Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Momentum Builder has acquired Sales Mastery , the companies announced Wednesday. The merger of two industry leaders in sales training and coaching will result in a “unified super brand” that will be known as Sales Mastery Powered by Momentum Builder, the companies said in a press release. 14-17 in Dallas.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The state of leadership in the mortgage industry When people say, Theres no such thing as a perfect company, are they really acknowledging an inherentflaw or are they feeling the void left by inadequate leadership? Skills such as coaching, conflict resolution, and teammotivation are rarely developed through sales roles alone.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In a new episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,” host Dustin Owen chats with John Cornish of Iowa-based Key Mortgage Group about his path into the industry, tips for scaling a mortgage lending business and how to avoid stagnation as a loan originator. When I sold competitive products, the sales portion of it felt really easy.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

The customizable AI bots created with eSelf AIs platform have been adopted across various industries, including education, customer service, and real estate. Looking ahead, Clia believes AI agents could significantly alter real estate sales by reducing reliance on human agents and cutting operational costs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Right now, the industry will wait for that letter of intent signed by both parties to confirm the rumor. In the meantime, industry experts speculate on the potential impact and implications. ” Maybe the decentralized, high-trust nature of real estate sales isn’t a business he wants to stay in.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Reverse mortgage professionals made more inroads into the forward mortgage industry in 2024. Continuing this momentum into 2025 is a priority for many in the reverse mortgage space, according to conversations with leaders at various industry lenders. One key is to bolster connections between a companys forward and reverse divisions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

bringing a team with more than $300 million in career sales. because we feel the real estate industry is in need of change,” Smith said in a statement. “In In many ways, the industry has become stagnant, and we refuse to accept that. Key Avenue Group is leaving Keller Williams for SERHANT., first entered South Carolina in 2023.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

These features use GPS data and CoreLogic property tags — called CLIP data — to help users identify sales prospects and uncover deeper insights on demand. housing industry,“ Devi Mateti , CoreLogic’s president of enterprise digital solutions, said in a statement. Climate resilience is also at the top of Araya’s feature list.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

After plummeting to an all-time low in May , pending home sales bounced back a bit in June, with the Pending Home Sales Index rising 4.8%, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Month over month, however, pending sales rose in all four regions. The index rose from a reading of 70.8

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

American Identity Group , an information security company that monitors and fixes security breaches and primarily operates in the wholesale lending space, has also become well established in the title and home warranty industries. When we look at the mortgage industry in our office, we broad-brush it,” he said. “We

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

These companies are adding sales and operational staff, preparing for the expected drop in rates and subsequent increases in volumes. However, the industry is approaching this cycle with caution. We’re overstaffed by design, and we never let sales get ahead of operations.” What if the refi wave doesn’t materialize? in Q2 2023.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

After rising in March , pending home sales continued to slide in May, with the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) posting its second consecutive month of declines to reach a record low, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The PHSI fell 2.1% from April to a reading of 70.8 on a yearly basis.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

The industry veterans describe it as an AI-driven platform for real estate team and brokerage valuations and sales. If news leaks that a brokerage is for sale they risk losing agents and triggering competitor recruitment, which can greatly affect value, the announcement explains.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As low inventory levels, elevated mortgage rates and rising home prices keep the housing industry stagnant, short-term real estate investors — aka fix-and-flippers — faced market turmoil during the third quarter of 2024. Despite fewer sales and lower resale prices, fix-and-flippers faced fierce competition for deals in most markets.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In a recent episode of “The Loan Officer Podcast,“ hosts Dustin Owen and John Coleman sit down to expose common mortgage industry myths that can impact everyone from the media to recruiters and branch managers. The second myth addressed involves what they call the unnecessary adoption of 30-year mortgages in the housing industry.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

We’re watching sales volumes , which are definitely up over past year but remain slow. The backward-looking price data, which look at actual sales prices, are up about 6% year over year. The leading indicators for future sales prices aren’t nearly that strong. We’ve been talking about sales growth over the past year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

After Compass acquired @properties and Christies International Real Estate this past December , the real estate industry is now getting an inside look at the financial condition of Chicago-based @properties.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Those in attendance told HousingWire ’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) that the event provided ample opportunity for networking and educational content while boosting hopes that the industry can grow in the coming years. But others, including longtime industry veterans, also said they detected an energy at the event.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2024

