DeSplinter to retire from RE/MAX board of directors
The RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. board of directors is getting a shake up. Board member Joe DeSplinter informed the director of the board last Tuesday that he intends to retire from the board prior to the completion of his current term, which is schedule to end at RE/MAX’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. RE/MAX said that […]
5 ways real estate agents should be using Facebook
Being present on social media is a must for any real estate agent. Many home buyers and sellers determine what agent they are going to hire by simply investigating their social media. Therefore, you not only need to be present on social media but using it effectively. Facebook is a free social media platform that […]
21 Marketing strategies to freshen up a stale listing
A home that might have sold for over-list price in less than a day with multiple offers a few months ago — even with bad iPhone photos and monstrous dust bunnies under the coffee table — is going to need a little more love now that we are feeling a market shift, seeing increased days […]
Climate risk data is changing the homebuyer calculus, agents say
Rising sea levels, drier summers, snowier winters, larger wildfires, more severe flooding — the impact of climate change can no longer be denied, and homebuyers are increasingly factoring it into where they buy, agents told RealTrends. According to a 2021 Redfin survey of 2,000 homebuyers, roughly half of the respondents who plan to move in […]
Why We Should Hope Joe Biden, at Least in One Way, Is the Next Jimmy Carter
Seemingly every Democratic president or presidential wannabee for a generation has been labeled “the next Jimmy Carter”—a reference to the 39th president meant to be highly unflattering. (Of course, for years in the mid-20th century, Republicans got tagged as the “next Herbert Hoover.” Such is the ebb and flow of politics.) One instance that sticks […]
MBA urges White House to cut MI premiums
With housing affordability at an all-time low and accelerating consumer prices disproportionately affecting lower- and middle-income families, the Mortgage Bankers Association this week called on the White House and the Federal Housing Administration to reduce annual mortgage insurance premiums. In a letter addressed to the National Economic Council, the mortgage trade group said the combination […]
Fitch Group adding capital-markets fintech dv01 to its fold
Fitch Group, the parent of bond-rating firm Fitch Ratings, is acquiring a majority ownership stake in capital-markets fintech company dv01 — which provides data and analytics services to the structured-finance market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It is expected to close by the end of the third quarter, according to Fitch Group, which also is the […]
Point Mortgage Corp. exits wholesale channel (for now)
California-based Point Mortgage Corporation has decided to shut down its wholesale business GoPointDirect and lay off employees to focus on retail lending, a top executive confirmed to HousingWire. “We have temporarily taken it down,” Johnny Margarini, president and CEO, said during an interview. “When business picks back up, we’ll revisit wholesale, but for now, to be proactive to the […]
Does More Federal Assistance Lead to Less Food Insecurity?
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released new data on food insecurity among US households, documenting near-record lows in 2021. The USDA found that only 10.2 percent of households were food insecure at any point during 2021—defined as having limited “access to adequate food for active, healthy living” due to a “lack of money […]