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Have you clearly defined your brokerage’s value proposition?

Housing Wire

Because of that, and several other reasons, gross margins for real estate brokerage firms are declining with no real end in sight. for the largest brokerage companies in the United States. The first cause of the decline is the growth in competition for productive agents and a variety of new brokerages. Now, they’re at 13.5%

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How to Find Short Sale Homes: A Guide for Buyers

HomeLight

Short sales can provide an excellent opportunity for potential homebuyers to score a good deal. If you’re in the market to buy a short sale home, you’ll need to prepare for a lengthy closing process and steel yourself to jump through some hoops not generally associated with traditional sales. What is a short sale?

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Broker Spotlight: Jennifer Darby Metzger, The Agency Rutherford

Inman

Learn how this award-winning broker-owner went from top producer to leading The Agencys first New Jersey office, redefining real estate with a boutique, high-performance approach.

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Xactus targets lenders through active listing data

Housing Wire

The monitoring solution also will enable the examination of current servicing customers as well as non-customer lists and alert loan servicers to possible short sales, the firm said. Xactus, with its mortgage verification suite, aims to close more loans quickly and enhance profitability.

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13 Short Sale Tips So You Get a Dream Deal, Not a Nightmare Scenario

HomeLight

You may have heard a little bit about short sales — enough to know that this type of real estate listing can present some opportunities to get a good deal. But while short sales offer potential opportunities , they come with plenty of potential pitfalls as well. Know if a short sale is the best option for you.

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Amy Lessinger believes experience will be a difference maker for RE/MAX in a post-settlement world

Housing Wire

And of course, during those 50 years, we’ve navigated double-digit interest rates, the Great Recession where everyone had to figure out how to do short sales, and we’ve brought education to our agents during those times. RE/MAX has been around for over 50 years. So, I think this is really no different.

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Through the eyes of the single-family rental lobby

Housing Wire

From 2007 to 2014, institutions accounted for about 2% of homes that were purchased out of foreclosures and short sales, which is out of five million-plus homes. Certainly, the great financial crisis accelerated the growth and development of the single-family home industry. That period of time did jumpstart things for the industry.

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