Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Home prices have remained firm over the last two months, even with higher mortgage rates and inventory data. Our weekly tracker data is created to look ahead of the traditional monthly reports such as Case Shiller and the NAR existing home sales report, and what I have seen over the past few weeks has shocked me. I want to show you how the data changed with mortgage rates heading toward 6% so the next time this happens, we have a better idea of what to expect in the housing market.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

HUD and FHFA executives spoke recently about ways the federal government should get more involved in issues like zoning, mortgages, insurance and appraisals.

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

For over 79 years, Veterans Affairs (VA) home loans have helped countless Veterans achieve the dream of homeownership.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Reffkin continued his campaign against the Clear Cooperation Policy at the National Association of Realtor's annual NAR NXT conference during a "Future of the MLS" session Friday.

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Seattle Times Real Estate

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

While real estate professionals call the rental market “cool” and “balanced,” many renters use words like “brutal” and “absolute hell” to describe their search.

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RIS Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Above, Leo Pareja In the aftermath of recent lawsuits, the next major legal battleground in real estate is going to be steering. It’s not a matter of if, but when. During the litigation over cooperative compensation in MLSs, one of the central claims by plaintiffs’ attorneys was that real estate agents were steering buyers toward… The post Op-Ed: The Next Wave of Lawsuits Will Be About Steering—Mark My Words appeared first on RISMedia.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The company says its innovative AI and financial products give it an edge as it increases revenue and agent count despite a difficult housing market.

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Looking to buy a home but feeling like almost everything is out of reach?

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Inman

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

As the Nov. 26 hearing for final approval of the National Association of Realtors commission lawsuit settlement approaches, voices from all sides are questioning its wisdom.

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Seattle Times Real Estate

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Amazon will move out of the Met Park North office building in Seattle's Denny Triangle this month and shift 800 workers to other offices in the region.

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Estate Agent Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

First-time buyers will face a stock shortage as well as potentially higher costs once Stamp Duty thresholds return to £300,000 in April, research suggests.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Zillow is moving full speed ahead with an ambitious expansion of its mortgage business, leveraging its housing tech innovations to potentially reshape how modern homebuyers finance homes. In its third-quarter earnings report, Zillow Home Loans revealed an impressive data point: mortgage revenue increased 63% year over year in the third quarter to $39 million, which is primarily due to an 80% year-over-year increase in purchase loan origination volume to $812 million.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Growth across all major divisions, which the company attributed to strong conversions and agent partnerships, produced double-digit gains in the third quarter.

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Trying to decide between renting or buying a home?

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Inman

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The San Francisco-based iBuyer bought and sold more homes during Q3 than it did a year ago and trimmed its net loss by 14 percent from Q2 and 26 percent from a year ago.

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Brownstoner

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

After a series of contentious public hearings on the controversial Arrow Linen rezoning, more than two dozen Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and surrounding locals waited for hours on Wednesday at a City Planning Commission meeting to have their voices heard. The proposal calls for two mixed-income buildings at a minimum… Read More > The post City Planning Chair Asks About Affordable Housing, Height at Arrow Linen Hearing appeared first on Brownstoner.

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Estate Agent Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The property market appears to have turned cautious in the build-up to the Autumn Budget with house price growth slowing to 2.4% annually during October, Nationwide figures show.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Climate change is increasing the intensity and severity of natural disasters. It’s resulting in calls to reimagine the costs of homeowners insurance (Image generated by AI in Midjourney) As the planet warms and extreme weather intensifies, the rising cost of homeowners insurance is stopping real estate deals in their tracks. In just the past two months, two major hurricanes battered Florida, inflicting physical and financial damage that is projected to exceed $100 billion.

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Speaker: Sarah Santa Ana, Real Estate Coach, Move4Free Realty

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Robert Reffkin said “it’s only a matter of time” before Zillow becomes a national MLS. Zillow, meanwhile, advocated for a strong MLS and equal access to data.

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RIS Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The first-time homebuyer marketshare decreased to a historic low of 24% (down from 32% last year), while homebuyers’ ages hit all-time highs of 56 overall (49 last year), 38 for first-time buyers (35 last year) and 61 for repeat buyers (58 last year), according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) 2024 Profile of Home… The post First-Time Homebuyers at Historic Low, While Buyer Age Hits Record High appeared first on RISMedia.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Zillow Chief Industry Development Officer Errol Samuelson discussed NAR's no-commingling rule and Clear Cooperation — and how the fight to save the latter is key to preserving consumer choice.

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Marco Santarelli

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

As we dive into Housing Market Predictions for 2025 and 2026 , experts are projecting a notable increase in home sales, with estimates showing a 9% increase for 2025 and an impressive 13% increase for 2026. This optimistic forecast is largely attributed to stabilizing mortgage rates, which are expected to hover around 6%. According to NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun , we might finally be turning a corner after a challenging period marked by high borrowing costs and low inventory.

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Speaker: Trey Willard, Realtor/Team Leader at Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

In order to create continued success in today’s real estate market, realtors need to utilize an arsenal of technology that will increase their efficiency and presence on social media. Using technology to manage your prospects and tap into their needs through websites, social media, and other channels is critical for real estate success in 2022 and beyond.

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Estate Agent Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A third of homes for sale on Zoopla are currently chain-free as investors and second homeowners have looked to sell amidst expected changes to the way second homes are taxed, the portal suggests.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Vetted by HousingWire | Our editors independently review the products we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Whether you’re looking to start a career in real estate, already have one or are involved in real estate transactions, you may find yourself wondering about industry terminology and job titles. The industry acronyms alone look like alphabet soup.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In the short term, expect "rising and more unpredictable mortgage rates." But the Fed will likely stay the course and issue a modest rate cut this week.

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Bigger Pockets

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

California isn’t the only state that will decide on important housing issues at the ballot box on Nov. 5, but it is one of the most prominent.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The National Advertising Division on Friday denied CoStar's challenge to Realtor.com's "No. 1 site real estate professionals trust" tagline. CoStar said it's based on outdated data. NAD disagreed.

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Along with the monthly housing starts report for September released last month, the Census Bureau also released Housing Units Started by Purpose and Design through Q2 2024. The first graph shows the number of single family and multi-family units started with the intent to rent. This data is quarterly and Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA). Although the majority of units built-for-rent’ are still multi-family (blue), there has been a significant pickup in single family units started built-for-re

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Estate Agent Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Almost 22,000 UK estate agency branches have registered with HMRC for anti-money laundering (AML) supervision – an increase of around 1,500 branches in just over a year, analysis of HMRC data reveals.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The role of the real estate agent has been under the microscope of late as a result of class-action litigation over agent commissions, but the feedback agents want most about their practices comes from two sources — home buyers and sellers. A new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) surveyed buyers and sellers on what they want from their real estate agents.

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