Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

It may be a new year, but Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is picking up right where it left off. On Wednesday, the family-owned brokerage announced its acquisition of Ohio -based Home Experts Realty. Founded in 2011, Home Experts Realty has grown to nearly 400 agents. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Tom closed over $17 million in volume in his second year in real estate. The local competition in Charlotte was fierce, and with only a handful of closed deals, he knew he couldnt compete with experienced agents. To say it worked would be an understatement. He didnt want to throw good money after leads he would struggle to convert.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Novaprime is starting with post-close quality control functions and working backwards. Miami-based Novaprime utilized smart contracts that conform to MISMO standards and extract all the loan data and compare it to source data of documents as well as agency eligibility, all in real time.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2024

Despite the seemingly common occurrence of seller impersonation fraud, 46% of respondents reported that it was at least “somewhat common” to catch fraud attempts before closing, while 26% said it was more common to catch fraud after closing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“We really think closing costs can be a significant obstacle to refinancing,” Chopra said at an AI and technology conference jointly hosted by ICE Mortgage Technology and the National Housing Conference at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. At least when it comes to redundancies with refinancings, that is.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While seasonal factors may slow things down briefly, we’ll be watching closely to see how these recent dynamics affect the market in the coming year.” California (one in 3,152) and South Carolina (one in 3,272) followed closely behind. Cleveland (one in 2,186) and Fresno, California (one in 2,247) followed close behind.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

“With total average closing costs of $6,000, FICO’s share of total average closing costs before this new per-score royalty was only approximately two-tenths of one percent.” According to CHLA, the credit costs for closing a single loan have increased from $50 in 2022 to between $150 and $200 in 2024. ” Leading U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Chicago’s offerings include doorbuster deals on Quick Move-In homes, which reduce pricing up to $93,850 if the home closes this year. In Charlotte , borrowers to lock in a lower rate on select Quick Move-In homes that can close by the end of the year. The home builder’s holiday incentives range by location.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Company Name Company Website Markets Served Company HQ MMI mmi.io/ Loan Origination Cottonwood Heights, UT Paradatec paradatec.com/ Loan Origination, Servicing, Secondary and Closing Wilmington, DE Outamation outamation.com/ Servicing Southlake, TX Orion Lending orionlending.com/ Loan Origination Orange, CA Optimal Blue www2.optimalblue.com/

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

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. Close one loan for a real estate investor and you have a repeat client for life! TD: DSCR loans are one of the easiest and quickest loans to close.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

If a consumer is in the homebuying process, the fraudster will send false wiring instructions to the homebuyer ahead of closing—often appearing as if they are from a trusted representative in the transaction. The title industry works closely with financial institutions and the FBI to help recover incorrectly transferred funds.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Bryan VantHof, a member of the RE/MAX Advantage Plus -brokered The Minnesota Real Estate Team , also believes the amount the seller nets is central to getting a deal closed. Per the settlement, the agreement must outline how much the buyer broker will be compensated — pending the successful closing of a transaction.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This sector is closely tied to the overall economic cycle and tends to show patterns before every recession observed in recent modern history. As 2024 comes to a close, the Fed has managed to overlook these issues for another year due to the factors mentioned above. We will soon find out.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The last thing a buyer wants is to find out after the deal closes that the founder of the business registered a name or trademark in their own name and never properly assign it to the company. Patent & Trademark Office. A buyer wants the right to use those names and marks with superior title from the rest of the world.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

And about 10% of the total share of complaints were related to issues with loan closings. The overwhelming majority of complaints (98%) were responded to in a timely manner, and a similar share were closed with explanation. Only one complaint was closed with monetary relief for the complainant.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

