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Tech Trends: If You Are Not Paperless, You Need to Be
Going paperless enables real estate deals to come together faster when agents can easily prepare, sign, and manage forms for each transaction in a single workspace. Continue Reading Tech Trends: If You Are Not Paperless, You Need to Be
Zillow Sues Two MLSs for Blocking Use of ShowingTime Tool
“We believe the actions by these two MLSs are anticompetitive,” said Errol Samuelson, Zillow Group’s chief industry development officer. Continue Reading Zillow Sues Two MLSs for Blocking Use of ShowingTime Tool
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Mortgage Rates Go Up, Up and Away
The national median mortgage payment during April was $2,112, an 11.8% spike from $1,889 in April 2022. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Go Up, Up and Away
MBA: Net Loss Tumult Eased for Independent Mortgage Banks in Q1
Q1 was an improvement from the reported loss of $2,812 per loan in Q4 2022. Continue Reading MBA: Net Loss Tumult Eased for Independent Mortgage Banks in Q1
Zillow Debuts ChatGPT Plugin
The Zillow ChatGPT plugin is currently in its alpha phase. Continue Reading Zillow Debuts ChatGPT Plugin
As the US housing market returns to sanity, researchers say these 5 cities are primed for deep price cuts
Source: Yahoo --- If you’ve been squeezed out of the tight housing market over the past couple of years waiting for the opportunity to buy, you might finally get your chance – and some places are already looking more attractive for buyers. The housing market is...
This Is What Gen Z and Millennials Are Looking For in Real Estate
Source: Yahoo Finance --- When it comes to real estate, millennials and Gen Zers share a lot more in common than the two generations may realize. GOBankingRates spoke with several real estate professionals to learn what millennials are seeking in real estate, what Gen...
House Prices Are Falling in These Five Overvalued Cities
Source: Newsweek --- Hispanic homeownership in the U.S. climbed significantly in 2020 – there are now 8.8 million Hispanic homeowners in the country, according to a report released this week by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. That’s...
9 Steps to Getting the Perfect Mortgage as Rates Rise
Source: The Motley Fool --- During the heart of the pandemic, qualifying for an affordable loan was pretty easy for most home buyers. Rates repeatedly hit record lows and it was possible to get a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for under 3.00% if you had reasonable...
Strong demand for mortgages
Source: Ekathimerini.com --- Demand for housing loans has continued unabated after the January-June semester, as after a long lull over previous years, households are scrambling to meet their housing needs while securing the long-term low fixed interest rates that...
The Great Sell-off has started in real estate
Source: Biz Journals --- It should not come as a surprise that the stubbornly high work-from-home percentage of workers is forcing large pension funds, private equity funds and institutional real estate investors to think twice about their portfolio of buildings.
Why the Housing Market Crash Could Get Worse in 2023
Source: Investor Place --- As the Federal Reserve continues to engineer the long foretold “soft landing,” housing has come into focus. Notions of a housing market crash continue to circulate the market. Now, Goldman Sachs says the real estate market may well take a...
What’s the answer to the U.S. housing crisis? Why national experts have eyes on Utah
Source: Deseret News --- It’s time to get serious about the U.S. housing supply crisis — a leading issue at the heart of the nation’s record high home prices, low rental vacancy rates and affordability problems. That was a key takeaway from a webinar hosted Thursday...
What’s considered luxury real estate?
Source: Bankrate --- You’ve thumbed the glossary magazines, scanned the listings pics, binge-watched all the residential real estate shows. And still, you’re not sure what counts as luxury real estate, exactly. Is it a property priced at $1 million-plus? A home with...
12 Tips on How to Stage Your Home for a Quick Sale
Source: Investopedia --- When real estate agents talk about staging your home, they're referring to a method of preparing a property for sale on the real estate marketplace. Staging is designed to showcase a home's best assets, impress buyers, and sell it quickly for...
