by Jesse Williams | Jan 13, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Teams |
Redfin is reshaping its mortgage business in 2022. The Seattle-based company announced on Jan. 11, that it has agreed to acquire Bay Equity Home Loans, a national, full-service mortgage lender, in a cash and stock transaction worth $135 million. According to a press...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 13, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Teams |
Homeownership is the largest source of wealth among families, with the median value of a primary residence worth about 10 times the median value of financial assets held by families. Housing wealth (home equity or net worth) gains are built up through price...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 13, 2022 | Agents, Industry News, Lead Story, Luxury, News |
So, you’re a new luxury real estate professional in the area, and you’re wondering how to go about building your luxury sphere of influence from the ground up. Without a real list of buyers and sellers, how on earth can you expect to do your job? Well, good news is...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 12, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, Luxury, National, News, Premier, Teams |
With real estate professionals gearing up for another strong year, two of the industry’s leading experts dove into the most significant economic and regulatory issues on the horizon and their implications for the real estate market, during RISMedia’s Real...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 12, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Teams |
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its consumer price index (CPI) summary Tuesday morning showing an almost 40-year high year-over-year increase in December at 7%, with core inflation at 5.5%. After months of referring to spiraling price increases as...
by Jesse Williams | Jan 12, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Teams |
Mortgage applications increased 1.4 percent from one week earlier, for the week ending January 7, 2022. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey, the Market Composite Index, which measures the mortgage loan application...