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Tech Trends: Tapping Deeper Into Data
This week, our Tech Trends spotlight considers a slate of new digital offerings designed to improve access to real estate data. Continue Reading Tech Trends: Tapping Deeper Into Data
Sidekick in New Partnership with New York’s OneKey MLS
Sidekick’s integrated datasets and AI-powered workflow tools will be made available to the more than 45,000 OneKey MLS realtors. Continue Reading Sidekick in New Partnership with New York’s OneKey MLS
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Search by School Feature Added to Zillow App
The feature is currently available on the iOS mobile app and will be on Android platforms by the end of the year. Continue Reading Search by School Feature Added to Zillow App
titleLOOK Expands Title Report Reviews to Mortgage Banking Sector
The Bangor, Maine-based titleLOOK by Mainspring Services announced that it is now offering its automated title review to lenders, government-sponsored enterprises and other organizations in the mortgage banking sector. titleLOOK was launched in 2021 and was initially...
Tech Trends: How One Tech Company Succeeded in This Market
Cecilian Partners raised $11 million in its first institutional equity round led by Resolve Growth Partners. Continue Reading Tech Trends: How One Tech Company Succeeded in This Market
Why Owning Real Estate in Retirement Is a Good Idea
Source: Crossroads Today --- Owning rental real estate can be a good idea, no matter what age you are. But owning real estate in retirement can be extra advantageous because it can help you diversify your retirement income while also padding your retirement savings....
MLO recession survival guide Part 2: Buyers’ agents and underwater home sellers
Source: firsttuesday Journal --- Consumer mortgage originations plummet — so what now? The rapid mortgage interest rate hikes of 2022 caught homebuyers and sellers completely off balance. With prices toppling traditional sales volume and mortgage rates essentially...
Reflecting Its Growing Market Domination, Heroic Headshots Becomes Headshots.com
Staggering Growth Rate Gives Company Springboard for Name Change; Expected to Raise Awareness in the Real Estate Industry, Where Headshots Are Vital LOS ANGELES (November 28, 2022) --When your company experiences an astounding 1,000% YOY growth rate, you’ve got to be...
Will 2023 Be a Good Year to Refinance a Mortgage?
Source: The Ascent --- When mortgage rates dropped to record lows in 2020, homeowners across the country rushed to refinance their loans. And many were able to reap a lot of savings in the process. But refinance volume has slowed down significantly this year, and for...
The 9 US cities where buyers have the best shot at scoring a home because home prices have dropped the most since the spring
Source: Insider --- Throughout much of the pandemic, rock-bottom mortgage rates, as well government aid meant to stimulate the US economy, spurred on an unprecedented home-buying bonanza. Enticed by the desire for larger living spaces and the ability live virtually...
Regular homebuyers in Las Vegas and Phoenix stand a chance now that investors are fleeing pandemic boomtowns
Source: Insider --- Investors are retreating from pandemic boomtowns like Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada as home prices continue to fall in those markets, according to a new analysis from real estate brokerage Redfin. Overall, investors purchased $42.4 billion...
ECHO offers lease incentives to real estate agents for placing homeless tenants
Source: Austin Monitor --- Real estate agents in Austin have an incentive to find market-rate homes for those experiencing homelessness, and help one of the city’s main homeless services nonprofits lower the number of people facing housing instability. Austin’s Ending...
The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Remote Work on U.S. Housing Markets
Source: Economic Innovations Group --- The rapid growth of remote work has ushered in a variety of economic changes, with notable impacts on the housing market. An emerging literature suggests remote work has shifted both where people live and how much housing they...
When real estate agents fire clients
Source: The Real Deal --- Breaking up is hard to do. But even the most tolerant real estate agents reach their limits and have to bid farewell to a client from time to time, as three brokers shared in interviews with The Wall Street Journal. Compass agent Cindy...
How Real Estate Agents Are Using QR Code Technology To Simplify The Home-Buying Experience
Source: Forbes --- The popularity of QR codes have seen many ups and downs over the course of its almost 30-year existence, but with the need for contact-less menus and transactions during the pandemic, barcode technology is coming back in a big way. From...
