Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Mortgage pros have closely monitored the commission lawsuit developments since a Kansas City, Missouri jury determined that NAR, HomeServices of America , and Keller Williams conspired to inflate or maintain high commission rates through NAR’s so-called Participation Rule. You should be finding buyers before real estate agents anyway.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

With home sale prices continuing to rise, wire fraud prevention firm CertifID announced Thursday that it is increasing its direct, first-party insurance coverage maximum to $2 million. Customers are now able to purchase the coverage up to the increased maximum of $2 million.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2023

The purchase of a home is one of life’s largest and most important investments, and it is critical that homeowners remain vigilant to protect this investment. These companies know how to make their agreements sound good. These complex contracts make selling, refinancing or transferring real estate difficult for homeowners.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Giangrande will also lead negotiation efforts for wholesale brokerage agreements with mortgage companies that seek to partner on EquiFi’s home equity investment (HEI) contract and other products. And he will oversee development and implementation of the firm’s marketing strategy and distribution processes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has acquired the assets of home equity investment firm HomePace , the company exclusively told HousingWire on Monday. HomePace, founded in 2020, specializes in helping homeowners access their equity through home equity agreements. Meanwhile, more than 9 million U.S.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Case in point: some of these guys had never heard of the “occupancy period” that exists in the world of new condominium development. In order to build a condominium in Ontario, the developer will pre-sell units, that don’t yet exist, and when a certain threshold is met (ie. And to be fair, why should they have?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2021

Compass announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to buy San Francisco-based real estate transaction platform Glide , a deal that some California real estate agents may feel uneasy about. Glide, which was founded in 2017, provides tools like eSignature and the digitization of sales processing forms.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

These includes the annual submissions concerning agreements between credit card issuers and institutions of higher education; quarterly submission of consumer credit card agreements; collection of certain credit card price and availability information; and submission of prepaid account agreements and related information.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Redfin announced Tuesday layoffs of 121 employees as it shakes up its mortgage department, including purchasing a lending company. The real estate company entered into an agreement to acquire mortgage lender Bay Equity Home Loans for $135 million, two-thirds in cash and one-third in stocks, Redfin said in a press release and public filing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

The regulations also, at the industry’s initiative, effectively require buyers working with buyer brokers to sign agreements before touring homes. The timing of this signing and unreadable anti-consumer buyer contracts developed by the industry have created unnecessary confusion.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to a review of bond-rating and industry reports.

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REM Online

AUGUST 9, 2021

The original post can be found at the following URL: Reviewing a builder’s Agreement of Purchase and Sale. As a lawyer, when advising buyers of pre-construction homes or condominium units during the 10-day cooling-off period after signing an agreement, I always start off the consultation by saying the same thing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Seller concessions for VA borrowers are capped at 4% of the home’s purchase price or appraised value and can cover some closing costs, including the VA funding fee and prepaid taxes. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rules prohibit VA borrowers from paying real estate commissions. Realtors will have to decide, do I negotiate or not?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2023

Buyers, sellers and lenders all have a stake in the sale, and title and escrow ensure that everyone’s interests are protected. They also help to prevent fraud and ensure that the sale is conducted legally and ethically. You can obtain a title through purchase, inheritance or other legal means. Your investment depends on it.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2021

Plaintiff has not supported its claim that there is any deception that is injuring a substantial portion of the purchasing public,” stated a Seattle federal court judge, Thomas Zilly. The judge dinged REX for making a lawsuit out of, “An optional , internal NAR rule allegedly resulting in display bias.”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

While the real estate industry has witnessed the introduction of a number of spectacular and innovative developments in recent years, we still (sometimes unfairly) get tagged as “old fashioned” or “conservative.” Not when one doesn’t need a wallet or even a credit card to make a purchase elsewhere.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

The more buyers through the door, the more offers youll receive quickly and the higher the sale price will be. Do you offer packages or discounts for purchasing multiple services? She developed training materials, classes, and coaching programs for her fellow introverts. A few hundred dollars upfront makes a world of difference.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In Florida, getting licensed as a real estate agent begins with the completion of an approved 63-hour Sales Associate prelicensing course. A separate Exam Prep course is also available for purchase. End of Course Practice Exam and 2 End of Course Exam Attempts Course for Sales Associates & Brokers. Chapter Quizzes.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The following is information to offer to a private money lender: A summary of the deal, including the purchase price and appraisal, the planned renovations or expansions and costs, the after-repair value (ARV) based on recent comparables, and the expected return on investment (ROI). Make a list of potential lenders.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2021

