A recent WalletHub study of 179 U.S. cities determined that Seattle is the top market for real estate agents to currently work in, and Corpus Christi, Texas, was deemed the worst. In studying the cities, two factors were considered — job opportunity and competition, and real estate market health. Within
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Five years after introducing the Rocket Mortgage brand for digital lending, Rocket Companies will finally retire the legacy Quicken name on July 31. “More than 20 years ago, Dan Gilbert, our founder and chairman, had a vision of putting the entire mortgage process online to simplify the lending experience and add
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Compliance attorneys and mortgage industry lobbyists aren’t the only ones wishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) would proceed with the General Qualified Mortgage Final Rule as it had initially planned. The same day the CFPB announced plans to delay the compliance date, Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott
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Some things in life are so complicated that it’s easier to say, “Screw it — I’m not going to do this at all.” That’s what building a new home is like for most people. The process is so fraught with complexity that it can be more attractive to find a
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Compass CEO Robert Reffkin On her website bio, Pittsburgh real estate agent Jen Crouse describes why she finds meaning in her work. “At the end of the day,” Crouse states. “We all want to love where we live and who we invest our time with.” But who Crouse invests her
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It’s been rejection after rejection for Isabel Williams’ client, a military veteran in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Since the client began the search for her dream home earlier this year, her Veterans Affairs mortgage loan offers have been rejected over a dozen times. Williams, the broker-owner of We Save Loans,
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For this, figure out what percentage of comparable homes are currently for sale or have recently closed at a price close to your potential offer. The more …
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But 14 years later, with a human agent still at the center of most real–estate transactions, Zillow bet that a growing population of consumers were finally …
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The median price is the midpoint value of all transactions in a month, which was heavily influenced by a growing number of sales in the million-dollar- …
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If you’re selling your home and looking for an agent, it’s likely you’ve been considering agents’ commissions. The typical real estate commission is …
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In preparation for our Women of Influence special feature and retreat, GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com together is putting a spotlight on …
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Randy Thibaut (founder, owner and CEO of LSI Companies) to address land, new home sales and development. ¦ Denny Grimes (president of Denny …
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