Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2023

Achieving success as a real estate agent requires more than simply understanding the mechanics of the job. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Here are 10 essential skills every real estate agent should possess. Another hat to place on your head?

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Real estate advice + top tech, lead gen & marketing tools — delivered to your inbox. Get expert advice, independent reviews and product recommendations from our editorial team of experienced real estate agents, brokers and coaches.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

billion valuation later this week. If all goes according to plan, loanDepot would command a valuation of $6.2 At the time, loanDepot was seeking a valuation of between $12 billion and $15 billion, Bloomberg previously reported. At the time, LoanDepot had sought a valuation of $2.4 billion to $2.6

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Buyside’s new feature enables the millions of homeowners who are currently receiving a Home Valuation Report from Buyside, to now see a personalized Home Equity Dashboard. The post Buyside launches a new home valuation pages feature appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2022

The fundraise more than doubles Tomo’s valuation to $640 million. million seed round for its Canadian real estate valuation platform. The post Tomo raises $40M Series A, hits $640M valuation appeared first on HousingWire. states by the end of the year. Startup HonestDoor also raised a $2.2

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Opendoor , the largest instant home buying platform in the country, could debut on the public market at a $5 billion valuation, according to a new report. It also announced that it would be hiring real estate agents (as independent contractors) in Phoenix as part of its plan to bulk up its Home Reserve iBuying platform.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 9, 2022

The question is raised as to what is the real problem with log home valuation and what is the problem with appraisers working in the niche log home market? It’s apparent when someone has little to no knowledge regarding log home valuation. The post A Log Home Valuation appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

Divvy Homes , the prop-tech startup that buys homes on behalf of renters and guides them to eventual ownership, announced Friday a new round of funding that nearly quadrupled its valuation to $2 billion. According to Hefets, almost 25,000 real estate agents work with Divvy, over three times the number that did a year ago.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Fannie Mae has approved six firms to handle its new valuation initiative, which cuts traditional appraisers out of the process and potentially represents the biggest shift in the valuation space in years. ” “I have found that there is a wide range of competence when it pertains to agents,” the appraiser said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2023

“The second part of the strategy is to offer a wider variety of valuation options.” From a modernization perspective, we want to promote consistent and fair valuation outcomes, simplify the loan manufacturing process, reduce borrower costs and effectively manage risk. If we can check those boxes, we succeed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Texas-based Xome, a company offering products for title, valuations, field services and asset management, also made expansion moves in 2024. This included the launch in May of a DIY sales platform that eliminates the need for a real estate agent.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

As businesses around the globe continue to streamline their processes with the help of tech advancements, residential valuation services are doing their part to keep pace. subsidiary and Radian company, offers 21st-century valuation solutions that take home price estimates to a new level.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Anywhere Real Estate partnered with agent-client collaboration platform RealScout to allow the company’s affiliated real estate agents and franchise owners “to engage, nurture, and convert clients at each stage of the real estate journey,” according to an announcement on Friday.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

To streamline the appraisal process, lenders and appraisal management companies (AMCs) need a trusted, one-stop resource to obtain cost-effective, transparent, automated and robust valuation solutions. Our comprehensive valuation solutions are broad in range, deep in scope and include extensive data coverage. of the U.S. population.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The HELOC solutions provided by homegenius Real Estate include: Automated Valuation Model (AVM) : The AVM, known as geniusprice, allows users to estimate a home’s price by leveraging homegeniusIQ, homegenius Real Estate’s proprietary AI, image recognition and computer vision technology.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data , ranging from climate risk to valuation, in one place. The product is marketed toward real estate agents to help them build trust and credibility with their clients, the news release states.

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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

APRIL 9, 2021

The firm offers targeted data analytics to simplify tax solutions, property valuation and settlement services for investors, government agencies, servicers and lenders. The transaction occurred around the same time that investment firm Gridiron Capital acquired Class Valuation , a technology-enabled appraisal management company.

