New listings surge as the spring buying season approaches

Prospective homebuyers have more options to choose from in the housing market, which could help spur sales this spring. Mortgage demand has been on the rise for two weeks in a row.Inventory has been trending upward for the last two years despite persistently high mortgage rates, Mike Simonsen, presi
Read MoreSenior-held home equity falls to $12.84 trillion in Q4 2023

Homeowners 62 and older saw their collective home equity levels drop in the fourth quarter of 2023 by roughly $119 billion to $12.84 trillion, the third quarterly fall in the last year.This is according to the Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI), a measure of senior-held home equity from the Nation
Read MoreOpinion: Why aren’t more commercial brokerages seeking affiliated arrangements?

Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. And why not? In times of depressed revenue, it makes sense to seek any and all reasonable paths to revenue.In fact, there aren’t many mortgage lenders, bui
Read MoreIs your real estate database a dumpster fire or lead gen machine?

Study after study has shown that nurturing your database should yield you at least a 10% return. This means that when you have 100 people in your database, and they’re hearing from you regularly with something of value, at least 10 of those contacts should either transact with you or refer someone t
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