Vetted by HousingWire | Our editors independently review the products we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably already seen North Carolina Realtor Mike Hege’s mega-viral video or his interview on Today.com. But did it move the needle for his business,…
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Although cooperative compensation or commission information is no longer available on many MLSs after the National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement went into effect Aug. 17, some MLSs have allowed agents to continue indicating whether their seller is willing to consider concessions. The Bay East Association of Realtors, located in the…
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced late last week that the previously detailed updates and expansions to its 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program will be incorporated into updates for the FHA Connection (FHAC) portal. This system provides FHA-approved lenders and business partners with secure online access to computer systems at the U.S. Department of Housing…
Mortgage market conditions presented over the past two years have muted the effectiveness of the monetary policy tightening by saving $600 billion for homeowners, accounting for about 2% of personal consumption spending since 2022, according to a report by two Swiss Re Institute senior economists. “A dollar not spent on mortgage payments is a dollar…