The Mortgage Bankers Association on Tuesday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria expressing concern over several amendments to the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements announced in January , including changes to investment properties.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

The National Association of Realtors has provided these facts: 86% of buyers purchased their home through a real estate agent or broker. They may try to negotiate, and we either come to an agreement together or we don’t. Buyer representation agreements shouldn’t scare anyone. Will sellers pay less? But working for free should.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2023

In the latest development, the U.S. Prior to the FTC’s suit, Black Knight announced the sale of its Empower business to a subsidiary of Canada’s Constellation Software Inc. billion last month, about 11% lower than the valuation when the agreement was announced last year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Although the aforementioned 20,000 properties sold at foreclosure auction had an average negative equity of more than $5,000, slightly more than half (51%) of those third-party foreclosure auction sales generated some potential surplus for the distressed homeowner. And among those 51%, the average potential surplus was close to $54,000.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

But if we’re going to have an honest discussion about the issue of developers suing pre-construction condo buyers which is only just beginning in Toronto, we truly are going to kick over the hornet’s nest because I have to ask the obvious question: Who is to blame? You have two choices: buyers or developers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

This new development is being propelled by an alleged Fannie Mae “request” that, according to industry sources, was made recently of several lenders active as buyers in M&A deals. Risk mitigation is critical right now on all levels,” Stephens added. “In

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

What happens when the Federal Reserve begins pulling back in a serious way from the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market that it has helped to prop up through billions of dollars in bond purchases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 — to the point where it now holds a $2.7 trillion agency MBS portfolio? The Feds existing $2.7

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

billion in production volume in the first half of 2023, refis accounted for $131 million and purchase loans consisted of $1.6 The lender’s gain-on-sale margin increased to 2.34% for the six months ended June 30, 2023, from 0.99% for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Better’s funded loan volume of $1.7

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog I’ll tell you which call I have not received in quite some time: the good, ‘ole, “power of sale” seeker. A power of sale can come in many different shapes and sizes. There’s a common misconception that all power of sales are for run-down properties, but they’re not.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

The lender made focused efforts to target the purchase market in 2021 and set up dedicated teams to cultivate relationships with real estate agents. What is clear here is that their long-held view that when rates went up, they could simply change their focus to purchase mortgages is not holding up.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

There are a number of ways by which they can do this, including affiliated arrangements, work share agreements or even less formal forms of partnership. Far more often than not, however, we mean “sales” or “development” when we say it. Not all experienced sales executives are good marketers and vice versa.

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BAM Media

JULY 23, 2024

BAM Key Details : In a letter to Colorado Association of Realtors CEO Tyrone Adams, Marcia Waters, the director for the real estate division within the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, raised concerns about agents requiring consumers to sign a buyer representation agreement before touring a home.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

A man in Iowa in the late 1800s would get a loan from the bank, take a train to Chicago, purchase a home, come back and the house is delivered, and his neighbors help him assemble it.”. Then, there was an $11,000 financing cost, a $49,000 tab for an open house and general expenses, and $28,000 toward a real estate agent’s sales commission.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Peter tells John, “I wanted to let you know that I am going to list the condo for sale.” The property is listed for sale and ends up selling after about three weeks. Bob the Buyer is a young man who is purchasing his first home, and is excited to move into the condo in the fall. And what does Bob the Buyer do?

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Realty Biz

MAY 4, 2021

Real estate development is quite a bit different from traditional real estate investing. The appeal of real estate development is the potential for higher operating profits during ownership and larger capital gains upon sale. Residential Development Project Scope.

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The Close

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ill explore exactly what a probate lead is, the pros and cons of probate leads and properties, and how to find and purchase them. In most cases, probate leads refer to real estate properties that become available for sale as part of the legal process following an individuals passing. What is a Probate Lead?

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Lighter Side of Real Estate

MARCH 5, 2025

Contract Cancellations Are on the Rise According to recent data , more home sales are being canceled than in previous years. In January alone, over 41,000 home-purchase agreements fell through, representing 14.3% of all pending sales that month. Meanwhile, pending home sales have dropped. Thats up from 13.4%

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