Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Roof AI , an artificial intelligence -powered sales assistant that helps real estate and mortgage companies generate revenue across their business units, announced the integration of OpenAI ’s technology into its system, significantly boosting its capabilities. Michel Moubarak, vice president of growth at Roof AI, told HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Some people might have been surprised by existing home sales growth for the last two months, but they would have known what was happening if they followed our weekly Housing Market Tracker data. On a year-over-year basis, the NAR median sales price index has been growing higher for three months in row. million in November. months to 3.8

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The platform offers a new broker scoring system designed for better account management and a tagging system to improve email marketing campaigns. The CRM company launched in 2016 to provide third-party origination (TPO) mortgage lenders with account management, sales and email marketing through its software-focused approach.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

The real estate technology provider has added sales veteran Bryson Womack as vice president of sales, a move that took effect this week. Womack has more than 30 years of experience as a CEO, founder and sales executive. iHomefinder is hoping to bolster its business with a new hire.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Tuesday released an update about the sales of non-performing loans (NPLs) through the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), saying the data has shown a steady drop in mortgage delinquencies since the start of COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The all-cash purchase threshold will remain $300,000 for all GTOs, with the exception of the city and county of Baltimore, which has a purchase threshold of $50,000. real estate market to launder money. real estate market to launder money. national security and help protect the integrity of the U.S. financial system. financial system.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Fewer options have led more homeowners to the California FAIR Plan, which is designed to be a stopgap measure rather than a permanent solution. The lack of insurance options has also led to many home sales falling through. This is a historic moment for California.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

. “The remarkable final sale price for ‘La Dune’ reflects its stunning design, exclusive address, and historic pedigree,” said Chad Roffers, the founder and CEO of Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions, who recently appeared on HousingWire’s Power House Podcast.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Take the Pending Home Sales Index , for example. Take the Pending Home Sales Index , for example. In April of this year, pending home sales had its worst print of the 21st century. Then two months ago, pending home sales had its best print of the 21st century. The new home sales data has also been wild this year.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Users can access AI bots designed to assist agents with general real estate knowledge, sales, marketing , negotiation and motivation. Users can access AI bots designed to assist agents with general real estate knowledge, sales, marketing , negotiation and motivation. said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

Digital mortgage automation solution provider Floify launched a mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platform for lenders. Broker Edition is designed to provide an intuitive loan management portal for borrowers while making loan management simpler at an accessible price point. Founded in 2013, Floify — a subsidiary of Porch Group Inc. —

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Indiana-based lender Ruoff Mortgage is making a move designed to help more homeowners get into new homes with ease. Buyers are not required to prepare their current home for sale until after they move into the new property. Calque also offers buyers a guaranteed offer on their current home to reduce risk. “It

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Atllas is launching a new artificial intelligence tool, Cold Call AI , that the company said is designed to streamline the process of reaching out to prospective home buyers and sellers. OpenHome is a platform for managing open-house visitors, with the goal of progressing these leads into closed sales.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

The team is led by Shane Burgman, who has averaged 50 home sales per year during his 10-year career, racking up more than $200 million in sales in the process. Miami -based Real on Tuesday announced the addition of Harvest Realty , an independent brokerage in Southern California with 550 agents. billion including 1,627 sides for $2.4

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In an industry where managing a web of technology vendors to support LO’s sales and marketing needs has become overwhelmingly complex, inefficient and creates unnecessary security and compliance risks, CANDID is quickly becoming a leader in transforming how mortgage lenders operate.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

DART is a mortgage processing product designed to offer the industry an alternative to offerings from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS), with this latest move ostensibly designed to expand the reach of Figure’s own ecosystem. The DART System is pre-integrated with Figure’s origination and loan-sale services. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Developed over the past two years, the newly rebranded Flyhomes portal is proprietary technology that was designed under the guidance of ZeroDown co-founders Laks Srini and Abhijeet Dwivedi, who have joined Flyhomes as chief technology officer and chief growth officer, respectively. covering roughly 75% of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This will enable borrowers to view accurate, side-by-side home loan comparisons, Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang said. This will enable borrowers to view accurate, side-by-side home loan comparisons, Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang said. Following its launch in 2019, Polly raised about $57 million from three rounds of funding.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To begin with, his reputation for excellence is ironclad: over a decade of experience as a real estate broker and over $300,000,000 in total sales. In 2024, Tate received Coldwell Banker’s International President’s Premier Award representing the company’s top 1% of all sales professionals. So let your personality shine.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Wells Fargo -backed mortgage fintech Maxwell rolled out a point-of-sale (POS) feature that offers tailored workflows and integrations. Unlike off-the-shelf POS solutions, Blueprint Builder allows lenders to customize technology that is designed to help improve operations, Maxwell noted.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

