Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Rocket Mortgage on Tuesday unveiled RocketRentRewards, which the company says is the homeownership industrys first offer to provide closing cost credits for renters. With the national average rent at $1,800, that translates to $2,160 applied toward a clients closing costs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Real estate closing gifts personalize and ultimately strengthen the relationship between you and your client, which can lead to a string of referrals. We curated some standout closing gift ideas for buyers and sellers and assembled this guide to help you navigate the closing gift process. Clients always on the go?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The market is not great, so we aren’t often dealing with multiple-offer situations. Due to these conditions, Dwiggins and other industry professionals believe there won’t be much of an impact on first-time buyers until the housing market strengthens, leading some sellers to potentially stop offers of buyer broker compensation. “If

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Higher prices, higher mortgage rates and limited inventory are making for a slow market among buyers and sellers alike. According to data from CoreLogic, investor purchases have tracked closely with consumer home sales, and the share of home sales attributable to investors is down as well. Same with the iBuyers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

housing market has shown signs of slowing, demand remains strong in key Midwest and Northeast cities, where homes are selling weeks faster than the national average, according to Realtor.com s Hottest Markets Report for February. There’s still a lot of first-time homebuyers in the market too. They keep the market healthy.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Over the last eight years, Abraham Sarway has parlayed calculated risks like this one into running a team that closed $100 million in volume in 2024. To this day, my team and I are still working in the South Bronx, even though we regularly close deals on luxury units in Manhattan.” He knew his local market data inside and out.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Weve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom. Does the housing market start to get back to normal? The number of unsold homes on the market is finally getting closer to 2019 levels. But, the market change isnt evenly distributed. Two and a half years.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As the year draws to a close, available unsold inventory of homes on the market is nearly 27% greater than a year ago. Almost every market in the country has more homes available now than at the end of 2023. A few states have more homes on the market now than any time in the last eight to 10 years. more than a year ago.

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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. The turbulence in rates has trickled down to individual markets like Cincinnati, where real estate agents say they dont know what to expect from sale to sale. A substantial drop in new listings is a contributing factor.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

As market conditions evolve, homebuyers demand more than just rate quotes and loan approvalsthey seek guidance, financial literacy, and a trusted partner in wealth-building. Understanding todays mortgage market challenges 1. Deliver value beyond closing to foster long-term engagement. With rates hovering around 6.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Rising personal home insurance rates, fueled by escalating claims costs, increasing property values and the growing frequency of natural disasters, will all have a profound impact on market dynamics and homeowners insurance costs. For real estate professionals and mortgage lenders, these shifts present both challenges and opportunities.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Tom closed over $17 million in volume in his second year in real estate. Tom Brennan: By the numbers Market: Charlotte, North Carolina Niche: Luxury homes Year one sales volume: $1.9 The local competition in Charlotte was fierce, and with only a handful of closed deals, he knew he couldnt compete with experienced agents.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The company has an aggressive marketing goal to reach the No. And then looking at the vast demand or the vast breadth of competitors out there, we kind of looked at where they are doing well and where did we need to kind of jump in there and kind of close that gap. Market share and brand authority Why launch this site now?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

In a changing real estate market , mortgage lenders face increasing demand. The primary and secondary mortgage markets may be separate business components, but mortgage originators must understand both businesses intimately. How do we get a loan from I want a house to its closed and done before they walk away?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Every title company wanted a great piece of the current refi market and most would do about anything to obtain it.The problem; almost all were late to the party and not prepared. Unfortunate for most, whereas a few had prepared, most did not see the magnitude of this market anomaly! Consumers were refinancing in astronomical numbers!

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The key points of this report indicate that the Federal Reserve has overlooked the housing market for years. The existing home sales market does not align with their dual mandate of ensuring stable personal consumption expenditures (PCE) or consumer price index (CPI) prices, as these measures account for rent. We will soon find out.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Matterports cutting-edge 3D capture and AI-powered property insights have already transformed how residential and commercial properties are marketed and experienced, Andy Florance, the founder and CEO of CoStar Group , said in a statement. CoStar paid $1.6 billion for the acquisition.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Multistate mortgage lender Click n’ Close on Thursday announced that it’s adding a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional loan option to its SmartBuy Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM) program. Click n’ Close’s program also offers down payment assistance (DPA) options ranging from 3.5% to 5% down.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

