Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Hispanic consumers and homebuyers represent an opportunity for real estate and mortgage professionals who are prepared to serve them. NAR settlement changes Hispanic real estate agents tend to serve as buyers agents at a higher rate than the overall agent population.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Buyers 448

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The reverse mortgage division of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. has honored a longtime professional in its ranks with a lifetime achievement award, in recognition of his 40-year career in the mortgage banking, real estate , homebuilding and title insurance industries.

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Real Estate Agent Lending Real Estate Insurance 397

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Robert Gordon, a senior vice president at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association , told the Journal that mortgage lenders need to be more involved in these processes. But the dynamics are evolving, and the fallout from storms like Helene and Milton are playing havoc with the intersection between mortgage and insurance.

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Insurance Real Estate Agent Construction Development 497

Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

home sales in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates frustrate buyers, the market is reshaping real estate once again, placing buyers on the back foot and swinging the pendulum back to favoring sellers. Interest rates, a key determinant of the real estate market’s health, are on a downward trend.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Buyers Agents 476

Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

homeowners with mortgages nationwide have an interest rate higher than or equal to 6%, the highest percentage since 2016. of homeowners who hold mortgages is less than 6%. of homeowners with mortgages had a rate below 6% in Q3 of 2023. The pandemic-era record low of 2.65% for mortgage rates has already been more than doubled.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Home Value Agents 347

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

These lawsuits threaten to radically reshape the residential brokerage landscape, and could be the catalyst for a fat decline in the annual commission pool as well as the industry shedding as many as 80% of agents, according to a team of analysts at Keefe Bruyette Woods. A workaround with mortgage? Yep, rolling it into the mortgage.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 497

Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 10, 2025

Drive purchase mortgage growth: The transaction will generate significant revenue synergies across search, real estate brokerage, mortgage origination, title and servicing. Rocket will match homebuyers with the best real estate agents and the best loan officers across the combined companies.

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Real Estate Agent Brokerage Real Estate Agents 426

Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) for Purchase (H4P) program has long been positioned by reverse mortgage professionals as a viable path for expanding the base of reverse mortgage business. It would allow older homeowners to use a reverse mortgage to purchase a new home.

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Agents Business Real Estate Agent Clients 397

Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

While some in the real estate industry are expecting to see a decline in the number of buyer’s agents as a result of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement , others have taken it a step further and are betting their companies on it. Meet the AI real estate agent.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Modernization 468

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Online real estate marketplace Auction.com announced Wednesday that it is launching SmartSale, a technology-powered option to foreclosure that lets distressed homeowners list and sell their property. For those who are struggling to repay their mortgages, the process aims to help them avoid foreclosure and retain their home equity.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Sellers Buyers 370

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Recent examples from the news “CFPB fines BofA $12M for failing to collect data on mortgage applicants” “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) imposed a $12 million penalty on Bank of America (BofA) for violating federal laws by submitting false mortgage lending information for about four years, it announced on Monday.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Lending 476

Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

” Their business is to “dominate” the market , “take” real estate agents’ business, “ buy Redfin ” and acquire new businesses “behind their back.” He said they “bought a real estate business because real estate agents won’t work with them.”

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Business Contracts 407

Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2025

A new report from Anytime Estimate , a subsidiary of Clever , reveals that while the vast majority of American homesellers still plan to work with real estate agents in 2025, concerns about trust, commission fees , and agent value are reshaping expectations of those entering the housing market.

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Sellers Agents Real Estate Agent Real Estate 360

Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Role of agents Eighty-eight percent of buyers used a real estate agent to purchase their home, with younger millennials the most likely to do so (90%). Ninety percent of sellers used a real estate agent, and homes generally sold for 100% of the final list price.

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Real Estate Agent Buyers Sellers Real Estate 437

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Women make up more than half of the real estate agents in the United States, yet women make up less than a third of nationally-recognized real estate coaches — The Helm aims to change that,” Wilkie said in a statement. “We

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Realty Realtors 468

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rocket Companies today announced the launch of Rocket.com, officially putting Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Homes on the same platform. The platform combines Rocket Mortgage s award-winning service with Rocket Homes search and deep property insights.

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Real Estate Agent Design Real Estate Clients 370

Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

In an environment of high home prices and elevated mortgage rates , older homeowners taking a closer look at less expensive areas to make their money go further is not an isolated phenomenon. Real estate agent Lisa Di Pasquale described her success in such a scenario in a previous interview with HousingWire s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD).

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Real Estate Agent Property Taxes Real Estate Development 406

Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The past year and a half, with its rising mortgage rates , low inventory, and economic uncertainty, has been a challenge for real estate pros, not to mention the buyers and sellers they serve. In life, we sometimes find ourselves plunging headfirst in t o the unknown.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Clients 467

Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

Among those with mortgages, 47% reported having locked in an interest rate below 4%. Nearly half of respondents said they would feel more secure selling if they had already secured a new home (45%), received a cash offer (44%), or were working with a trusted real estate agent (43%).

