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New Center for Leadership Aims to Educate Boston-Area Real Estate Professionals
Participation is open to both ULI members and non-members. Continue Reading New Center for Leadership Aims to Educate Boston-Area Real Estate Professionals
New GenAI App Enables Homeowners to ‘Talk’ to Their Homes
App users can ask questions about the specifics of the property and get immediate answers. Continue Reading New GenAI App Enables Homeowners to ‘Talk’ to Their Homes
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New Marketing Partnership Hopes to Improve Agent Safety
FOREWARN, LLC, a subsidiary of red violet company (NASDAQ: RDVT) and a provider of real-time information solutions for real estate professionals, has partnered with MLS United, LLC in Mississippi to extend its FOREWARN® services to over 6,200+ MLS United customers....
Tech Trends: Does Your CRM Do All That You Need It to Do?
Form Simplicity and zipForm are in the tech spotlight this week. Continue Reading Tech Trends: Does Your CRM Do All That You Need It to Do?
Guaranteed Rate Debuts RateReduce Sell Program
Chicago-headquartered Guaranteed Rate has enhanced its RateReduce offering to include RateReduce Sell, a program designed to help real estate agents facing a challenging home sales market. According to the company, RateReduce Sell provides real estate agents the...
The Important Details You Should Know About Home Renovations
If you are considering a home renovation in the future, then it is a good idea to understand the ins and outs of what a project like that might entail. There can be many moving parts, but once you have a better understanding, then your project can go off without a...
Dave Ramsey Says Home Buyers Should “Find a New Lender” in This Situation
Source: The Ascent --- Finding a mortgage lender can be a really confusing process. There are lots of different kinds of home loans out there, and many different types of lenders including banks, credit unions, and online lenders. There are also myriad criteria to...
What Buyers Need To Consider in The Current Housing Market
Source: WRAL News --- The winds have turned on the US housing market. Sellers listed 24% fewer homes in October compared to 2021, according to data from Zillow. Fewer people are buying houses though, sales dropping 17% below the pre-pandemic estimates in 2019. After...
New To Real Estate Investing? Understanding Multifamily Investments (Part 2)
Source: Forbes --- Many new investors in the real estate space are unaware of the myriad opportunities in multifamily, often because they are intimidated by the scale of the investment or they are unaware of avenues they can take. As I mentioned in part one, while...
How do fixed-rate mortgages work? Is a fixed-rate loan best?
Source: The Mortgage Reports --- What is a fixed-rate mortgage? In mortgage terms, a fixed rate means the interest rate remains the same for the life of your home loan — keeping your monthly principal and interest payment consistent. The rate on a fixed mortgage is...
Mortgage financing options in a higher interest rate environment
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau --- Over the past two years, interest rates have risen from historical lows to as high as 7% for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. Interest rates have remained elevated at levels that haven’t been seen for nearly 20 years....
3 Signs You’re About to Use the Wrong Mortgage Lender
Source: The Ascent --- These days, signing a mortgage means taking on a really big financial commitment. Home values are still elevated on a national level, and mortgage rates are the highest they've been in decades. And so chances are, if you're taking out a...
Borrowers need to cut subscriptions before mortgages, say brokers
Source: FT Adviser --- Homeowners weighing up forbearance options in light of rising interest rates should be making cuts to their subscriptions before they consider making changes to their mortgages, brokers have said. This month, chancellor Jeremy Hunt and the...
Is Real Estate TikTok Legit? The Good, the Bad, and How To Tell the Difference
Source: Realtor.com --- When TikTok launched in 2017, it was known as a platform for viral dance videos. Since then, its roughly 1 billion users turn to the social media app for videos on an array of topics, from comedy to cooking to something called #RushTok—an oddly...
What You Need to Earn to Buy a Home in the Largest U.S. Cities
Source: New York Times --- As prices rise, higher mortgage payments follow, and after nearly three years of rapid home appreciation during the pandemic, qualifying for a home loan is more difficult than ever. Today’s buyers also face the additional cost of rising...
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