Could the great refi boom finally be over?

A growing chorus of mortgage industry observers believe the final week of February might have been the last hurrah for sub-3% mortgage rates. And the proof is in the refi pudding. With mortgage rates making their ascension, many late-to-the-game homeowners hopped on the chance to refinance their home loans and

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Lennar triples down on homebuilding plans

National homebuilder Lennar Corp. plans to spin off all its non-core businesses to become a pure-play homebuilder and financial services company, the company announced on Wednesday. In an earnings call this week, Lennar executive chairman Stuart Miller said the move would maximize the technology investments made through LENx, the company’s

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Real Estate Demo Hour – Coldwell Banker Advantage

Real Estate Demo Hour – Paymints.io Paymints.io Paymints.io is a fully electronic, secure, and compliant solution that eliminates the need for borrowers, buyers, sellers, and real estate agents to write paper checks. Save time, by skipping the bank; money, by lowering fees; and the environment by eliminating the use of

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Real Estate Demo Hour – Paymints.io

Paymints.io Paymints.io is a fully electronic, secure, and compliant solution that eliminates the need for borrowers, buyers, sellers, and real estate agents to write paper checks. Save time, by skipping the bank; money, by lowering fees; and the environment by eliminating the use of paper and reducing CO2 emissions. #1

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Real Estate Demo Hour – Qualia

Qualia Deliver an end-to-end consumer homebuying experience with Qualia Scale. Qualia Scale is a simple way for PropTech businesses to build custom, on-brand, and modern closing experiences using Qualia’s flexible infrastructure. #1 Sixty-two percent of future homebuyers want digital closing experiences, yet only 13 percent of recent homebuyers report receiving

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Real Estate Demo Hour – Back At You

Back At You Have full visibility into your brokerage’s performance with powerful reporting that will handle everything you need for recruiting, retention, and gained office efficiencies. The incredibly flexible commission setup allows you to track and easily process any type of commission schedule. Robust integration to Quick Books so that

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The disruptive impact of big data on housing

Determining the value of a home depends on both art and science. With the increasing availability of massive amounts of housing data and the ability to analyze that information. Analysis of millions of pieces of disparate data informs nearly every decision made involving residential real estate. Todd Teta – guest

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Buyers are overpaying, but are there signs of a bubble?

Home prices have skyrocketed in the past year, and data from Redfin backs up what buyers, sellers, and agents have known for months. The national average of home prices rose 14.4% year-over-year to $336,200 in February – the largest increase since July 2013, according to the latest report from Redfin. Closed

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How Pueblo, Colorado became a hot housing market

The progression of homebuying over the past year has seen prospective buyers adjusting their preferred destination plans again, and again, and again. One example is Colorado’s housing market, which has seen the effects of an insanely competitive market combined with low inventory push buyers into secondary cities – and sometimes,

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Spencer Rascoff SPAC to take iBuyer Offerpad public

Savor the irony: A blank-check company started by Spencer Rascoff is bringing an iBuyer, Offerpad, public. Offerpad, a Phoenix-based company, said Thursday that it was bought by a Rascoff-controlled special purpose acquisition company, named Supernova Partners Acquisition Company. Supernova Partners will shepherd Offerpad onto the New York Stock Exchange, according

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