Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

According to the brokerage, 6.5% And because mortgage rates have been above 7% for about two months consecutively, the cost of financing is extreme. Even with demand buoyed by a sparse housing inventory, growing financial challenges for buyers are forcing home sellers to cut prices to close deals, a new Redfin research report found.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Take a look below to see this year’s list of honorees. Congratulations to the 2024 Rising Stars! Name Job Title Company Name A.T.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The brokerage’s national quarterly market share grew by 26 basis points year over year, reaching 4.4% The company also increased its agents count by 4%, reaching 14,055 principal agents in Q3. million after the brokerage paid its commissions and related expenses. Revenue decreased by 10% year over year to $1.34

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

On one side are brokerage leaders like The Agency founder Mauricio Umansky , who are firmly against CCP. “I Any brokerage firms today that say they want to give the seller more choice, they are fooling themselves that they have their own agenda. He agrees with Klein that brokerage motivations for ending CCP are self-serving.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Willis joined Keller Williams from Coldwell Banker in 1991, serving in multiple roles during his time with the brokerage. Treble damages could result in NAR and the defendant brokerages paying roughly $5.36 That’s Mark Willis.” He left the company in 2016. The defendants have been ordered to pay damages of $1.78

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

But the Robert Reffkin -helmed brokerage has proved the naysayers wrong, at least for now. billion, which the brokerage attributed to a 19% year-over-year decrease in transaction sides to 54,207, combined with a decrease in the average home sale price, as the brokerage’s gross transaction value dropped 26% year over year to $56.8

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

The partner engagement program at Finance of America Reverse (FAR) aims to bring new people and professional relationships into the orbit of the nation’s top reverse mortgage lender, and it is spearheaded by Ryan Schmidt, FAR’s vice president of partner engagement. With the right ambassador, that task is made simpler.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2022

The real estate brokerage unveiled its first annual report Monday, a federally required document for any public company. Under Securities and Exchange Commission law, companies must apply generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, in reporting their finances. If Miller is right and Compass, after raising $1.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

More than just breaking records in the housing finance space, the HousingWire 2021 Women of Influence are shattering glass ceilings and leaving a legacy for years to come. Finance of America Reverse. Principal and Chair, Financial Instituions Regulatory Practice Group. Finance of America Companies. Brokerage Operations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

to 107 loans), Finance of America Reverse (up 17.4% Also noting a spike in business was David Heilman, principal for HomeGrown Financial in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. “I Four of the top 10 industry lenders also gained ground for the month. to 682 loans) and Longbridge Financial (up 4.7% to 358 loans).

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In his testimony, Gansho stated that NAR does not conspire with brokerages on commissions, and he echoed Goldberg’s sentiment that brokerages do not follow and enforce the rule. Goldberg concluded by saying that corporations do not follow or enforce the Clear Cooperation Rule.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

While many in the real estate industry were surprised by the news Friday morning that the National Association of Realtors had agreed to a nationwide settlement of the commission lawsuits for $418 million, Marty Green, a principal at law firm Polunsky Beitel Green , was not one of them. Almost any time in history the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

As the principal broker for a RE/MAX franchise in coastal Cannon Beach, Oregon, Alaina Giguiere’s typical responsibilities include marketing homes for sellers, touring homes with buyers, generating new business leads, managing client relationships, and drafting and reviewing contracts with buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the same filing, RE/MAX announced that it had let go of Adam Grosshans, the firm’s principal accounting officer, as part of the reorganization. She was also appointed as RE/MAX’s new principal accounting officer.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Existing backers FirstMark , Navitas , Accomplice and Juxtapose also participated in the financing, which exactly doubles the New York-based startup’s total equity raised since its September 2017 inception to $138 million. Orchard has also raised a total of $220 million in debt financing since its September 2017 inception.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

3] [4] Step 2: Select a sponsoring real estate brokerage The state of Ohio requires anyone who wants to be licensed as a real estate agent to be sponsored by a brokerage before they take the licensing exam. Ready to find a real estate brokerage? Look for a broker who specializes in that niche.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Amortization Azad Rafat is senior director of MSR services at Mortgage Capital Trading (MCT), which provides advisory and brokerage services primarily for smaller MSR deals — typically less than a $1 billion.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2022

The Prestwick Mortgage Group , an Alexandria, Virginia-based MSR advisory and brokerage firm, served as the exclusive broker for a $618 million package of Fannie Mae and Freddie MAC MSRs that was put out to bid earlier this month. Presented by: Selene Finance. Nearly 62% of the loans by unpaid principal balance in the latter $816.7

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“Our decision to offboard a significant number of unproductive agents during the fourth quarter resulted in a decrease in our agent count quarter-over-quarter, the retention of our most productive agent cohorts remained excellent,” Kent Cheng, principal financial officer at eXp World Holding, said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

“When the terms of the NAR settlement came out and there was the piece about compensation and the MLS, I had been in a meeting with some of my top listing agents, who have sometimes up to 50 listings, discussing how they are going to handle this,” said Kacy Bell, the operating principal of Keller Williams Greater Des Moines.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

