Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
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Keeping Current Matters
JANUARY 16, 2024
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Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
Empty-nester baby boomers own roughly twice as many of the nation’s three-bedroom-plus homes as millennials with children, according to a report from Redfin published on Tuesday. The report is based on a Redfin analysis of U.S. Census data from 2022, that breaks down the share of three-bedroom-plus homes owned and occupied by each generation, by household type and size.
Real Estate News
JANUARY 16, 2024
Baby boomer households without children own nearly 3 in 10 homes with 3+ bedrooms — millennials with children own half that amount.
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Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
The U.S. real estate housing market signals have been gradually building for a couple of months. Home sellers are starting to ease back into the market, new listings are finally exceeding the levels of a year ago. As a result, we’re starting to see slightly more available supply of homes on the market. This is an expansion of the market from incredibly restricted levels last year.
Real Estate News
JANUARY 16, 2024
This new class action case focuses on NAR and state associations but does not name any real estate brokerages.
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Real Estate News
JANUARY 16, 2024
Identifying and understanding their agents’ strengths can help teams and firms align their business models accordingly, increasing success.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
After a multi-year decline in agent movement between brokerages , Relitix ’s Agent Movement Index shows a clear bottoming out in early fall of 2023 and increased real estate agent mobility as we move into 2024. “We can definitely call a bottom to the decline in agent movement,” said Rob Keefe, Relitix founder and president. “Agents will begin moving more between brokerages in 2024 as the market begins to normalize.
Real Estate News
JANUARY 16, 2024
Five additional firms, including Pacific Northwest powerhouse Windermere, join the growing list of defendants named in a Northern California case.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
Northern California’s copycat commission lawsuit , known as Grace after its lead plaintiffs, has gained five additional defendants. In an amended complaint filed on Friday, the plaintiffs’ counsel named Vanguard Properties , Twin Oaks Real Estate , Windermere Real Estate Services Company , Rapisdara & Fox and Realty One Group , as additional defendants in the antitrust suit.
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Inman
JANUARY 16, 2024
Ahead of Inman Connect New York 2024, Mosaik founder and CEO Sheila Reddy talks about the future of artificial intelligence and how it can revolutionize the agent experience.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
California-based fix-and-flip lender Anchor Loans launched a third-party originator (TPO) channel to serve mortgage brokers, banks, private and non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lenders and other referral partners whose clients are home builders, developers and investors. Anchor Loans’ TPO channel will provide residential business purpose loan products – including bridge , fix and flip, ground-up construction and rental investor loans with debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), the firm said in a rel
Inman
JANUARY 16, 2024
If you want to be a top-performing agent in 2024 — one who stays for the long haul — prioritize skill development to best adapt to the changing market, author and coach Darryl Davis writes.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
A reverse mortgage may be a viable financial instrument to help pay for older Americans’ long-term care priorities, but they — and their implications on entitlement eligibility — need to be fully considered. This is according to a new column at MarketWatch , comparing reverse mortgage product features to other potential options and enlisting commentary from an eldercare attorney.
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Inman
JANUARY 16, 2024
The actor, who recently won a Golden Globe for her performance in Yorgos Lanthimos' "Poor Things," is selling a gated, Spanish-style home in LA's Comstock Hills neighborhood.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
Ginnie Mae intends to develop a new reverse mortgage-backed security product enabling the acquisition of loans from an HMBS pool above the existing 98% maximum claim amount (MCA) requirement, according to a new announcement. Released on Tuesday morning, the move is a further attempt to address the well-documented liquidity challenges that have been plaguing the reverse mortgage business for most of the past year, stemming from the late 2022 bankruptcy of Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF), the run-u
Inman
JANUARY 16, 2024
The pop star sold the secluded home to Bad Bunny in an off-market deal for $8.3 million, well below the $8.9 million she paid for it in 2021.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
The services of Finnish digital floor plan firm CubiCasa are now available subscribers of yet another multiple listing services. Realcomp MLS announced last Wednesday that its users now had free access to CubiCasa through an alliance with the proptech company. Agents and brokers who subscribe to the Michigan-based MLS will receive free customizable floor plans for properties up to 5,000 square feet that include room dimensions and total square footage and a 20% discount on optional add-ons inclu
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As the real estate market evolves, technology has become essential for success. According to NAR, only 26% of agents feel their brokerage provides the necessary tech tools and, as a result, agents seek teams and brokerages who prioritize technology investments! Whether you manage an established team or are forming a new one, this guide outlines key considerations and necessary applications to thrive.