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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. Todd Teta – guest columnist March HW Magazine. But big data has a deeper value than just estimating today’s property values.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Work with a real estate professional with MLS access In non-disclosure states, the role of real estate agents becomes even more crucial. Experienced agents have access to databases, networks, and resources that can help buyers gather information about recent sales in the area.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 17, 2024

The traditional 3% buyer agent commission is now under scrutiny, and this change could reshape the real estate landscape. Reassessing Value For real estate agents, this settlement presents a critical juncture to reassess the value they bring to the marketplace.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Divorce work is the most common, but attorneys also need valuation expertise for estate valuations, business disputes, tax litigation, bankruptcy proceedings, and expert witnesses (a per hour fee). Nobody can deny that we are living in a very strange era for real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Data analysis allows real estate agents to focus their marketing efforts (and budget!) Visit Top Producer Related Articles The 9 top real estate lead generation companies for 2024 6 best real estate lead generation websites for 2024 The ultimate guide to real estate lead generation ideas for 2024 2.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Velt: Valuations, I assume, have come down because of the market and the lack of demand? That would bring valuations down. What we’ve seen mainly is the activity is now at the local level between local brokerage companies. Murray: Almost every brokerage in the country has seen a decline in their profit.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Petersburg, Florida, and head of NAR’s Real Property Valuation Committee, pointed specifically to the apprentice training requirement – no comparable requirement exists for real estate agents – as the reason no one is joining a depleted profession in the crosshairs for allegedly racially biased appraisals.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Even though most agents focus their marketing efforts online, people start thinking about finding a real estate agent well before they hit ENTER on their first Google search. Knowing this, real estate agents should always find friendly, conversational ways to stay on their potential clients minds year-round.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

The success of iBuyers is the failure of real estate agents. After all, iBuying companies Opendoor , Redfin and formerly Zillow are predicated on home sellers eschewing a listing agent and selling their home to the company. The valuation, though, has inched past the $1 billion mark after Offerpad announced $6.5

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As we edge towards 2024, the real estate landscape buzzes with both opportunities and uncertainties. With home prices expected to hold steady and even grow in many markets, real estate agents face a unique market shaped by shifting demographics, evolving buyer expectations and lingering economic uncertainties.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With the seamless integration of the homegenius Platform, consumers can: Connect with experienced real estate agents. The homegenius Home Price Index combines market information, valuation data and advanced machine learning techniques to analyze home price data and identify trends for regions, towns and neighborhoods.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2020

According to FHFA director Mark Calabria, modernizing the appraisal process has the potential to create a more “streamlined and accurate collateral valuation process.” At the onset of the pandemic in March, the FHFA began easing standards on property appraisals that allowed drive-by and desktop valuations in certain circumstances.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Through this collaboration, all Keyes agents will benefit from RealReports, BHR’s flagship product. The latter gathers property data , ranging from climate risk to property valuation, in one place. For example, when a consumer is looking at an agent’s RealReport, they typically give out their contact information.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data — including permits, climate risk, rental rates, flood insurance costs, internet providers and speeds, crime statistics, solar potential, liens, zoning details, remodel potential and valuation — in one place.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

The brilliance of HomeBinder’s client for life approach is that it fully engages real estate agents as well. As the industry migrates to focusing on purchase volume, originators will look to rekindle their relationships with key real estate agents. HW: What are some actionable ways they can do so?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The company integrates with an existing brokerage website to provide homeowners with three valuations along with insight into the number of real estate buyer leads actively searching for a property just like theirs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many real estate professionals saw their portfolios take a hit.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Rapidly accelerating home prices come with a variety of challenges for lenders and real estate agents, including one of the biggest pain points right now — the appraisal gap. Either way, it puts the squeeze on property valuation. Real estate agents and lenders are working together to try to get buyers into houses.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A good real estate website includes more than just drool-worthy images of homes priced to sell. Your real estate website should serve multiple functions, almost like a digital business card with an MLS listing storefront, a booking platform, a home valuation page, and even your background story and biography.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2021

The first, Partner API, is used to unify title companies, real estate agents, lenders, and homebuyers throughout a single real estate and mortgage transaction. How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. It’s the second proptech offering created by Qualia.

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