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Zillow Adds Climate Risk Information on For-Sale Listings
The new climate risk information will be available on the Zillow app for iOS and on the Zillow website by the end of the year. Continue Reading Zillow Adds Climate Risk Information on For-Sale Listings
Tech Trends: Help for the Property Owners
This week’s edition for Tech Trends highlights four new tools designed to help current and prospective property owners. Continue Reading Tech Trends: Help for the Property Owners
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Guaranteed Rate Debuts ‘Lock It, List It’ Program for Real Estate Agents
“Lock it, List it” will also be available for high balance mortgages. Continue Reading Guaranteed Rate Debuts ‘Lock It, List It’ Program for Real Estate Agents
SentriLock Expands Basic Tier for SentriKey Showing Service
The basic tier of SentriKey Showing Service provides realtors with a complete showing and client management tool. Continue Reading SentriLock Expands Basic Tier for SentriKey Showing Service
Tech Trends: Technology Needs to Make Your Life Easier, Or It’s Not Worth It
“I’ve done over 3,000 loans in my career,” said Uplist President Jeff Bell. Continue Reading Tech Trends: Technology Needs to Make Your Life Easier, Or It’s Not Worth It
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...
Reverse mortgages explained
Source: Observer Reporter --- Q. With reference to a recent column in which the reader said she had lost her home to a reverse mortgage, there are two primary ways this can happen, and I want to explain how to avoid this so that it never happens to any other reader....
mortgages Zero-down loans for homebuyers preparing to go expansion route
Source: Insurance News Net --- Nearly a year into a special lending program aimed at underserved homebuyers, the initiative is soon to expand from a few banks to mainstream, nonbanking lenders. Could these good intentions be the beginning of our next lending debacle?”...
Thinking of Buying a Home? Here’s Why You Should Offer Less Than Asking
Source: The Ascent --- 2022 has been a bad year to be an aspiring homeowner (and until fairly recently, it was a pretty good year to be a home seller). And it's not clear whether it will get easier in 2023, either. That said, the housing market tide may be starting to...
The Best Day to Browse Discounted Real Estate Listings
Source: Life Hacker --- Though some are quick to assume that if a home has been on the market for more than a week or two, something has to be wrong with it—especially if its listing price drops—that’s not necessarily the case. Sellers may opt to reduce the cost of...
Institutions Increase Target Allocations To Real Estate
Source: Business Plus --- Institutions continue to increase target allocations to real estate, with the expectation that attractive buying opportunities will emerge over the next several years. That’s according to the 10th annual Institutional Real Estate Allocations...
One-Third of Recent Homebuyers Still Don’t ‘Shop Around’ for Mortgages
Source: Fannie Mae --- For potential homebuyers, obtaining multiple mortgage quotes may not be as exciting as searching for the physical home itself, but research has shown that "shopping around" with different lenders for the best possible mortgage terms can result...
Despite Recent Dip in Mortgage Rates, Uncertainty Stalls the U.S. Real Estate Market
Source: Mansion Global --- Fluctuations in mortgage rates—combined with the ups and downs of the stock market—are creating uncertainty for both buyers and sellers, thus stalling home sales in the U.S., according to Realtor.com. Mortgage rates fell by nearly 50 basis...
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