Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

On Thursday at the MBA Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo in Austin, Walsh presented additional context on the variance of delinquent rates by loan type. By the end of the fourth quarter, the spread between the FHA and conventional delinquency rates reached 841 basis points, while the VA and conventional spread was 208 basis points.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

Last month, we did not see growth in this area, which presents an opportunity to analyze the factors behind this trend. One important data point that we consistently monitor in the jobs report released on Friday which plays a vital role in my recession model is the number of residential construction workers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Change is inevitable and presents opportunities. Over the summer, The Adamo Group of New Jersey joined SERHANT., and earlier this year, the brokerage entered Orlando with the addition of the 16-agent team The Home Squad. “The leadership at SERHANT. creates an energy that pushes us toward growth,” Ryan said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

For buyers who are trading up or can rely on family wealth to make up the difference, covering the cost of their own agent should not present much of a problem. The so-called “elegant solution” presented by these advocates—financing real estate commissions—also leaves buyers worse off. These “solutions” do not leave buyers better off.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

That situation is not present in todays housing market as active inventory is almost 1 million, not 4 million like in 2007. Since 1942, the only time home prices significantly dropped was from 2007 to 2011, during a market characterized by much higher inventory, distressed sellers and a monthly supply exceeding 10 months. months, not the 10.8

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

I wrote about why this presents a housing recession risk for the Federal Reserve. Housing starts and permits are in a recession today while the number of completed units from homebuilders is increasing. This situation poses a risk to construction labor in 2025. Is 2025 the first year we start losing residential construction jobs?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

The filing noted that at the final approval hearing for the Keller Williams, RE/MAX and Anywhere settlements in the Sitzer/Burnett suit, he mentioned several attorneys who were present and donated to his wifes campaign. The court received no response.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Remarkably, although the majority are happy with their present rental, roughly 27% took a neutral position, expressing neither specific satisfaction nor disappointment. With 45,400 single-family rentals presently in the development phase, 2024 is expected to beat the record 27,500 completions set in the previous year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

housing market particularly its levels of affordability, available inventory and accessibility for those with mobility or cognitive challenges presents a unique challenge for older Americans on fixed incomes. The state of the U.S. This has led to a failure to properly serve the senior cohort.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Arizona’s real estate market presents significant opportunities, and My Home Group’s agent-focused approach aligns seamlessly with Fathom’s culture. “We are thrilled to welcome My Home Group, a company we’ve long respected, to the Fathom family,” Fathom Holdings CEO Marco Fregenal said in a statement.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

According to a recent poll conducted by TD Bank , America’s Most Convenient Bank, two-thirds (66%) of homeowners still consider their homes to be a source of wealth for future generations, indicating that homeowners continue to perceive their houses as strong financial assets in the present market climate.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Home affordability challenges presented the biggest challenge for home flippers. The index score declined from 63 in the second quarter to 62 in the third quarter. An index score above 50 indicates market expansion, while a score below 50 indicates contraction.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Implications for Affordable Housing Policy Manufactured housing presents a viable solution to the nations affordable housing crisis. Land costs now comprise a larger share of home values, increasing from 35.7% in 2012 to 57.4% in 2023, according to American Enterprise Institute data.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Using Leo CoPilot, agents will be able to retrieve specific information from recorded presentations, finding the exact answers they need. 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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

All three budget related proposals presented by Hrabcak easily passed with no discussion. NAR’s board also heard and voted on proposals presented by the trade group’s recently established Culture Transformation Commission (CTC), which was led by Ryan Davis and Christina Pappas. NAR is forecasting 1.4

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

There also is a rising demand for “impeccably presented, move-in ready or new construction homes with attractive pricing,” concurred 44% of the specialists on their survey. They call those properties “unicorns,” because finding them is a challenge.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

Six forward-thinking startups were selected to present their game-changing mortgage technology solutions: Ardley Feather Lender Maisey365 Mesh Uplist This pitch competition follows a Shark Tank-style format. Ardley’s Head of Product, Haley Rader , presented and accepted the award.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Loans secured by owner-occupied commercial properties are included in the FDIC delinquency rates for bank and thrift-held mortgages that are presented here. Appendix A provides specifics on how the delinquencies measurements differ from one another. To read the full release, click here.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Georgia House Bill 1292 was enacted to ensure that the persons presenting electronic documents for recording provide identifying information, according to the state Legislature. Title theft occurs when a criminal impersonates a property owner and sells or takes out a second mortgage on the owners property.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Marroquin: Its certainly more than just writing a listing presentation. It’s like having a digital co-pilot that understands your businesss DNA, giving professionals time to build relationships, create value or more. Velt: What are you seeing as the most efficient or impactful ways that agents can use AI in their businesses?