They explore the intersectionality of trends in the labor and housing markets. After diving into some background on The Burning Glass Institute, Simonsen and Berger dive into the state of the labor market heading into 2025. Simonsen: Let’s get some baseline about the state of the labor market rolling into the end of 2024.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In 2024, we saw a notable increase in buyer demand when mortgage rates got close to 6%. housing market. more homes on the market now than a year ago. By the end of May there were 38% more homes on the market than the year prior. California and Arizona have 45% more homes unsold on the market now than a year ago.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

The firm also added Sasha Stair a 2023 HousingWire Woman of Influence as its chief marketing officer in October 2024. Brown’s duties will also include monitoring emerging mortgage industry trends and aligning Xactus’ product strategy with the market. One example includes a collaboration with Thomas & Co.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies is buying Mr. Cooper , America’s largest mortgage servicer, in a market-shattering deal that could reshape the mortgage industry for years to come. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025. billion , is paying an equity value of $9.4 That’s one out of every six mortgages in America.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

The bond market and stock futures rose when the initial discussions about the 10% tariffs hit the market. Since we believe in the close relationship between the 10-year yield and mortgage rates , we expect mortgage rates to decrease tomorrow if bond yields continue to decline. But the real game changer? They nailed it!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2025

During the 10-minute conversation, Pieklo explores his new focus on developing AFR’s wholesale lending strategy, the competitive landscape of the mortgage market, and the company’s unique approach to differentiating itself from other big names in the wholesale space. We look to the secondary markets first.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Stats are the fuel to the fire of the real estate market and will make you exude confidence in conversations with potential clientsmaking them feel confident in hiring you to represent them. This proves your expertise to clients and allows you to provide them with knowledge about the real estate market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

These off-market listings not only harm sellers, but they limit exposure to potential buyers, possibly deepening inequities that have long existed in real estate. These off-market listings not only harm sellers, but they limit exposure to potential buyers, possibly deepening inequities that have long existed in real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2025

Earlier this year, when mortgage rates soared to 7.26%, a cloud of worry hung over the housing market many feared that home sales would tumble in 2025, fueled by concerns about inflation and tariffs. This unexpected turn of events breathed new life into the market, pushing purchase application data into positive territory for the year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Davis believes that by aligning with the right lender and expanding product offerings, originators can position themselves as valuable partners in a shaky market. Tom Davis: Investor transactions are still close to 28% of the overall purchase market. Many investors prefer to close in the name of an LLC.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The jump in sales gives the market momentum heading into 2025, which is expected to outperform 2024. The existing-home sales report comes as major real estate companies are releasing their forecasts for the 2025 housing market. million sales in 2025, a number that is close to the current rate of 4.15 million, a 4.8%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

This is why it’s essential to monitor builders’ forward-looking outlooks closely. As shown below, housing activity related to permits remains minimal, with single-family permits crucial to the market growing slowly. Historically, such a decline has served as a reliable indicator of upcoming shifts in the market cycle.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

A title company had a question about closing documents. I have tried being a solo agent, team, and everything in between, but lets face it the market is tough right now. Another agent was asking for an open house on the condo for the 3rd weekend in a row. So, Ive made a change. This is the future of real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

Recent data highlights a growing trend of specialization, increased productivity, and market consolidation. This shift is further underscored by a new analysis showing that agents taking at least 15 listings per year achieve significantly higher proficiency in converting listings to closings. annual production 15 listings/year 64.7%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Novaprime is starting with post-close quality control functions and working backwards. Novaprime is starting with post-close quality control functions and working backwards. “Once it’s committed, we help them create the delivery files as well so they can go and deliver the loan.” That adds up.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The hardest position to take in analyzing the housing market is one that is contrarian and bullish. When everyone knows that the housing market is sluggish and weak, but the data shows surprising strength. These are homes that will generally close in November and December. more homes on the market than last year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

March figures to be a crucial month for gauging consumer interest in the 2025 housing market. The 10-year yield is all over the map this morning, ranging between 4.11% to 4.18% as the stock market sells off more and more money is going into bonds. would been as a sign of stability for a housing market that has been volatile of late.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

This has caught my attention and is something I am following closely. I figured those increases would produce the same weakness in purchase apps that we saw earlier in the year. However, surprisingly, demand has held up better than I anticipated. We aren’t growing like before, but we aren’t as negative as I thought either.

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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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