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Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has launched a new pricing incentive, offering 60 basis points (bps) to its broker partners for the next 60 days, a period when mortgage market activity typically slows due to the holiday season.  The program, dubbed “60bps for 60 Days,” applies to both conventional and government loans and is available to borrowers with a FICO score of 720 or higher. UWM’s goal is to “help independent mortgage brokers remain competitive in the current market landscape.” The offering is available through Jan. 31, 2025. “The purchase market usually slows down in the fourth quarter. The refi…

The estate — built around 1990 — has undergone extensive renovations after being purchased for $18 million in 2021, but local real estate agents say that some might consider the home a teardown and opt to raze it to make way for something more modern and imposing, “The WSJ” reported. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025.…

In this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt is joined by Danielle Wilkie, co-founder of The Helm, to discuss emerging trends in real estate, female representation in real estate coaching and artificial intelligence. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. To kick off the conversation, Wilkie explores her career path before she co-founded The Helm. Danielle Wilkie: As you know, women make up over two-thirds of real estate agents in the country. We found that less than a third actually make up nationally recognized coaches. When we saw that gap, we had to do something…

Seven Hudson Square, Disney’s new New York City HQ. Photo: Dave Burk/SOM Disney has arrived in Hudson Square in a shocking burst of good taste. Rather than entrust its corporate identity to Mickey, Donald & Belle, the company relied on Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which is not a trio of animated badgers but a global architecture firm. SOM, always an obvious choice for big developers, Middle Eastern governments, and growing universities, might seem less suited to a media juggernaut that, though surely as ruthless as any of those other clients, has also spent more than a century cranking out whimsy…

Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025.\ Now that the National Association of Realtors commission settlement has been finalized, we’ve officially entered a brave new world in which communication is more important than ever. For the past year-plus — ever since the Halloween verdict came down in the Sitzer | Burnett trial — potential…

The Florida real estate market has reached unprecedented heights with major projects getting funding from developers across the country and even overseas. But the arrival of big money doesn’t mean that the smaller players need to bow out entirely; having a comprehensive and detailed business plan can help smaller developers hold their own even in a blazing hot market.  Understanding the market landscape Florida has long been a bellwether for national real estate trends. Cities like Miami have become microcosms of development, attracting major investors eager to capitalize on the state’s appeal, creating high-profile, mixed-use developments.  Not even hurricanes have slowed the…

University at Buffalo contracts law professor Tanya Monestier on Monday informed Judge Stephen Bough she would follow in the footsteps of fellow objectors who have appealed the Nov. 26 ruling. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Appeals against the final approval of the National Association of Realtors’ settlement resolving nationwide antitrust claims related to commissions are beginning…

While the commission lawsuits and the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) settlement occupied notable portions of 2024 for The Real Brokerage, impressive organic growth is the firm’s true highlight of the year. Real ended 2023 with 13,650 agents and as of Wednesday the company reports that it has now reached 23,000 agents. “We are seeing bigger and bigger opportunities to grow organically through larger and larger teams and independent brokerages that are considering joining us or engaging in conversations with us,” Tamir Poleg, the CEO and chairman of Real, said. “A year or two…

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The good news is that there are plenty of reasons to think 2025 will be a better year for the housing market. The bad news is there’s too much macroeconomic and political uncertainty to be sure. That’s according to Bright MLS, which is the latest company in the real estate industry to issue a 2025 housing market forecast. Despite all that’s up in the air, Bright expects existing-home sales to rise 7.5% to 4.4 million, a projection that’s squarely in line with other industry forecasts. “There will be competing pressures in 2025, creating a tug-of-war that could impact the housing…