HousingWireHousingWire It was July of 2020 and the interest rates had just dropped below 3%, every Title & Escrow company was slammed! In this season, most companies were well on the way to making more money than they had in years, or in some cases, ever! Consumers were refinancing in astronomical…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Real estate website design is evolving — fast. Today’s sites are sleeker, faster and capture leads based on data from tens of millions of user interactions. To keep up, your site needs to offer more than just a pretty picture of a lakefront mansion. In 2025, effective websites leverage…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Leading U.S. mortgage lenders United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) and Better have joined Fannie Mae’s pilot program that waives lender title insurance requirements for certain refinance transactions, HousingWire has learned. The initiative, announced by President Joe Biden during his March 2024 State of the Union address, seeks to reduce closing…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Looking to launch a real estate career in 2025? We’ve pinpointed the best online real estate schools in California for every budget, weekly schedule and timeline — with podcast-style audio lessons, mobile phone apps, and courses for every learning style. California requires 135 hours of prelicensing coursework before you can take…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire It’s hard to imagine a more dramatic fall from grace than that of Oren and Tal Alexander, the once star brokers who’ve been yanked from the top of the New York City real estate world and jailed. The pair — along with Oren’s twin brother Alon — were arrested…
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