BubbleInfo
JANUARY 23, 2024
Kayla works for Mauricio at the Agency, and she sent this in! If listing agents recognize the value of buyer-agents and convince their sellers to pay them a decent commission, then the current model might survive. Or will they take the lazy way out and just hope buyers come to them directly without an agent?
Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
Fifty-five percent of surveyed baby boomers plan to remain in their existing homes as they age, but less than a quarter of those surveyed have any plans to renovate their homes to more safely and easily accommodate natural changes that come with aging. This is according to a new report from home improvement services company Leaf Home and market research firm Morning Consult , which enlisted responses from 1,001 baby boomer homeowners (aged 59–77) and 1,001 millennials (aged 27–42) in late Decemb
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Keeping Current Matters
JANUARY 23, 2024
Even though home prices are going up nationally, some people are still worried they might come down.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
Change is on the horizon. For what felt like a moment in time, buyers enjoyed the luxury of being incredibly picky, carefully selecting what felt like their dream homes in a market that had shifted towards more favorable conditions. While I hate to be the bearer of bad news, that era is almost most definitely drawing to a close. With the coming together of interest rate drops, the persistent, continued low inventory levels and 2023 being recorded as the slowest year for U.S. home sales in nearly
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Real Estate News
JANUARY 23, 2024
The trade association favors a consolidated approach but wants all 19 cases included — and doesn’t think the trial should be held in Missouri.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
Mauricio Umansky, founder of The Agency and star of Buying Beverly Hills, and Compass agent and NAR Accountability Project founder Jason Haber are making good on a promise to explore a real estate professional trade organization alternative to the National Association of Realtors. The two industry professionals are asking agents to “Trade Up” and give their new group, the American Real Estate Association, a try.
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Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
Financial services firm Consolidated Analytics acquired Real Info, Inc. — a provider of property data and valuation technology solutions. With the acquisition , Consolidated Analytics expands its valuation solutions, offering clients tools — from data and analytics to appraisals — to predict market value and access a more comprehensive selection of collateral assessment products, the company said.
Real Estate News
JANUARY 23, 2024
Cameron Paine takes on top role at MARIS as CEO David Price retires; Happy Grasshopper, HomeScout, Rechat and Lundy announce new executive hires.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
Real estate marketplace Xome appointed Michael Jansta to the position of chief operating officer, the company announced Monday. In his new position, Jansta will oversee key aspects of Xome’s operations, including auction, default servicing and quality assurance. He will also join Xome’s executive leadership team, reporting to Mike Rawls, chief executive officer of Xome since Jan. 2020.
Real Estate News
JANUARY 23, 2024
The newly launched firm — the brainchild of former eXp and Real execs — tweaks the downline model and is intended to “professionalize the industry.
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Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
A large portion of Florida ’s economy relies on tourism, especially as major Orlando-area theme parks including Universal Studios Florida and Walt Disney World. But the parks — which employ an estimated 110,000 people collectively — are also facing headwinds due to their employees’ struggles to afford housing , and now both NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company — owners of the major parks — are aiming to address it, according to reporting from Bloomberg.
Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
During his latest ICNY appearance CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance chastised Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com for prioritizing their bottom line to the detriment of buyers and listing agents.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
Chicago, Illinois-based mortgage tech firm Gateless announced an integration of its Smart Underwrite solution product with The Work Number – a digital verification solution – from consumer credit reporting agency Equifax. Smart Underwrite allows lenders to digitally analyze and interpret all essential loan data and documentation the moment they are received.
Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
James Dwiggins argued at Inman Connect New York that commission lawsuits and pressure from the feds is going to bring about change in the real estate industry.
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Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
Gateless: Smart Underwrite Smart Underwrite represents a paradigm shift in mortgage lending. Real-time automation of critical underwriting functions, like the evaluation of credit, income, and assets, can drive real-time outcomes, including immediate loan approvals. These cutting-edge solutions interrogate loan data and documentation, instantly, upon receipt.
Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
At Inman Connect New York's Broker tract, Hilary Farnum-Fasth said that agents need to dig deep into their networks to find the right vendors and partners who can put the buying puzzle together for their clients.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
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Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
Fact-based marketing gives agents confidence that they understand what's happening in their market and the courage to have a conversation about home prices.
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Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
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Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
"Every challenge presents a silver lining. You just have to be willing to look at it right," ERA President Alex Vidal said on stage at ICNY on Tuesday.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
Constellation Software ’s Dark Matter Technologies rolled out an automated workflow in the Empower loan origination system (LOS) that makes it easier for lenders to identify and qualify loan applicants who could benefit from evaluation of their positive rent payment history. Developed in partnership with Informative Research – a technology services and consulting company – utilizing the positive rent payment history enhancement in Fannie Mae ’s underwriting system, known as Desktop Underwriter (
Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
The "Million Dollar Listing New York" star had to develop a three-rule system to keep it all together after being cast on the Bravo show. One of her key tenets? Learning to say no.
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Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
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Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
The star broker said at Inman Connect New York Tuesday that the industry hasn't fundamentally improved enough, which makes him fear the past's mistakes will be repeated.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 23, 2024
CoreLogic: AutomatIQ Borrower Income Analysis AutomatIQ Borrower Income Analysis is an API-enabled, intuitive workflow solution for automating, analyzing, and calculating borrowers’ income. It now offers a fully integrated experience with Fannie Mae’s income calculator tool and Freddie Mac AIM for Rep and Warrant certification. As a result, lenders can increase certainty in loan quality and are also eligible for rep and warrant relief for self-employment income calculation, reducing repurchase r
Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
"Great leaders aren’t hired; they're developed," the real estate coach said at ICNY 2024, adding that brokerages who don't nurture great agents will lose them.
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RIS Media
JANUARY 23, 2024
Above, Mauricio Umansky, left, and Jason Haber Already embroiled in controversies and lawsuits over the past year, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) now looks to be having to deal with a new group intent on potentially supplanting it. Mauricio Umansky, a celebrity agent in Los Angeles, and Jason Haber, an agent with Compass in… The post NAR Facing New Alternative Organization as Competition appeared first on RISMedia.
Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
"What people want more than anything is not an automated response," Gisele Ugarte said during Day One of Inman Connect New York.
Bigger Pockets
JANUARY 23, 2024
The “silent depression” is here. Just like in 1929, the American economy is ravaged by a declining GDP, plummeting asset prices, widespread unemployment, and a completely fractured banking system. Wait…are any of those things happening today? Not quite.
Inman
JANUARY 23, 2024
Bright MLS subscribers will now get free access to Collabra's AdBuilder and SphereIndex tools, which can be used within Bright's platform.
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