• Gary Keller brings buyers’ agent value proposition front and center

    Gary Keller brings buyers’ agent value proposition front and center,Sarah Marx

    At the 2024 Keller Williams Family Reunion event in Las Vegas, co-founder and executive chairman Gary Keller took the stage on Tuesday and spoke to a room full of real estate agents about the importance of buyer agency agreements within the context of the ongoing antitrust lawsuits.Among other servi

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  • HUD, VA announce $14.5M for veterans seeking permanent housing

    HUD, VA announce $14.5M for veterans seeking permanent housing,Chris Clow

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this week announced the awarding of more than $14.5 million that will be distributed by public housing agencies (PHAs) across the country in an effort to house veterans.The funds will be distr

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  • Pretium Partners inks deal with Hunter Point Capital

    Pretium Partners inks deal with Hunter Point Capital,Neil Pierson

    Pretium Partners, one of the nation’s largest investors in nonagency residential mortgages, announced the signing Tuesday of a strategic partnership with Hunter Point Capital (HPC) that is designed to support Pretium’s long-term growth.The deal gives HPC a minority investment stake in Pretium, which

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  • Keller Williams takes a page out of Pitbull’s playbook for 2024

    Keller Williams takes a page out of Pitbull’s playbook for 2024,Brooklee Han

    Keller Williams CEO Mark Willis took to the KW Family Reunion stage in Las Vegas Tuesday as Pitbull’s “I believe that we will win” played over the speakers. Throughout Willis’ “State of the Company” address, he regularly echoed back to the iconic Pitbull song, as he looked to motivate attendees for

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  • Liberty parent Ocwen records $64M loss in 2023 but sees reverse as an asset

    Liberty parent Ocwen records $64M loss in 2023 but sees reverse as an asset,Chris Clow

    Ocwen Financial Corp., parent company of PHH Mortgage Corp. and its subsidiary Liberty Reverse Mortgage, posted a $64 million loss in 2023 but sees a generally positive trajectory for its reverse mortgage origination and servicing businesses. This is according to an earnings release and conference c

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  • Home-based care may lead more people to age in place

    Home-based care may lead more people to age in place,Chris Clow

    Seniors who have employed some kind of home-based health care service have a higher acceptance and adoption of home-based hospice services, which can provide personalized support for end-of-life care, according to a study by Rutgers University’s School of Nursing. The findings were first reported by

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  • ThoughtFocus appoints new chief business officer

    ThoughtFocus appoints new chief business officer,Sarah Marx

    Financial services consulting firm ThoughtFocus appointed Santhosh Ananthakrishnan to the position of chief business officer. In his new role, Ananthakrishnan will oversee growth strategies and report directly to ThoughtFocus CEO Shylesh Krishnan. “I am very impressed with the rich portfolio of long

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  • Livian adds four real estate teams

    Livian adds four real estate teams,Sarah Marx

    Real estate platform Livian has recently acquired four additional teams to bolster its roster to a total of 61 teams. Livian now has teams in 27 states, amounting to more than 475 agents nationwide.“We’re bringing together the best minds in the industry to elevate our services and redefine the futur

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  • HUD engages with other federal agencies to limit lead exposure

    HUD engages with other federal agencies to limit lead exposure,Chris Clow

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday announced new agreements between HUD, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to manage dangerous exposures to lead.

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  • CoreLogic promotes industry veteran to lead real estate business

    CoreLogic promotes industry veteran to lead real estate business,Sarah Marx

    CoreLogic promoted Kevin Greene to the role of executive general manager of its real estate business segment, the company announced on Monday. In this new capacity, Greene will oversee operations, sales and customer service efforts, working to empower CoreLogic’s MLS clients. Greene will report to D

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  • Owning a condo in Florida is becoming less attractive: Redfin

    Owning a condo in Florida is becoming less attractive: Redfin,Sarah Marx

    The cost of owning a condominium in Florida has shot up significantly in recent months, prompting a wave of homeowners to offload their properties. The cost of homeowners insurance has surged in Florida as insurance companies have grappled with significant losses due to an increase in natural disast

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  • Taking a closer look at the reasons seniors ‘unretire’

    Taking a closer look at the reasons seniors ‘unretire’,Chris Clow

    More U.S. seniors are working today than ever before, a trend marked either by older Americans choosing not to retire, or choosing to actually rejoin the workforce after an initial retirement. This year is also set to see the U.S. population grow older at a faster rate. The trend was the subject of

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  • Reverse pros in high-value markets look ahead to 2024 opportunities

    Reverse pros in high-value markets look ahead to 2024 opportunities,Chris Clow

    Reverse mortgage loan originators all seem to agree that 2024 is off to a better overall start in business than a tepid 2023 might suggest. This is also an adage that is holding true in some of the nation’s more expensive housing markets including California, Florida and Washington State, according

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  • Why are there only 80,000 new homes available in the US?

    Why are there only 80,000 new homes available  in the US?,Logan Mohtashami

    The homebuilders only have 80,000 completed new homes for sale — in a country of over 336 million people with more than 157 million people working. Why so low? Well, builders are in business to make money, they’re not a charity. It’s not the safest business model either because builders take a contr

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  • Altos: More sellers and price reductions, but fewer homebuyers

    Altos: More sellers and price reductions, but fewer homebuyers,Mike Simonsen

    Price reductions ticked up this week for the first time since November in the face of rising mortgage rates. Inventory is rising across the country as home-buying affordability takes another hit. The pace of sales inched down, too. We can see the impact of higher mortgage rates slowing homebuyer dem

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  • Newrez sues former employee for soliciting senior executives to join competing lender 

    Newrez sues former employee for soliciting senior executives to join competing lender ,Connie Kim

    Top 10 mortgage lender and servicer Newrez sued one of its former executives over multiple allegations, including breach of contract, disclosure of confidential information and unfair competition tied to soliciting several Newrez executives to join a competing lender.OneTrust Home Loans, a direct co

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  • 8 best real estate marketing companies to boost your business in 2024

    8 best real estate marketing companies to boost your business in 2024,Megan DeMatteo, Meghan Thibault

    Vetted by HousingWire  |  Our editors independently review the products we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.Real estate marketing isn’t just about posting a few property listings and hoping for the best. It’s a multifaceted strategy that encompasses branding, lead

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  • Mortgage rates hold steady at key level for now

    Mortgage rates hold steady at key level for now,Logan Mohtashami

    Mortgage rates have risen recently but they could be much worse than they are today. As someone who doesn’t believe the Federal Reserve has pivoted and that the Fed enacted a COVID-19 housing policy to keep existing home sales depressed, It’s not shocking to me that rates are still this high, even t

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  • Boston is the nation’s hottest housing market

    Boston is the nation’s hottest housing market,Brooklee Han

    Although the Greater Boston area may still be plagued by persistently chilly temperatures, its housing market is still red-hot. According to data from Altos Research, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metropolitan area was the hottest housing market nationwide as of Feb. 23, 2024.The metro area, wh

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  • HUD issues $3.8 million in funding opportunities to research ways to boost inventory

    HUD issues $3.8 million in funding opportunities to research ways to boost inventory,Chris Clow

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday announced a series of funding opportunities totaling roughly $3.86 million, which will go toward organizations aiming to boost housing inventory and availability through methods including off-site construction and office-to-residen

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