Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Heidi Iverson is the company’s new vice president of growth and Anthony Savala is the new vice president of sales. He served for the past two years as vice president of sales at TRUE. It offers a high-quality software-as-a-service platform designed to help loan officers and mortgage companies build better relationships.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

Buyers often assume what they see in the model home is what they will get, however, model homes are designed to showcase high-end upgrades. To help you make informed decisions and avoid costly missteps, heres what you need to know before diving into a new build: 1. Red flags Choosing a reputable builder is crucial.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

HomeLight is an Arizona -based real estate platform designed to connect agents with clients. HomeLight notes that this is becoming more common for existing-home sales. The company’s 2024 Top Agent Insights survey gathered perspectives from more than 750 real estate agents between Oct. 30 and Nov.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Auction.com has long been a leading platform for bank-owned (REO) and foreclosure sales to real estate investors and others seeking a discount. SmartSale is designed as an alternative for sellers who are navigating financial challenges or simply seeking greater control, Auction.com explained.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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. So, let’s start with the basics: What is a real estate broker vs. an agent? Let’s dive in!

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2025

While homeowners take pride in seeing their personal tastes and design choices come to life, Realtors may recommend different strategies to enhance the propertys resale value. Realtors most frequently recommended repainting either the entire home or single rooms and replacing the roof as cost-effective ways to prepare a property for sale.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Why listing scams are on the rise Unlike home sales, land transactions often skip in-person meetings or property access, which makes it easier for scammers to impersonate legitimate owners without detection. But in land sales where no physical structure exists this vital step is often skipped, leaving a gap for scammers to exploit.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

However, in what Kelman says is an effort to preserve a sellers ability to control how their property is marketed, Redfin is also asking MLSs to create a coming-soon designation for listings that precludes search sites from showing how long a home has been for sale and at what prices.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2024

Move Sales , OpCity Acquisitions , OpCity Inc. These processes (the ‘Unlawful Bundling’) are designed to amass a tremendous (and tremendously growing) database which the defendants then characterize as ‘leads,’” the complaint states. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is facing yet another lawsuit. and REA Group Ltd.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2023

Existing home sales had a huge beat of estimates on Tuesday. To understand why we had such a beat in sales, you only need to go back to Nov. The weekly growth in purchase application data during those months stabilized housing sales to a historically low level. We understood why sales collapsed during COVID-19.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

The Chicago -based mortgage lender announced Tuesday that it’s bringing on Daniel Manginelli to lead its sales coaching program, which is designed to help mortgage professionals implement best practices and improve performance. He’s worked in sales and managerial roles, and has authored two books, during his more than 35-year career.

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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

APRIL 14, 2025

Designed to engage homeowners and sellers, it maximizes exposure and ensures agents stand out in their most targeted markets. According to the company, the tool helps agents attract more seller leads, increase listing conversion rates and generate higher sale prices.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

But theres excellent news non-QM loans are designed to do precisely that, giving borrowers the freedom to use alternative income verification methods like bank statements, asset depletion, and more. In todays mortgage market, traditional mortgage products are no longer the one-size-fits-all solution they once were.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Because of that, more people in the industry have a better understanding of seniors unique challenges, which could necessitate more products designed for them. We have this very comprehensive program with a vast product suite specifically designed to suit different client needs, he said. That role is an active one, Allen said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I was at a sales meeting with Berkshire Hathaway, and our manager wrapped up the meeting. My business has always been more design focused. I work with different designers and I do development as well. So, I’ve been flipping houses , but with more high-end designer partnerships. O’Connor: It was similar.

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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 6, 2024

Its up to us as agents to stay engaged and stay in contact with our clients. Building on existing relationships is the quickest and easiest way to keep your pipeline filled with active buyers and sellers, so you dont have to worry about dry spells. Lets dive in! Summary What is a real estate newsletter? Why send a regular real estate newsletter?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In real estate, relationships drive sales, and having a way to collect visitor contact information is vital to building those connections. Digital open house sign-in solutions offer agents a clear advantage, blending convenience with powerful data for more efficient sales strategies.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

RealTrends Verified first arrived on scene in March 2024 as the first dual-verified real estate sales performance platform that highlights brokerages , agents and teams that deserve to stand out among their peers. The platform is a rebrand of RealTrends a platform with 35 years of excellence behind it. of real estate professionals.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

Veteran real estate broker-associate Christina Khosrowabadi, who has closed more than $140 million in sales since 2022, has joined Christies International Real Estate Sereno , one of northern Californias largest independent brokerages. billion in 2025 sales.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

These real estate mailers are designed to spread holiday cheer, express gratitude and maintain a personal touch among your network. Knowing this, real estate agents should always find friendly, conversational ways to stay on their potential clients minds year-round. But where do you start? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

TRAiNED named Mark Cunningham, a co-founder of Sales Boomerang , as its new CEO. It also hired Arend de Jong , co-founder and former chief financial officer of Sales Boomerang, as CFO, the company announced. He was named a 2021 HW Insider after Sales Boomerang debuted in the top 5% of the Inc. Mortgage tech firm TRAiNED Inc.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

AI can deeply understand your space and vision, and give you guidance that’s personalized to your needs on things like design, the scope of work and the actual costs. Kheyfets: One is home sales , the world in which you live. The opposite is true when sales are down. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I think there would be even stronger growth and more stability in the market if we had more houses for sale, he added. The states business-friendly regulations and tax policies have led to rapid population growth in recent years, including an estimated 16,000-person inflow from 2020 to 2022 alone. Its a big deal.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Marine Samuel Royer has spearheaded efforts to pass the HELPER Act, a bipartisan bill designed to make homeownership more accessible for Americas civil servants including teachers, first responders, EMTs and law enforcement officers. For nearly five years, former U.S. In addition to his time in the U.S. This is the sad truth, he said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

The plan, while popular, is not without risk to the states revenue system, since a removal of property taxes would make the state far more reliant on its sales tax. The plan, while popular, is not without risk to the states revenue system, since a removal of property taxes would make the state far more reliant on its sales tax.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

These facts clearly show the powerful impact home staging can have on real estate sales. If you thought winning a listing was challenging, just wait until you have to start telling a homeowner what to do with their home in order to sell it quickly. As an agent, you know a beautifully staged home turns into a sold one.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Per a release from Friday Harbor, the seed round will support the growth of its engineering team and support integrations with leading mortgage LOS and point-of-sale platforms Friday Harbor was co-founded by Theo Ellis (CEO) and Jesse Collins (CTO) and launched in 2024 with support from the AI2 Incubator and CoFound Partners.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The Specialized Team Every team members role is based on their strengths agents specialize in either listings or sales, while support staff focuses on marketing or transactional details. Its important to understand how real estate teams work for you to decide whether its the right career move for you. How do real estate teams work?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

The partnership also gives Concierge’s agents and brokers access to Luxury Presence s advanced website design, hosting and SEO services. “This partnership underscores our commitment to providing cutting-edge resources to help our agents thrive in the digital landscape and reach their most discerning clients. .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Citi led creative testing throughout the year-long site design and build, and will conduct testing throughout 2025. On Wednesdy Citi launched mortgage.com, a new platform that creates a brand-endorsed, consumer-focused channel to leverage Citi’s brand authority and encourage mortgage or refinance applications for the bank.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As you plan your 2025, its important to be intentional about including self-development activities. After all, our business will only grow as much as we do as business owners. With hundreds of books to choose from, it can be overwhelming to know which one will truly have a positive impact on your life and your business. I believe him.

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