After many years of serving consumers, EasyKnock has closed its doors, a message on the companys website states. In February 2024, the company closed a $28 million Series D funding round from new and existing investors, including Gaingels , Moderne Ventures , QED Investors and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

system are the speed of the transfer, which in our system depends only on the parties being ready to close. Once the parties have closed, it is only then that we place the transfer document (deed) in the government land records. Among the many benefits of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For title professionals who must manage property records, closing statements and other critical documents, this time adds up. SoftPro is committed to delivering superior solutions to the real estate title, closing and escrow industry. So, always double-check any AI-generated communication for accuracy.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Due to Stickman’s decision to dismiss the three defendants, combined with the case being stayed for the remaining defendants due to pending settlement agreements, the court decided to close the case. Despite the closing of the case, the parties can request a status conference or seek to reopen the case by filing a motion.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2024

Expect that demand to be noticeable if the 30-year fixed rate gets close to 6.5%. A few thousand more homes are under contract to close in June than there were a year ago. These 404,000 pending single-family home sales will close mostly in June. These are sales that will close mostly in June.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As the buy-side agent, you don’t want to get to the closing table and realize that the seller isn’t going to cover your compensation because you didn’t ask for it in the purchase and sales and your buyer doesn’t have the money to come out of pocket,” McIntire said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It’s the idea of keeping close ties with family that are not “not too close.” Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University , said that this is also driven by an accelerating trend of what he calls “intimacy at a distance.” Based on the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Buyer after closing Dear (Buyer Name), It was a pleasure working with you! Co-broke agent after closing Dear (Agent Name), It was a pleasure working with you on the sale of (Address)! Lender/attorney after a tough closing Dear (Vendor), I know this wasnt an easy one, but thank you for all your help getting us to the closing table.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Without accountability, even the best leads won’t translate into closed deals. Step 6: Focus on customer experience to build loyalty A great customer experience not only closes deals but also creates lifelong clients who bring in referrals and repeat business. Personalize follow-ups to maintain relationships long after closing.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Fleet Homes Real Estate Team – Keller Williams Real estate teams are comprised of real estate agents and other professionals working together towards one common goal to close deals. Depending on the team’s structure, agents can work closely together or independently. Teams are led by a team leader.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

It also ties into architects and builders creating smaller, denser homes to help close the affordable housing supply gap. Strickland said that 75% of the loans she closed last year were government loans, adding that all of them were purchase money. I think the same could be said for most in my industry, she added.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Angela is the 11th-ranked agent in the state by sales volume, closing 38 sides and $29.82 For this, I turned to New Hampshire-based Cohen Closing & Title , where another cousin is the director of business development. million in volume in 2023, according to RealTrends Verified data.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Do you closely analyze your competitors on major projects like this and, if so, what have you learned in this instance? At Rate, we don’t necessarily track or follow our competitors’ moves closely. Could you offer more specific details on that, and do you have a goal for the typical application-to-closing timeline?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The holistic approach: A paradigm shift in quality control The traditional view of QC as a post-closing audit function is rapidly becoming obsolete. ” This approach involves analyzing data from post-closing reviews to inform pre-funding discretionary sampling.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

million sales in 2025, a number that is close to the current rate of 4.15 The existing-home sales report comes as major real estate companies are releasing their forecasts for the 2025 housing market. HousingWires forecast , penned by Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami and Altos Research President Mike Simonsen, project 4.2 million by NAR.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Not even close. ” If a deal closes, Zillow will collect 40% of the agent’s commission. No real estate platform in America gets more eyeballs. The lead generation program is designed for top-producing agents and teams who spend thousands a month on Zillow leads.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

In a normal market, homes sell and list for really close to the same dollar amount. Any given home might be over or under price, but on average, the sale-to-list price ratio is very close to 100%,” Simonsen said. As these business practice changes begin Aug.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

So when someone goes to close, it’s a consumer service that’s offered — it’s not embedded. It’s introduced through the process, and then at the closing table, the new homebuyer or the person refinancing either says [whether or not] they will take identity theft protection.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

From origination to closing, it covers all lending channels in one system. They also reduced the time from application to closing by three days. Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology aims to provide a flexible end-to-end solution for lenders in a modern market.

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