With profit share, we created a program for our franchisees that allows them to treat their real estate sales associates as their partners,” Gary Keller, the co-founder of KW, said in a statement. Agents join the profit-sharing program by designating a sponsor when they join a market center. The lawsuits, however, are still pending.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sue Haviland has also joined the division as a loan officer, coming off of a roughly three-year stint as Finance of America Reverse (FAR)’s national sales trainer in learning and development. Jake Droge joins the company as a loan officer, while Carol Olmos has joined the company as an account executive.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

As the refi boom fades, gain-on-sale margins at loanDepot are declining, the company disclosed in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. The gain-on-sale margin for January and February fell to 321 basis points, down from 338 bps in the fourth quarter. Mortgage Tech Demo Day.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

successfully closed on the sale of this luxury, 4,700-square-foot property on Park Avenue on the Upper East SIde of Manhattan for $13 million. Working in real estate sales for a few years, and now you want to challenge yourself and raise the stakes? Kayla Lee of SERHANT. You might be ready to take on the luxury real estate market!

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2023

Mortgage rates didn’t move much last week, but the 10-year yield rose even though inflation data was tamer than expected, and we had a weaker retail sales report number. In 2007, when sales were down big, total active listings peaked at over 4 million. Purchase application data rose again, with more positive than negative data in 2023.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

The federal funds rate has remained unchanged since July 2023, the last in a series of hikes designed to rein in 40-year high inflation. The recent decline in mortgage rates has stoked optimism across the real estate and mortgage sectors after a tepid spring and summer of home sales. Powell is expected to deliver an update on U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

California -based HighTechLending , a top-10 lender in the reverse mortgage industry, recently announced that it was rebranding its wholesale channel to American Senior Lending Wholesale Division in an effort to better align its identity with key business lines designed to serve older borrowers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2024

Describing reverse mortgages as originating in 1961 before coming to greater prominence through the establishment of the HECM program during the Reagan administration, one of two recent NAR articles dealing with reverse mortgage-related subject matter stated that home sales and purchases are becoming a more common topic within HECM circles.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

The first is for the HECM anti-churning disclosure, which is designed to protect borrowers from unnecessary loan refinancing. The first is for the HECM anti-churning disclosure, which is designed to protect borrowers from unnecessary loan refinancing. Two key documents are at the center of the proposed changes. Why are we on a 1009?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Education and distribution A longtime challenge for the reverse mortgage industry continues to be its marketing and messaging, particularly in ways designed to overcome longstanding reputational hurdles that the business has had to contend with for years. Rates re-emerged as a challenge and continue to be as the year winds down to a close.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These rankings are designed to help top-performing agents and teams highlight their accomplishments within their specific local markets, enhancing their credibility where it matters most — close to home. However, Leading RE agents and team bested the sales volume. Find out which agents and teams ranked highest in your city here.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

The platform provides tools for both landlords and renters, which the company said is designed to automate and streamline the management process. The platform provides tools for both landlords and renters, which the company said is designed to automate and streamline the management process. “As

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In reality, the LOS is not the problem; the technology is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Adjust your expectations At its core, an LOS is designed to serve a very specific purpose: ensuring that lenders can originate compliant and sellable loans. The LOS is a foundational piece of technology for every lender.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Since almost all of our picks offer roughly the same features, we scored them based on our opinion of their property search experience, design quality, and overall user experience (UX). UX design quality: 4.6 UX design quality: 4.6 Property search results pages are well-designed, easy to navigate and customizable.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

That’s right, there are Black Friday home sales! But in Greater Austin , the “Holiday of Homes” offers flex cash — which can be used towards design selections or structural options — and financing. The promotion applies to select homes in various housing developments across multiple cities.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

The new plans are “designed to enhance agent recruitment and retention while promoting accelerated and sustainable growth and long-term profitability for the company,” according to its announcement. 14 by dollar volume based on 2023 sales activity. Fathom Holdings Inc. The firm ranked No.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

Lower continues to make moves designed to support its expansion efforts, hiring former Waterstone Mortgage executive Dustin Owen as its new divisional sales leader and senior vice president of growth. Owen is the founder and host of “ The Loan Officer Podcast ,” which tallied more than 1 million downloads in 2022.

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