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Property Taxes Housing Market Real Estate Agent Real Estate 492

Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 31, 2025

trillion across nearly 10 million clients, or one in every six mortgages in America. Servicing is a critical pillar of homeownershipalongside home search and mortgage origination, said Varun Krishna , Rocket CEO. Highlights of the Transaction Rocket Mortgage has ranked number one in J.D.

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Clients Real Estate Finance Technology 407

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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Real Estate Housing Market Real Estate Agent Marketing 459

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Describing the modern-day mortgage market as challenging would be an understatement, to say the least. Mortgage interest rates have steadily ramped up throughout 2024. The average rate throughout 2024 for 30-year fixed mortgages was 6.72% higher than it was during the 2008 market crash.

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Mortgage Training Construction Investors 315

Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The lock-in effect has begun to lessen, in part because people are sick of waiting for mortgage rates to drop before selling their house and looking for a new one. year-over-year, in part because to builders’ efforts to attract buyers with incentives including cash toward closing costs and mortgage-rate buydowns. of mortgaged U.S.

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Construction Inventory Real Estate Agent Agents 370

Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Real estate and mortgage firms are stepping up to help housing professionals and the Southern California community as wildfires ravage the area. As real estate agents, we have an obligation to help [people] find a place even when its going to be difficult.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Landlords Tenants 488

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It could apply to the real estate industry, mortgage, or design. I still own the national trademark for The Address , which was the name of my first independent brokerage. It’s something that I could use for a future brokerage, an app, or a startup.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Brokerage 459

Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

In mid-January, Pennsylvanias former attorney general Michelle Henry filed a kickback lawsuit against Barry Newhart and six mortgage entities he controls: Bright Financial Group , Conquest Mortgage , Flagship Home Loans , Legacy Mortgage Partners , Nittany Home Loans , MCT Financial , Conquest Holdings and Newhart Holdings.

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Brokerage Government Mortgage Real Estate 242

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Not long ago, homeowners insurance was a minor concern for most homebuyers, real estate agents and mortgage originators. Impacts to mortgage credit Banks, insurers and regulators have long acknowledged that climate risks could threaten mortgage borrowers’ creditworthiness.

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Insurance Supply Chain Real Estate Design 482

Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2025

Citing a December study by senior advocacy organization AARP regarding the general preferences a majority of older Americans have for aging in place, real estate agents told the outlet that the preference is having an impact on their businesses among older Americans. Representatives from Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.

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Real Estate Agent Property Taxes Real Estate Agents 238

Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

The official magazine for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently touched on the topic of reverse mortgages, mentioning products such as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) and addressing topics like the desires of baby boomers to age in place in their homes.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Inventory Housing Market 468

Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Predictive analytics in real estate combines the use of historical data and algorithms to anticipate future market trends and identify potential sellers sometimes even buyers, too. Real estate agents can use this data to identify motivated sellers and people who are likely to buy a home.

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Real Estate Tools Real Estate Agent Sellers 339

Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Mortgage rates continue to move lower this week even as higher borrowing costs have kept activity subdued across many areas of the housing market. Lower mortgage rates are having a positive impact on application levels, with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reporting last week that applications were up 3.9%

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Finance Buyers 511

Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2024

As the engines of the housing and mortgage markets continue to sputter due to higher interest rates and fewer buyers, industry innovators are looking for ways to get their company’s wheels off the ground. 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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Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Real Estate Agents 488

Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

Rocket Mortgage is shutting down its Canadian operations as the company refocuses on its core U.S. We want to assure our clients that all loans in process will proceed without issue, and we remain committed to supporting them through this transition, Rocket Mortgage said in a statement.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Insurance Clients 203

Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

First-time buyers face high home prices, high mortgage interest rates and limited inventory, making them a decade older with significantly higher incomes than previous generations of buyers. The most helpful source of information during the house hunt was the agents themselves.

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Real Estate Agent Buyers Sellers Real Estate 370

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The housing market got some much needed relief in the fall when mortgage rates began to drop, but it was short lived. Despite two interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, mortgage rates rose again and remain stubbornly high. It’s just become a more common theme.

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Housing Market Marketing New Listings Sellers 370

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Elevated mortgage rates, sky-high home prices, tight credit and stagnant wages have all contributed to homebuyers getting older. First-time buyers face high home prices, high mortgage interest rates and limited inventory, making them a decade older with significantly higher incomes than previous generations of buyers.

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Real Estate Agent Buyers Sellers Realtors 345

Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

Mortgage capital markets tech firm Polly announced on Monday its API integration with cloud banking provider nCino to enhance the digital mortgage process for lenders. In August 2022, Polly announced an extension of its API portfolio to better accommodate lenders amid a contracting mortgage environment.

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Mortgage Real Estate Agent Loan Officers Technology 447