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Xome’s DIY platform lets investors sell homes without an agent

May 24, 2024

Homeowners can't sell a primary residence through Xome's seller portal without a listing agent, but can hire an agent on their own or ask Xome to match them with one.

Don’t market vacant homes. Be HomeKynd: Tech Review

May 24, 2024

Proptech columnist Craig Rowe reviews virtual staging solution HomeKynd, an app that empowers users to integrate its tools with listing pages, among other benefits.

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin says the luxury market is back

May 24, 2024

The luxury market is back. That was Compass co-founder and CEO Robert Reffkin's primary message during his latest appearance on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street," where he talked about home price trends, mortgage rates, and stock market ebbs and flows.

Equity Angels names first 4 startups for its advisory services

May 23, 2024

Equity Angels was launched in early 2024 by 2018 Inman Person of the Year Kenya Burrell-VanWormer, chief growth officer at NEO, and Katherine Winston, founding member and head of marketing at Plunk.

Broker Spotlight: Deborah Penny, eXp Realty of California

May 23, 2024

Find out how this California broker was inspired to start a career in real estate because of the great agents she worked with as a client.

US inventory rises to highest level since 2022 as new-home sales fall

May 23, 2024

Newly built homes available on the market rose to 480,000, representing a supply of 9.1 months at the current sales rate, up from an 8.5 month supply in March, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

Email sequencing is the latest upgrade for Nimble CRM

May 23, 2024

Nimble, a software company that specializes in customer relationship management for “soloprenuers” and small business teams, has shipped a new feature to its customer accounts — email sequencing.

5 totally fixable reasons smart real estate agents underperform

May 23, 2024

Want to make great strides in your business? Jimmy Burgess believes that the answers you seek to a successful real estate practice may be simpler than you think.

The No. 1 skill you need to convert leads into clients

May 23, 2024

Truly engaging is an essential component in providing stellar service from first contact to the closing table. Author and trainer Bernice Ross provides a step-by-step approach to evaluating your skills.

HAR partnership caps RentSpree’s busy spring

May 23, 2024

RentSpree distributes its product to empower residential agents in their work with clients who may not yet be ready to buy, and to provide them software advantages to offer investor clients or to use in their own rental portfolios.

Cap on servicer fees for FHA loan assumptions doubled to $1,800

May 22, 2024

While lenders welcomed the increase, it might benefit homebuyers as well, by giving loan servicers more incentive to process FHA loan assumptions quickly.

Mortgage rates staying below 2024 highs, but buyers indifferent

May 22, 2024

Bond market investors who fund most mortgages shrugged off hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller that he wants to see "several more months of good inflation data" before cutting rates.