Inman
JANUARY 16, 2024
Landlords are confronting the fact that their commercial real estate holdings are becoming increasingly obsolete.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
Optimal Blue ’s newly launched mobile app for the Optimal Blue PPE – one of the industry’s most widely used product, pricing and eligibility engine – gives loan officers full product and search capabilities from their mobile phones. By giving loan officers the flexibility to access scenario pricing from any location, the Optimal Blue mobile app is expected to help with timely and borrower conversations, the company said.
Inman
JANUARY 16, 2024
LA-based boutique firm ACME Real Estate has partnered with award-winning builder Comstock to launch Nelavida. ACME is in charge of sales and design direction.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2024
When the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME)’s CEO Katie Sweeney established Broker Action Coalition (BAC) – AIME’s grassroots network that initiates communications between mortgage brokers and their legislators – in 2022, it was initially to gauge the industry’s appetite for advocacy and reform. “Part of the goal of the association was to make sure that we were diversifying our areas of focus and creating influence across the industry in a variety of spaces, with advocacy being t
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Inman
JANUARY 16, 2024
Team leader Carl Medford and his regional leadership mastermind have developed these 10 strategies to help you return to the fundamentals so that you're ready to take on the challenges and opportunities that 2024 has in store.
RIS Media
JANUARY 16, 2024
In a speech sponsored by the think tank Brookings Institution, Federal Reserve Governor Chris Waller said he feels more confident and optimistic about the path of the economy than he has in the last three years, and painted a mostly rosy picture of the economy and the path for rate cuts in 2024. Waller is… The post Fed Governor Offers Optimistic View of Rate Cuts, Economy in 2024 appeared first on RISMedia.
Inman
JANUARY 16, 2024
Overmoon, a company in the increasingly popular vacation rental market, is off to a stellar start in 2024, having secured $80 million in debt and equity funding to launch their tech-enabled solution for owners of vacation rentals, or those who inspire to be.
Bigger Pockets
JANUARY 16, 2024
How much passive income would you need to quit your job? How many rental properties would you have to buy?
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Navigated 360° tours, like YourVRTours, advance pipelines by engaging clients further along the sales funnel. These immersive experiences provide comprehensive property insights, increasing buyer intent and readiness. By embracing navigated tours, agents can optimize property exposure, better qualify leads, and streamline the sales process. Stay ahead in the ever-evolving real estate landscape with innovative technology that elevates buyer journeys and progresses pipelines more effectively.
Sotheby's International Real Estate
JANUARY 16, 2024
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RIS Media
JANUARY 16, 2024
A big conversation amongst the real estate struggles of recent years has been the barrier of millennials to break into the housing market and become first-time homebuyers. Despite 48% of millennials feeling homeownership isn’t affordable with current market issues, 78% still feel purchasing a home is part of the American dream, according to a new… The post How Millennials are Feeling About the 2024 Housing Market appeared first on RISMedia.
Eye on Housing
JANUARY 16, 2024
Over the first eleven months of 2023, the total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date (YTD) nationwide reached 843,654. On a year-over-year (YoY) basis, this is 8.5% below the November 2022 level of 921,626. Year-to-date ending in November, single-family permits declined in all four regions. The range of permit decline spanned 6.8% in the South to 12.6% in the West.
RIS Media
JANUARY 16, 2024
In a strategic move to enhance support for its agents and thrive in today’s dynamic real estate market, HomeSmart Heritage of Fall River, Massachusetts, has officially joined HomeSmart Professionals Real Estate. Serving the Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut markets, this expansion marks a significant milestone for HomeSmart Professionals, paving the way for increased success and… The post HomeSmart Heritage Joins HomeSmart Professionals Real Estate appeared first on RISMedi
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