The lack of housing inventory – a major pain point for real estate agents and loan officers – is an issue that Mark Cohen, principal owner of Cohen Financial Group , also sees in the upper end of the Southern California market. I’m doing a lot of HELOCs.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2022

On top of competitive rates, getting approved for a mortgage has to be an easy and quick closing process for the customer, said Kevin Leibowitz, CEO of brokerage Grayton Mortgage. billion in unpaid principal balance, down 11% quarter over quarter. As rates rise, those warehouse financing costs go up.”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For all courses, Aceable offers payment financing options through two different partners, Affirm and Klarna. Aceable offers payment financing options, lowering the financial barrier to taking courses. NYREI offers daily recruiting sessions by top brokerage firms and lifetime assistance in helping you find a sponsoring broker.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As Principal Broker of Kukio Properties, she led the development’s sales team, representing discerning buyers and sellers who value excellence, knowledge, and personalized results. She holds a MBA from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor in Finance and International Business from Villanova University.

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RIS Media

MARCH 3, 2022

A creator of large-scale data and applied science solutions, he brings to zavvie three decades of diverse industry experience from a wide range of industries: e-commerce and banking and finance, telecommunications and logistics. More than 65,000 real estate agents in 47 states leverage zavvie’s platform to serve their clients better.

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RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Part of an ongoing fight to maintain equitable accessibility to these listings for all consumers and a level playing field for small business brokerages has to do with so-called “pocket listings.” Most lenders don’t allow real estate broker commissions to be financed. Principal Broker at Phipps Realty Inc.

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Real Trends

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A year ago, Shaival Shah’s principal concern was keeping up with the demand for his company’s alternative financing products. But as mortgage rates have climbed dramatically and bidding wars have largely vanished, the company’s products no longer hold as much appeal to buyers whose financing costs have exploded over the last year.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 19, 2022

Real estate agents work under brokerages to rent, sell, and buy houses or other properties. Pre-licensing courses teach real estate, ethics, legal matters, taxes, finance, contracts, and insurance. Working as an assistant broker may give brokers helpful experience forming their brokerage. Passing the Licensure Requirements.

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Realty Biz

MARCH 3, 2022

The family-owned brokerage is led by Ron Cika and his son Alex Cika. Ron Cika, who serves as principal broker, founded the firm in 2000 and thereafter started Nexstar Title and Escrow in 2008, US Assurance Insurance Agency in 2020 and Millennium Mortgage in 2021. What distinguishes us from the competition is multi-faceted.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Paying down the principal balance on your loan. Paying down the principal is what homeowners do every month when they pay the mortgage. For that reason, equity financing is most often used for large ticket items like higher education, debt consolidation, home renovations, and new car purchases. Making improvements to your home.

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Real Trends

MAY 13, 2022

Sitcov and her brokerage did not respond to messages for comment. Title and other services were high because of these referral relationships between real estate agents and the settlement service providers,” said Holly Spencer Bunting, who is a lawyer at Mayer Brown and represents businesses on mortgage banking and consumer finance matters.

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Realtor.com

JUNE 4, 2021

It’s hard to upgrade,” said Thad Wong, co-founder of Chicago-based brokerage @properties. Sometimes that backfires, and people end up living with relatives for way longer than they thought they were going to,” said Meredith Hansen, operating principal at Keller Williams Greater Seattle. “I

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The Close

JULY 8, 2023

This insurance typically protects brokerages and individual agents from getting sued by a client if they make a mistake related to a real estate transaction. You may also check with your sponsoring broker if you are covered under a firm policy at the brokerage. You’ll find that some brokerages will ask for a 50-50 split on commissions.

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RIS Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A REALTOR® for more than two decades, she is principal broker at Lane-Harkins Commercial Real Estate LLC in Flowood, Miss., specializing in commercial brokerage. From 2012 to 2015, Brown was a member of NAR’s Federal Financing and Housing Policy committee. Nancy Lane is NAR’s 2021 treasurer. in San Francisco.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

Second mortgages : These are loans you can take out to subsidize the down payment in addition to taking out a principal mortgage. FHA Within Reach Down Payment Assistance program is the FHA’s DPA program, though you’ll typically find this program offered through your state’s Housing and Finance Authority.

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HomeLight

MAY 3, 2023

Your real estate agent’s commission is not only split between the buyer and seller agents but also their respective brokerages. Every agent has an agreement with the brokerages in which they hold their real estate license as to how their commission is split. That puts your commission at 18,000.

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Afford Anything

JULY 6, 2020

An anonymous listener, whom we call “Mary,” is curious about the auto-rebalancing feature offered by M1 Finance. Anonymous “Mary” asks (at 1:36 minutes): I’m curious about investing with M1 Finance. I also have another $30,000 in a taxable brokerage account invested in VTI. Resources Mentioned : M1 Finance.

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