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Realtor.com Introduces Three New Climate Risk Factor Scores
The new scores use data provided by the climate technology company First Street. Continue Reading Realtor.com Introduces Three New Climate Risk Factor Scores
Austin Board of Realtors to Provide Members with Forewarn Services
“We are thrilled to be announcing this important new member benefit,” said ABOR CEO Emily Chenevert. Continue Reading Austin Board of Realtors to Provide Members with Forewarn Services
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Notarize Launches Proof as Digital Identity Verification Brand
Proof is being launched to extend Notarize’s services beyond notarization. Continue Reading Notarize Launches Proof as Digital Identity Verification Brand
Exceleras Debuts ALEX Platform for REO-Focused Real Estate Agents
CEO Tom Simon said subscribers “will soon have the power to manage their entire portfolio, from listings, offers, and BPOs, as well as tasks related to their properties.” Continue Reading Exceleras Debuts ALEX Platform for REO-Focused Real Estate Agents
Yardi Acquires CloudVO, A Reseller of Virtual Offices
As of June 1, CloudVO ceased to take new orders and clients were being redirected to CoworkingCafe, a Yardi brand. Continue Reading Yardi Acquires CloudVO, A Reseller of Virtual Offices
5 things to know about adjustable rate mortgages
Source: National Mortgage News --- Adjustable rate mortgage originations are on the rise Adjustable rate mortgage offers made to consumers searching for loans on LendingTree have zoomed in the past 12 months, increasing 230% through the first half of this year from...
Will Traverse City Real Estate Remain Insulated From Larger Forces This Time Around?
Source: Traverse Ticker --- After years of red-hot real estate activity, the housing market is finally showing signs of cooling off. Nationwide, rising interest rates, growing real estate inventory and fewer buyers are bringing about a sea change in a market that...
How Do Realtors Get Paid For a Home Sale?
Source: Realty Biz News --- Most consumers, whether buying or selling a home, understand that real estate agents are paid a commission. From there, it gets blurry what consumers know and don’t know. How a real estate professional gets compensated is a question often...
Las Vegas’ housing market cooling faster than others
Source: Review Journal --- In more ways than one, Las Vegas’ housing market is getting doused with cold water. People are buying fewer homes, sellers are slashing their prices, and availability is soaring. Southern Nevada is far from alone in seeing its once-sizzling...
Putting the real estate market into perspective
Source: Toronto Sun --- In so many ways, we rely on the media to provide us with information about housing markets in this hectic world. Readers and viewers, however, should look at the big picture and put news in perspective. We hear a lot about rising interest rates...
A Real Estate Professional Helps You Separate Fact from Fiction
Source: Keeping Current Matters --- If you’re following the news, chances are you’ve seen or heard some headlines about the housing market that don’t give the full picture. The real estate market is shifting, and when that happens, it can be hard to separate fact from...
The nation’s housing market is on a correction course
Source: Housing Wire --- Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experienced over the past year, according to the recently released Federal Reserve Beige...
Buyers and sellers are feeling a shift in the housing market
Source: Marketplace --- In June, pending home sales fell 8.6% from the previous month, according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s the latest sign that the frenzied housing market we’ve come to know during the pandemic is finally cooling off. So what’s...
GET A LAND LOAN OR CONSTRUCTION LOAN: WHICH IS BEST?
Source: RisMedia --- Are you interested in building your own home? It is an exciting proposition because you get to pick and choose everything that goes into the process from the ground up. You don’t have to worry that a builder is going to tell you that you’re not...
Home price growth slowed for the second straight month in May, S&P Case-Shiller says
Source: CNBC --- Home prices in May were 19.7% higher compared with the same month last year, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index. This marks the second month of slower increases, as the housing market cools due to higher mortgage...













