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

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

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 suit claims that NAR, along with Move Inc., and REA Group Ltd.

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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

MARCH 13, 2025

The platform is designed to help agents and clients effectively manage and distribute their exclusive listings. The RealScout Exclusives platform is designed to stand out from similar options through home search technology that continuously analyzes buyer behavior in real time, the company explained in its announcement.

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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

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.

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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.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

According to a survey released Tuesday by John Burns Research & Consulting , the top 50 MPCs sold more than 34,600 new homes in 2023, up 24% from the nearly 28,000 sales in 2022. And in 2023, each of the top 50 communities sold at least 368 homes, although that’s fewer than the 2021 record of 460 sales per community.

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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

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. While the builders sales team represents the developer, a buyers agent works solely in the buyers best interest. For quick move-in homes, closing dates can also be adjusted.

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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

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 discounts come as homebuilders’ confidence in the market remains muted.

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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

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. Bryson has a proven track record of success,” the company said in a statement announcing the hire.

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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. On Wednesday, Real also announced the addition of The Burgman Group , a three-agent team that serves Florida ‘s Space Coast region.

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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 1, 2025

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron Heidorn Director of Software Engineering & Infrastructure Cloudvirga Aaron Smith Director, Sales CubiCasa Adrian Provost Chief Executive Officer Realty ONE Group Terminus Ana LeBlanc Human Resources Director InterLinc Mortgage Annie Lemon Producing Branch Manager Gold Star Mortgage Financial Anthony Russo Diamond (..)

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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 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

OCTOBER 28, 2024

” Last year, The Loan Store launched a consumer rewards program designed to aid mortgage brokers in offering better interest rates. Meanwhile, Gateless partnered with Mortgage Automation Technologies to offer the Smart Underwrite platform to its point-of-sale system.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

Consumers want and expect a single-search experience, where all available homes for sale can be viewed seamlessly, Hendricks wrote. Despite its creation of the two-tab design and compliance with the policy, Zillow has been a vocal critic of the no-commingling policy and has lobbied NAR to get rid of the optional rule.

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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

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

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

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

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. However, non-QM loans arent designed for subprime borrowers in most cases. What does the future of Non-QM lending look like?

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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. These postcards are sent out after a successful home sale, showcasing the property that has just changed hands. But where do you start? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

However, other email tools not specific to real estate agents (like Mailchimp and Flodesk) offer built-in templates that make delivering beautifully designed email newsletters a cinch. Create a responsive newsletter design One of the best ways to make things easy on yourself is to use real estate newsletter templates.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The simple answer is that real estate agents are paid on commission, typically a percentage of the property’s sale price. For example, a designated broker is someone who owns a real estate firm and oversees business activities, such as hiring and managing other brokers, agents and office staff. How do real estate agents get paid?

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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

JANUARY 27, 2025

” TikTok riches are in the niches TikToks algorithm is designed to give users exactly what they want when they want it. Coffee & Contracts has hundreds of gorgeous agent-designed templates and scripts for social media. That’s how you get offers accepted, that’s how you get clients and referrals.”

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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. We were resilient, and were able to even grow at Guild.

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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. It could also force the state to raise the sales tax, she said. “Flooding is one of Floridas most frequent hazards, and can happen any time of the year.

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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. Do we have other things we can look at in the data?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Led by Jamison Frost and Valen Lindner, the team has closed more than $1 billion in career sales and is known for representing some of the most exclusive properties in Park City. The move grants them membership in the Christies International Real Estate Masters Circle, an exclusive designation for top-producing agents.

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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.

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