The week in industry hires and promotions: July 25-29, 2016
Who got hired or promoted this week? Here’s our weekly rundown, in chronological order. This week’s new hires July 27 Zoccam, a platform that enables Realtors and buyers to deliver contracts to settlement services providers, has hired Wayne Norton as its chief operating officer. “Adding Wayne to our team poises Zoccam to make a substantial impact on […]
Real estate market recap, July 25-29, 2016
Check Inman every day for the daily version of this market roundup. Mortgage rates: Home equity rates: Friday, July 29 First American June 2016 Loan Application Defect Index: The index decreased 1.4 percent in June from May. Year-over-year, the index decreased 12.2 percent. At the high point of risk in October 2013, the index measured […]
Top 10 posts from last week
Here were the most popular stories on Inman this past week: Creative Travel Projects / Shutterstock.com 10. This deal took a village to close, and here’s what the agents involved took away from the experience. hxdbzxy / Shutterstock.com 9. What you can learn from two new agents who jumped to real estate straight from college. […]
New York in a week: July 25-29
Need news in a flash? Here’s what’s happening in your community Black Knight Financial Services released its May 2016 home price index data for New York City, finding the metro’s home price index value at $441,000 — up 1.2 percent month-over-month and 3.9 percent year-over-year. As part of its Home Field Advantage series, Coldwell Banker caught up […]
DC in a week: July 25-29
Need news in a flash? Here’s what’s happening in your community. Trulia’s Rent Near Transit tool found the median rents of homes within 15 minute walks of Washington D.C. Metrorail stops. Washington D.C.’s average selling time saw a five-day drop year-over-year in Zillow’s June market report, hitting a median 68 days on the market in June. Adding to the […]
South Florida in a week: July 25-29
Need news in a flash? Here’s what’s happening in your community. According to SmartAsset’s second annual list of the top counties for real estate investment, investors will have the best luck in Osceola County in central Florida, which had 10.9 percent business growth and an Incoming Investment Index of 73.18. St. Johns, Sumter, Walton and […]
Youngstown-Based Lakeside Realty LLC Affiliates With Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Lakeside Realty LLC announced recently that it will now operate as CENTURY 21 Lakeside Realty, a real estate brokerage franchise affiliate of Century 21 Real Estate LLC. The company will serve the real estate needs of the Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties, from investment properties to commercial real estate and new construction. “CENTURY 21 Lakeside […]
Russ Cofano Joins eXp World Holdings and eXp Realty
eXp World Holdings, Inc. recently announced that industry veteran Russ Cofano has joined the Company as Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel. Cofano brings more than twenty-five-years of industry experience to eXp. He most recently served as senior vice president of industry relations for MOVE, Inc. operator of REALTOR.com® developing strategy and building relationships with […]
Mortgage Applications Drop 11 Percent
Mortgage applications decreased 11.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 22, 2016. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 11.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted […]
Is Making Extra Mortgage Payments Better Than Refinancing?
(TNS)—Many mortgage borrowers at some point consider making extra payments or refinancing but are confused as to which would serve them better. This article is directed to them. Extra Payment vs. Refinance While borrowers refinance for a variety of reasons, only refinancings undertaken to reduce the interest rate can be viewed as an alternative to […]