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Opportunities for Buyers For buyers, this downturn presents an opportunity. In cities like San Francisco and Austin, where the cost of living remains high, the decrease in home prices signals a potential market correction. While mortgage rates continue to rise, the decrease in home prices in these key markets offers some relief.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Its a strategy that presents very clear winners and losers, helping these companies consolidate power while sacrificing the broad transparency and choice many Americans rely on to enter the ranks of homeownership. The reasoning behind all of this is simple to grow their business regardless of how it may harm buyers and sellers, Lane wrote.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Real estate agent may be a single term, but it covers a multitude of functions: presentation, negotiation, consolation, trouble-shooting, travel, project management. Instead of spending hours running comps, fine-tuning presentations, and scheduling client meetings, agents can just tell S.MPLE what they need, and it does it.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 31, 2025

Last weeks purchase activity was driven primarily by a 6% increase in FHA applications, as the combination of loosening housing inventory, and slowly declining mortgage rates have presented this segment of buyers with more opportunities. However, many prospective buyers remain on the sidelines, as Zillow has found the average U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

After 29 years and thousands of listing presentations, I have found that sellers, more than ever, want an agent who has solid negotiation chops and who is willing to use them on their behalf. Related articles How to compete and win with your listing presentation (+ scripts) 5. I negotiate EVERY TIME the other party requests ANYTHING.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 3, 2024

10262, co-sponsored by Chairman McHenry, directing the federal financial regulators to study the present and potential benefits and risks of AI as it relates to the financial and housing markets. Ranking Member Waters introduced a measure , H.R. In addition, Chairman McHenry introduced a resolution , H.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

While some metropolitan areas offer strong economic conditions, affordable housing , and quality education, others present more challenges for families trying to establish stability. presents a unique mix of high incomes and high costs. A recent study from LendingTree analyzed the 50 largest U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Still, heightened mortgage rate volatility may present opportunities for would-be homebuyers to take advantage of temporary lows, and we may see stretches where housing activity is boosted by lower rates but, on average, we expect mortgage rates to remain elevated and a hindrance to activity.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 16, 2025

Although these borrowers might benefit from the present industry recommendations, secondary market investors, in particular, need to adopt more prescriptive policies for evaluating revenue from the digital gig economy.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Undoubtedly, real estate presents unpredictable times. As a trainee, I help my supervising appraiser make the best decisions possible, said Appraiser Trainee Anthony Hayward. I take pride in delivering reliable insights that support long-term value.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

So properties like this present buyers a way to increase their homes value by improving and updating it over time. While the home could benefit from some cosmetic updating, it presents a great opportunity for customization to make it your own. Talk about the value: A home that needs work is (hopefully) priced accordingly.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

However, life often presents unexpected challenges. Since 2020, the drastic increase in home prices and mortgage rates approaching 8% made it even more challenging for younger buyers to enter the housing market. If home prices and rates had been more stable between 2020 and 2024, we would have already reached our target of 66.21%.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The integration’s enhancements also include friction-free verification, meaning that lenders can simplify borrower interactions and improve application pull-through by presenting Argyles VOIE solution as an embedded, in-app experience directly within nCino Mortgage.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

But facing things alone presents a bigger challenge for single individuals, according to a report released Wednesday by Redfin. Expensive mortgages, rents and other housing expenses are already challenging for many Americans.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 14, 2025

Summary While weve made every effort to clean and analyze the ASC data accurately, the nature of the source data presents inherent challenges. The ASC maintains the federal registry of real estate appraisers, but the data comes from individual state regulatory agencies, each with their own reporting methods.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2025

Weekly pending contracts for the last week over the past several years: 2025: 367,776 2024: 363,834 2023: 335,017 For both purchase apps and pending sales, the data presents an interesting trend: the positive weekly figures we’ve been observing coincide with mortgage rates exceeding my growth threshold.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In the request, REX argued that it was unfairly prevented from presenting testimony about agent commissions to the jury. In its request for a new trial, REX argued that it was unfairly prevented from presenting testimony about agent commissions to the jury. Roughly six weeks later, REX filed its motion for a new trial.

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