Keeping Current Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home soon, you probably want to know what you can expect from the housing market in 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Boom! Housing starts had an epic beat Tuesday, which usually means the data will get revised lower at some point, but one thing is for sure: the housing starts and new home sales sector came to throw shade at the 2023 recession crowd. Many say housing leads the economy into a recession, which has been the case for decades since higher rates tend to put the U.S. economy into a recession.

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Real Estate News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Art Carter and Brian Donnellan, CEOs of the nation’s largest MLSs, are pals as well as colleagues, walking the talk of collaboration in challenging times.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The landscape of real estate is undergoing significant transformations in 2024, driven by a confluence of technological advancements, shifting market dynamics and evolving consumer behaviors. 1. Technology 2024: Proptech challenges and profitability pursuit The proptech sector, a technological cornerstone of the real estate space heavily reliant on venture capital, has encountered formidable challenges in the past year.

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Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Real Estate News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Department of Justice has inserted itself — again — in the Nosalek buyer-broker commissions case ahead of final settlement approval.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The defining characteristic of the 2023 housing market has been dramatically fewer home sellers than any recent year. That’s one reason total sales volume has been so low, but it looks now like that’s starting to change. In this week’s Altos Research video, I look at how home sellers and sales are up, but that doesn’t mean prices will climb in 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Big Four title firm Fidelity National Financial and its subsidiary mortgage subservicer Loancare are facing a class action lawsuit alleging that they were negligent with customer data and that they breached their contract, after the firm was the victim of a cyber security attack in late-November. The suit was filed last Tuesday by Teneika Tillis, a Loancare servicing client, in U.S.

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Real Estate News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Small cities in New Hampshire and Connecticut dominated the search portal's most popular markets for 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Housing starts rose in November, significantly beating expectations. New construction rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,560,000, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau data. It’s 14.8% above the revised October estimate of 1,359,000 and 9.3% above the November 2022 rate of 1,427,000. Single-family building activity drove November residential construction activity.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The good news for real estate pros is that closely watched forecasts agree home sales will bottom in Q4 2023, and mortgage rates are looking ready to come down significantly next year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Even though Jerome Powell announced three rate cuts in 2024, Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) group continues to forecast a modest downturn in 2024. The group projects a return to growth in 2025. “Last week’s comments by Chairman Powell, as well as the Federal Reserve’s updated Summary of Economic Projections, suggest increased Fed confidence that a soft landing has been achieved and inflation is headed sustainably to 2%,” Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the most recent edition of his Snapshot series, Brandon Doyle talks to Saul Klein about being at the forefront of technology and internet adoption in the residential real estate industry.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

High-profile government actions against some of the nation’s largest financial firms for alleged violations of fair lending laws and loan servicing principles have sent a sobering message to industry CEOs and their boards: the buck stops at the top. We have entered a new regulatory era, one filled with expectations that a firm’s compliance with the letter and spirit of the law has the full attention of the C-suite and boardroom — not relegated to back-office compliance department functions.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to research, writes Nikki Beauchamp, by aligning yourself with those who complement your skill set and creating a systematic approach to networking, you can add targeted leverage to your real estate business.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The home seller plaintiffs and MLS Property Information Network’s (MLS PIN) efforts to address the Department of Justice’s “significant concerns” about their proposed settlement agreement in the Nosalek commission lawsuit were not enough. In a letter filed on Monday, the DOJ told Judge Patti Saris that it had concerns about the second amended settlement agreement.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If you can let go of some of the control, writes Luke Babich, you can take advantage of exceptional upside potential when you invest through real estate syndications.

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Brownstoner

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Under emergency contracts relating to the migrant crisis, and with little public oversight, warehouses in Gowanus and Clinton Hill are being converted into large homeless shelters that could potentially operate for years. A long-vacant former brewery building at 130 3rd Street in Gowanus is being converted into a 400-bed homeless… Read More > The post Former Gowanus Brewery, Clinton Hill Warehouse Slated to Become Migrant Shelters appeared first on Brownstoner.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Entrepreneurship requires fundamental changes, no matter what your previous occupation may have been. Broker Nick Schlekeway outlines the seven lessons you'll need to learn to be successful.

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RIS Media

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Editor’s Note: Real Talk is an ongoing video series featuring Joe Skousen, founder and CEO of Inside Real Estate, who interviews industry leaders regarding the outcome of the recent Burnett vs. NAR trial, along with other pressing issues affecting residential real estate. Episode #1 Nick Bailey President & CEO RE/MAX LLC Nick Bailey discusses the… The post Real Talk with Joe Skousen: Episode 1 – Nick Bailey appeared first on RISMedia.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Investing in real estate doesn't have to bring a big tax bill. In fact, there are plenty of ways to minimize your taxes while making healthy returns. Here are the top seven.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A house can hold a lot of history. As a homebuyer, you probably want to know everything there is to know about the property you’re about to purchase. You might not know where to begin if you’ve never searched public records. Here’s how to search property records and navigate the online and offline documentation — including what you might want to investigate.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Seattle-based brokerage and mortgage lender Flyhomes announced another round of layoffs on Friday. The company had layoffs in July and November 2022, with one round impacting 20 percent of its workforce.

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Eye on Housing

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Single-family construction surged in November as lower mortgage rates helped to assuage affordability concerns and unleash pent-up demand for housing. Overall housing starts increased 14.8% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.56 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Housing starts jumped 14.8 percent between October and November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.56 million. That's 9.3 percent higher than they were in December 2022.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Many potential homebuyers feel sidelined by high interest rates. But what if there was a way to bypass these rates by taking over an existing home loan? It’s a question being asked more often in the current market. But can you buy someone’s mortgage from the bank? Buying, or rather assuming a mortgage, is a potential solution for savvy home shoppers looking for homeownership options.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Once valued at $47 billion, WeWork attorneys argue that releasing the names of its 600,000 clients would allow office landlords to poach customers.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Selling your home and buying a new one at the same time can feel like walking a financial tightrope. If you’re like most Americans, you need the proceeds from the sale of your current home to buy your next home. You’re likely counting on earned equity to fund your deposit and cover closing costs. If you could, you’d prefer to buy before you sell. The concept of “buy before you sell” may sound too good to be true, but with HomeLight, it can be a reality.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Landing is now partnering with personal identity verification company CLEAR to shrink the time needed for its tenants to move from place to place.

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RIS Media

DECEMBER 19, 2023

South Carolina affiliate CENTURY 21 803 Realty has merged with the neighboring office EXCEL Real Estate. The brokerage will do business as CENTURY 21 Excel in tandem with its new partner; their combined operation will maintain six offices and 200 agents across South Carolina. EXCEL Real Estate founders, husband and wife team Candice and Kenny… The post South Carolina Century 21 Affiliate Leads Partnership appeared first on RISMedia.

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Inman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The antitrust enforcer says it "continues to have concerns" about a proposed deal between homesellers and broker-owned multiple listing service MLS PIN.

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Speaker: Sarah Santa Ana, Real Estate Coach, Move4Free Realty

Networking is one of the crucial elements in every real estate organization's success. Both agents and real estate companies need to maintain robust networking links. This is why social media is essential for any real estate professional! Social media enables you to stay in touch with your present clients, maintain connections with your past clients, and engage potential customers and investors.

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