by Jesse Williams | Apr 14, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
According to the latest data from Freddie Mac released Thursday, April 14, mortgage rates have climbed to levels not seen in more than a decade. The results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) show that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5% this...
by Jesse Williams | Apr 13, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Mortgage applications decreased 1.3% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 8, 2022. Key findings: The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan...
by Jesse Williams | Apr 12, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
The past few months haven’t been kind to Better.com. The online mortgage company has had to wrestle with challenges associated with rising mortgage rates, but it’s also had to do so amid a wave of bad press over a duo of botched layoffs. With its last...
by Jesse Williams | Apr 11, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams, Technology |
While tech and innovation have become fixtures in real estate, the lifeblood of any brokerage and transaction has always been the agent. Even as perceived “disruptors” make inroads into the market, the agent has served as a line in the sand that separates brokerages...
by Jesse Williams | Apr 8, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
While their collective sales volume was a staggering $2.4 trillion-plus in 2021, the Top 1,000 brokers ranked in RISMedia’s 2022 Power Broker Report are facing a very different landscape as this year progresses. According to the results of RISMedia’s annual Power...
by Jesse Williams | Apr 7, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams, Technology |
Maybe it is the company’s sleek, 21st century branding and focus on virtual rather than physical space. Maybe it is a recent meteoric rise (from 1,000 agents in March of 2016 to 70,000 at the end of last year). Maybe it is a ubiquitous marketing and recruitment...