To start things off, I have an announcement to make, today will be my last weekly article for Altos Research. I founded Altos nearly 20 years ago to bring a new level of analytics and data to the housing market. Two and a half years ago, Altos was acquired by HousingWire, and it’s been tremendously […]
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A prominent Dallas-based home-flipping franchisee of HomeVestors of America — known for its “We Buy Ugly Houses” ads — is being accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of tens of millions of dollars. According to lawsuits and ProPublica interviews with alleged victims, Charles “Chas” Carrier, the owner of C&C Residential Properties,
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New York-based real estate brokerage SERHANT. has added one of New Jersey’s top-performing agents — Patrick Southern — as part of its expansion into the Garden State. Southern, who has been the leading individual agent in Hudson County, N.J., for more than a decade, joins the firm after closing nearly $200 million in real estate
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Lone Wolf Technologies is reportedly discontinuing LionDesk, the customer relationship management (CRM) platform it acquired in 2021. LionDesk will remain operational through September, giving users time to migrate their data and transition to Lone Wolf’s new CRM known as Relationships. Customers will be able to transfer their contacts and are being offered accounts with full
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Many of the best real estate schools in New Jersey real estate schools are designed around the understanding that many aspiring NJ real estate agents live near New York or Pennsylvania, and therefore want the option to conduct business in these states. If that sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve done
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Anywhere Integrated Services (AIS), a division of Anywhere Real Estate, has selected artificial intelligence company Vectara to streamline its title creation process and centralize document retrieval systems. AIS — which supports brands including Century 21, ERA Real Estate and Sotheby’s International Realty — plans to use Vectara’s platform to address inefficiencies in title searches and
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Buyer representation agreements have no impact on real estate agent commissions, according to a report published this week by researchers at the Federal Reserve. The report examined commission rates advertised to buyers’ agents through data from CoreLogic (which recently rebranded as Cotality). This includes the CoreLogic House Price Index and CoreLogic Market Trend reports, which
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Opendoor looked like it had the potential to disrupt the entire residential real estate industry when it launched in 2014, but today it and competitor Offerpad are almost afterthoughts. The so-called iBuyers have yet to find a way to consistently turn a profit, and their presence in the industry has slowly shrunk. With macroeconomic headwinds
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If you’re thinking about becoming a real estate agent in Washington, D.C., you’re not alone. From historic brownstones to modern high-rises, D.C.’s housing market has something for everyone. But first, you have to get a real estate license. But, with so many schools offering real estate courses, how do you know which one is actually
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Vija Williams — a longtime real estate executive and current head of industry at technology platform PLACE — is joining eXp Realty, where she will launch a new agent-focused initiative called UPGRADE. Williams, who also co-owns the Seattle-based Vija Real Estate team, described the move not simply as a career transition but part of a
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