Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In a recent episode of the “ New Home Insights Podcast, “ John Burns, the founder and CEO of John Burns Research & Consulting , sits down with Don Mullen, founder and CEO of Pretium Partners , for a fireside chat at the Rental Communities Summit. Prior to founding Pretium, Mullen was the head of global credit and mortgages at Goldman Sachs. Pretium is a real estate investment firm that focuses on single-family rental (SFR), build-to-rent (BTR) and fix-and-flip properties.

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Real Estate News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

University at Buffalo School of Law professor Tanya Monestier’s draft agreement gets most agents “90% of the way there,” she told Real Estate News.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Three Texas-based multiple listings services (MLSs) are teaming up. The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) , San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR) and Austin-based Unlock MLS are entering into a data sharing agreement that will give Realtors access to each other’s listings, with the deal set to be finalized by the end of the year. “Comparative market intelligence empowers agents to think differently about their own marketplace and deliver more robust and tailored market expertise to their cli

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Keeping Current Matters

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Seeing your house sit on the market without any bites is the ultimate frustration.

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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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) announced new enhancements to its artificial intelligence -based chatbot on Wednesday, including the ability for brokers to “chat with documents,” calculate income immediately and help identify products that match borrowers’ needs. The wholesale lender launched an AI-powered search engine dubbed ChatUWM in May 2024. The chatbot provides instant responses to clients — guidelines, matrices, and lender tools among other information — based on the company’s knowledge

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Real Estate News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

John L. Scott and Real Estate One are the latest firms to reach a deal in the Gibson/Umpa class-action lawsuit.

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Inman

OCTOBER 2, 2024

New CEO Nykia Wright told NAR's board of directors the trade group's next step will be to develop a "comprehensive" litigation strategy and size up any additional legal exposure related to its rules.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Federal Reserve ’s 50 basis-point interest rate cut in September is already making an impact on housing markets across the country. But high mortgage rates and affordability challenges put a damper on home-price growth in August. That’s according to CoreLogic ’s Home Price Index, which showed that prices rose 3.9% during the year ending August 2024.

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Inman

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Implement the knowledge you already have to increase your income and grow your wealth as a real estate investor, investor and new Inman contributor Avery Carl writes.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

REcolorado has taken a big step toward moving on from its controversial sale earlier this year. The Denver -area MLS has named a new CEO in Dana Bennett, who returns to REcolorado after an 18-month stint away from the company. Bennett’s most recent role at the MLS was as vice president and chief business development officer, and she originally joined REcolorado as director of integrated solutions in 2012. “Dana brings the ideal combination of local market expertise and strong industr

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Purchase loan applications are up 9 percent from a year ago, as inventories of new and existing homes increase and lower mortgage rates help with affordability: MBA.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

As localities across the country wrestle with housing shortages, one Massachusetts town will make its case to a panel of judges next week to argue against a plan that requires the construction of more multifamily units, according to reporting by USA Today and state records reviewed by HousingWire. As part of the broader community operating within the service area of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the affluent Boston suburb of Milton — with a population of roughly 29,000 p

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

A company called Aika says it paid $10 million in kickbacks to the SERHANT. president while he was still at Keller Williams. But Team contends the story is part of Aika's effort to get out of paying its bills.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Top Agent Network (TAN) is not backing down in its antitrust lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR). After being dismissed with prejudice in 2021 after a lower court ruled that TAN failed to state a claim with prejudice in its third amended complaint, the plaintiff appealed the ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In August 2023, the appeals court chose to vacate the lower court’s ruling by ruling that the allegations made in TAN’s suit were nearly identical to tho

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Two-and-a-half hours from Seattle, Quincy has become the top Airbnb destination in the US. The 8,225-person town is known for its wineries, music and outdoor attractions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

David Berenbaum, deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Housing Counseling at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), addressed industry attendees at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo in San Diego last week. He emphasized the important role that the public-private partnership between the industry and HUD represents for the constituency served by these loan products.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Communities are just beginning a long road to recovery. Reference this list of resources to learn where to donate money or supplies or sign up to volunteer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

OptifiNow announced the implementation of its high-tech customer relationship management (CRM) platform with nonqualified mortgage ( non-QM ) lender Arc Home LLC on Tuesday. 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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OCTOBER 2, 2024

DropOffer deploys an artificial intelligence component to support the buyer in their pursuit of the right home, a feature that provides deep market and property analysis for the user to support their outreach and potential offer.

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Bigger Pockets

OCTOBER 2, 2024

As a landlord, you probably already know that taxes are unavoidable, but that doesn’t mean you can’t minimize them and keep more of your hard-earned cash.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Although it's a wholesaler that doesn't work directly with consumers, UWM has rolled out AI tools this year to help mortgage brokers serve both homebuyers and homeowners who might benefit from refinancing.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

So, you’ve decided to dive into the world of short-term rentals—whether it’s Airbnb, VRBO, or whatever acronym you want to use. Congratulations!

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Taking on the requirements and challenges of renovating and selling an historic home is not for the faint of heart, LA's Craig Spano writes, but the rewards make it all worthwhile.

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RIS Media

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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Inman

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Realtor.com’s newest feature is made possible through an integration with a third party data visualization company called TopHap. The application delivers socioeconomic and environmental insights through a dynamic map interface.

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RIS Media

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Two more large independent brokerages—John L. Scott Real Estate, which does business primarily in the Pacific Northwest, and Real Estate One, based in Michigan—have reached settlements in the seller commission lawsuits, according to court filings. Details of the agreements were not immediately available. Representatives from both brokerages did not immediately respond to a request for… The post Breaking: Two More Independents Settle Seller Commission Lawsuits appeared first on RISMedia.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

The WeWork founder had been set to focus on apartments with a new mysterious company called Flow. He has since added the condos and invested in an Israeli real estate firm.

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Seattle Times Real Estate

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Grand Illusion Cinema, a Seattle volunteer-run nonprofit, will close after a last screening on Jan. 31 with hopes of relocating.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

It's much easier to keep great tenants than to find them in the first place. That's why an effective retention strategy is essential for multifamily investors, Michael Zaransky writes.

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Brownstoner

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Following a raucous pair of hearings in which locals clashed over a proposal to rezone a Park Slope property to allow 13- to 19-story apartment buildings, Community Board 7 rejected the plan last month. At issue is how to redevelop the site of longtime commercial laundry Arrow Linen at 467… Read More > The post Community Board Votes No on Contentious Arrow Linen Rezoning in Park Slope appeared first on Brownstoner.

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