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iBuying can be huge, even if it remains a niche industry tool

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Mike DelPrete found that iBuyers’ business model differs from traditional home flippers. He also suggested iBuyers can profit from staying in their lanes. Continue reading →

How to bring veteran clients value by understanding MPRs

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Getting through the VA’s appraisal process can be a deal-breaking nightmare — if you don’t know how it works. Navy veteran and agent Phil Capron, sheds some light on common loan-approval issues you can help veteran clients avoid. Continue reading →

Zillow is testing a closing services platform

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Zillow is testing a “homegrown closing services” platform in a handful of markets — including title and escrow services — in an attempt to bring the company closer to offering a one-stop platform to wrap around its homebuying and selling platform Zillo… Continue reading →

HomeLight nabs $109M in new funding round

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Real estate referral and transaction management startup HomeLight announced Tuesday it’s raised $109 million in new financing. The company plans to use the money to build out its closing services and home loans business. Continue reading →

Feds tweak regulations to lure banks back to FHA loans

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A decade after the Great Recession, the federal government wants to lure banks back into the Federal Housing Administration program that caters to first-time homebuyers, and this week announced regulatory changes meant to make that program more appealing. Continue reading →

Research report: Brokerage-affiliated businesses

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Being a real estate professional is an exercise in spinning many, many plates. Keeping track of the different components of a property deal is a key skill but having that ability may not save you — or your deal — in the end.
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Should You Get a Second Mortgage to Pay for College?

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Julie (who prefers to use a pseudonym for this story), 54, wants to get her daughter through college without incurring any student loans for the $30,000 annual tuition. So, she helped fund her daughter’s freshman year by taking out a kind of second mor… Continue reading →

HouseCanary revives ComeHome as product for mortgage lenders

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About nine months after real estate tech firm HouseCanary turned off its public-facing real estate portal, the company is back with a new search product meant to help banks capture more lending business. Continue reading →

Growing number of homeowners feel ‘house rich and cash poor’

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Stagnant wage growth and booming costs of living are stressing homeowners, according to a new HomeTap study released Tuesday. Continue reading →