Talk to a real estate agent about expectations for the fall and they’ll likely mention that the housing market will be slow due in part to the election, a belief in the industry that’s become rote. But do these potential buyers have any bearing on overall home sales?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Buyers are not required to prepare their current home for sale until after they move into the new property. The product uses a purchase price guarantee (PPG) to eliminate the need for a sales contingency — a real estate purchase agreement that makes the sale of a property contingent on the buyer’s ability to sell their current home.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Buffalo, New York-based mortgage technology firm LenderLogix , a top provider of point-of-sale (POS) and automation software for independent mortgage banks , commercial banks and third-party brokers, announced Thursday that Ben Head will join the company as an account executive.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

.” The spokesperson continued: “It is clear the government isn’t interested in their own rules, or facts, and are simply including us in this case to score headlines based on our strong brand and prominent position in the industry. We look forward to exposing the government’s massive overreach in this matter.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

After a modest monthly uptick in July, existing-home sales fell 2.5% Sluggish sales left total housing inventory at 1.35 more than a year ago, bringing months of supply at the current sales pace to 4.2. While the report is another disappointing one for the real estate industry, there’s good news. That was a 4.2%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

Stone Point is no stranger to the real estate industry, as it also holds strategic investments in Lone Wolf Technologies , Homepoint , CoreLogic and Meridian. Czarnecki has over two decades of real estate industry experience. In addition to the partnership with Stone Point, the firm also announced leadership changes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The brokerage has hired industry veteran Nikol Solares as senior managing director of new development marketing. The future of Compass is bright, and we look forward to continuing to provide the industry-leading tools, technology, and support our agents need to excel as the demand for luxury properties continues to rise.”

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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. “Dana brings the ideal combination of local market expertise and strong industry relationships — exactly what we need as we shape a new path for the future of our industry,” Joseph Burks, REcolorado’s new owner, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Why listing scams are on the rise Unlike home sales, land transactions often skip in-person meetings or property access, which makes it easier for scammers to impersonate legitimate owners without detection. But in land sales where no physical structure exists this vital step is often skipped, leaving a gap for scammers to exploit.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Dwiggins: Since we started the company back in 2014, we were always looking to try and be a little bit different from the rest of the industry, in the sense of it wasn’t about having tons of agents. It was about the quality of the people who shared sort of the same vision for the industry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Big picture 2025, our view is that it will be slightly better than 2024 in terms of originations and sales , but unfortunately it probably wont feel much better, McKeveny, the managing director of mortgage and real estate at Zelman & Associates , told attendees of HousingWires Housing Economic Summit on Wednesday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

These groups have generally used the excuse of the increase in premiums collected due to increased sale prices, Cain said. This argument doesnt reflect the fact that when sale prices rise while premiums rise, so does the dollar exposure on risk. The (property and casualty) industry in Texas has been even more caught in this bind.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Data released Thursday by Realtor.com and Redfin shows that even as more homes are being listed for sale and mortgage payments are becoming more affordable, fewer transactions are occurring. It was the 10th straight month of annualized growth and for-sale inventory is now at its highest level since May 2020. year over year to $429,990.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Despite having long ago settled the commission lawsuits , legal challenges continue to mount for real estate industry giant Anywhere. On Friday, the firm and some of its subsidiaries and agents were accused of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and the Lanham Act.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The stagnant 2024 housing market is one the real estate industry cant wait to get away from, but not so for the niche luxury market. The 2025 Red Paper from The Agency shows the luxury market making a sharp diversion from the broader existing home sales market, which could clock in near a historic low at fewer than 4 million sales.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

Proponents of CCP say it allow for maximum exposure to listings, giving sellers an opportunity for higher sale prices and proceeds while limiting the amount of time a home spends on the market. The rule requires brokers to list properties on the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing them.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

During the conversation, the duo discuss traditional real estate team structures, offer unique resources for new team members and cover future trends in the real estate industry. I was in the hospitality industry before then, and I wanted something where whatever effort I put in, I could get out. I knew one person and that was it.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Connie Lindsay “Having cultivated a deep understanding of the mortgage industry over her years in the business, Connie brings a wealth of expertise and a proven track record of success,” Kamien said in a statement. “I am excited to join Rate at such a pivotal time for the mortgage industry,” Lindsay said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The reverse mortgage division of Rate formerly known as Guaranteed Rate recently announced the hiring of reverse industry veteran Jesse Allen as the president for Rates reverse lending division as the company heads into 2025. That role is an active one, Allen said. Naturally, this includes reverse mortgages, he explained.

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