‘Fraudsters gotta eat too:’ The title industry navigates an uptick in fraud
Fewer homebuying transactions means less fraud, right?
“No! What it means is there is a higher percentage of potential fraud per file,” Elizabeth Berg, the vice president...
Indie firm Legends Real Estate makes the jump to The Real Brokerage
Indie brokerage Legends Real Estate has joined The Real Brokerage, expanding Real’s footprint in Northern California.
Industry veteran John Pope founded the Sacramento-based brokerage in 2020...
The Loan Store offers consumer rewards program
Wholesale lender The Loan Store launched a consumer rewards program designed to help mortgage brokers offer competitive mortgage rates.
Buyers can save up to 40 basis points...
Wells Fargo, JPMorgan show two different paths for mortgages in Q3 2023
At Wells Fargo, mortgage originations reached $6.4 billion from July to September, down 70% year over year and about 18% from the previous quarter.
The bank completed...
Opinion: Creativity is required to succeed in real estate M&A today
Given the state of the market over the last year, some have commented that the merger and acquisition market has gone quiet and that it is...
5 steps to succeed as a real estate agent in a down market
It’s a weird time to be a real estate agent, and I see it all around me here in the Denver metro. Brokers who rode the...
Glennda Baker’s ‘Diamond Squad’ joins Coldwell Banker
Metro Atlanta-based real estate broker and TikTok influencer Glennda Baker is making the leap to Coldwell Banker.
Baker and her team of five agents, which serve...
Housing industry pleads with Biden administration to narrow the mortgage spread
A coalition of trade associations — including the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA), National Association of Realtors (NAR), and Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA)...
Total Expert, Polly aim to help a lender identify customer opportunities faster
Customer engagement platform Total Expert‘s customer intelligence and mortgage tech firm Polly‘s product and pricing engine (PPE) will help California-based lender Mountain West Financial identify lending...