United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) continues to fight through the tides of the mortgage market. Despite some pitfalls in their Q4 2023 and full-year earnings, the company remains hard on their stance of success and is taking turns to adjust for the future. “2023 was one of the best years in UWM’s history. It wasn’t the…

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Best Real Estate Investing Apps of March 2024  Business Insider

Another commission lawsuit is facing the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), this time including Redfin and the California Association of REALTORS® (CAR). Referred to as the Freedlund suit, brought by sole Plaintiff Andrea Freedlund, the case, filed Tues., Feb. 26 in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, alleges—yet again—that defendants conspired to…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. -Rocket, the largest lender in the country by most metrics, is shuttering Rocket Pro Originate, a platform for insurance agents, financial advisors, tax professionals and real estate agents to originate mortgages with the company. According…

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10 Best Real Estate Mutual Funds Of March 2024  Forbes

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Turn-Key, 2-BR, Single-Level Home For Sale In New London  Patch

In an attempt to counter the defendants’ Dec. 19 request for summary judgment in their favor in the ongoing commission case known as Moehrl, the plaintiffs on Feb. 26 filed their own motion, essentially countering the defendants’ ‘No, we didn’t’ insistence on whether they conspired to fix commissions with their ‘Yes, you did.’ Appealing to…

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Pending Home Sales in U.S. Dip 5 Percent in January  The World Property Journal

Zillow is diversifying its revenue along the transaction — what it calls its super app — and is outperforming a depressed market, Mike DelPrete writes.

Large London Apartments Are Disappearing, Meaning It’s a Great Time to Own One  Mansion Global

Private Capital Takes Highest Share of Global Commercial Real Estate Investment on Record  CoStar Group

Atllas is a real estate brokerage that runs its business through a series of proprietary software products blanketing open house marketing, mobile web marketing, customer relationship management (CRM) and a DIY digital marketing center.

DLA Piper named Law Firm of the Year at Real Estate Capital Europe Awards  DLA Piper

Change always brings chaos and disruption, broker Cara Ameer writes. While many of these issues have been lurking in the background before we knew what Sitzer | Burnett was, they illustrate the work that remains to be done.

In a market where agents must be expense-averse, Jimmy Burgess writes, generating leads that only have an expense if money comes in can make a lot of sense.

Agents should embrace client-centric approaches that include making their marketing materials about the client, trainer Bernice Ross writes.

ERA Real Estate President Alex Vidal writes that agents are the true heroes in real estate. Leaders need to understand that and support them if they want to get better results.

Annual Awards  Real Estate Capital Europe

REC Europe Awards 2023: The winners revealed  Real Estate Capital Europe