity allows for a comprehensive understanding of the market dynamics.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

Leaders in servicing are continually investing in automation, advanced training and real-time data tracking to ensure accuracy and responsiveness. David Solomon is Senior Director of Business Development and delivery at Newbold Advisors, where he leads the Servicing, Secondary and Capital Markets Practice.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Leo CoPilot can help agents generate automated marketing materials by leveraging data from an MLS. It can also explain an agent’s payout on any transaction and is integrated with Real Academy, which will give agents access to the brokerage’s entire catalog of training sessions and workshops.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With a membership comprising more than 90% of the mortgage servicing market, the NMSA is a nonpartisan organization driven by senior executive representation from the nation’s leading mortgage servicing organizations, formed to effect progress and change on the key challenges that face the mortgage servicing industry.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Let’s be clear: the Federal Reserve is way too restrictive for housing, as the existing home sales market has shown us, with sale levels at the lowest levels ever when accounting for the working labor force. months and below, this is an excellent market for builders. months , this is just an OK market for builders.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

How are you doing that in this crazy housing market? Our licensing school brings in brand-new agents, whom we train and develop to help them become superstars. Sanchez: We’re seeing some green shoots in the housing market. FirstTeam is on track to surpass $1 billion in recruited teams this year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The merger of two industry leaders in sales training and coaching will result in a “unified super brand” that will be known as Sales Mastery Powered by Momentum Builder, the companies said in a press release. This bold evolution will revolutionize the way housing professionals engage, sell, and thrive in an increasingly competitive market.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Notaries are also required to maintain a written or electronic journal that includes an entry for each notarial act performed at the request of a self-filer, and to complete an educational training class related to the new requirements.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

In a supply-constrained housing market , even landing a deal at foreclosure auction has become challenging, but those deals tend to be more readily available in markets or neighborhoods that are off the beaten path. It’s very, very market dependent right now. I’m still focusing on those markets with very low (retail) inventory.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Across the board, mortgage and real estate respondents to the HousingWire Pulse Q1 2025 survey say the housing market will be flat for the first three months of 2025. HousingWire experts are forecasting a more positive outlook for this year’s housing market in their recent 2025 Housing Market Forecast: The Path to Recovery.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2024

Market Leader is an all-in-one solution for generating real estate leads, nurturing them with automated tools, and converting them into long-term clients. Its suite of tools includes a robust CRM, a real estate website, predictive analytics, marketing automation, and much more. Summary Key specs How does Market Leader work?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This shift is welcomed good news given the tough origination market over the last two years. With purchase originations recovering and a refinance market surfacing, lenders must pick up their quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) practices before it’s too late. One critical shift is the adoption of pre-funding QC reviews.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

To take advantage of the shifting market, two key areas that loan originators should be focusing on are “nurturing and cementing relationships with preapproved borrowers,” said Tim Braheem, founder and chief content creator of The Loan Atlas.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

A more efficient and intuitive customer relationship management system (CRM); tools to create better marketing materials; streamlined client communications; and a place to manage the deal pipeline, transactions, and checklists in one place. What accounts for this difference? Technology is part of the story. is one of our current investments.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 8, 2025

Traci Husslein has been promoted to senior vice president, capital markets at mortgage lender Waterstone Mortgage. She joined Waterstone Mortgage in 2014 as vice president, capital markets and was instrumental in the establishment and growth of the capital markets department.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

Lever by Movoto offers a suite of services including training, marketing, transaction management, database management and lead generation. The platform, Lever by Movoto, aims to assist eXps U.S. agents by streamlining business operations and minimizing administrative tasks.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Keller Williams Realty has launched a real estate assistant that is powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) and is trained on the company’s proprietary models, systems, books and training resources. “We We want to provide agents an assistant for writing impactful content,” Cox said.

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