You’ve set an appointment with a new potential buyer client – congrats! But, now what? Successful agents send a real estate buyer questionnaire to all buyer leads. This will not only save you time in the future, but it will also position you as a professional. Since you’ll be guiding them through the homebuying process, using a buyer questionnaire starts the client relationship off on the right foot.
Industry debate around off-market listings — or pocket listings — has become increasingly heated.
For some agents, these private transactions are tools of exclusivity and strategy. For others, they’re a disservice to sellers and a potential breach of fiduciary duty.
Coldwell Banker Realty has launched a national rollout of its Transaction Concierge program, a back-office support system designed to assist real estate agents with administrative tasks during the homebuying process.
Kathleen “Kathy” Martinez, a reverse mortgage industry veteran and account executive who most recently served with Mutual of Omaha Mortgage’s reverse division, died last week in her community in Florida. She was 60 years old.
Martinez’s career in the reverse mortgage industry goes back more than two decades and included time working for former industry leader Financial Freedom.
Movement Mortgage, a top-25 U.S. mortgage lender, is close to resolving a two-year legal battle with rival Summit Funding, its founder and president Todd Scrima, and several former employees who transitioned to the competitor.
As Compass looks to grow its private exclusive inventory, the firm is going retro.
Prior to the advent of the internet, the physical MLS book of homes listed for sale was kept in a brokerage’s office. Consumers could come into the office to look at the properties that were on the market in a given MLS territory.
Having telegraphed its impending end last month, the Veteran Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program — which attempts to prevent foreclosure actions against military members who may be experiencing financial hardship due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic — is officially over as of Thursday.
Century 21 Real Estate is partnering with the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing to help agents compete more effectively in the high-end housing market.
The collaboration will provide Century 21-affiliated agents with access to specialized training, localized market data, and marketing tools geared toward affluent buyers and sellers.
Sagent, a Warburg Pincus-backed fintech firm, on Thursday announced the launch of its Dara Attorney Portal to enhance efficiency between servicers and their attorney partners.
The launch this week builds upon the original launch of Sagent’s mortgage software platform, Dara, in February 2024 at the MBA servicing conference.
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