Developing Technologies: Eight Outlooks On What's Ahead For The Real Estate Industry
Looking ahead is important: It is difficult to prepare or shift operations without knowing what kinds of technologies or changes are developing. This is particularly true for information-rich industries, such as real estate, which has a host of steps needed to complete a transaction, ranging from research to communication to finalizing paperwork.
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She Predicted the 2007 Real Estate Crisis - and Sees More Trouble Ahead
Ivy Zelman likes to do puzzles, big ones with 2,000 pieces. That helps explain how's she's able to assess thousands of disparate U.S. housing data points to assemble her closely followed market views. This ability-plus hard work and prescient calls on housing at both the top and bottom of the market-is why she's among the best known and highest-ranked analysts in the industry.
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IL regulators fine title agency PNTN $14M for letting lawyers not registered as agents sell title insurance
An organization which provides services to and promotes the role of attorneys in the title transfer process in real estate transactions has come under the scrutiny of state regulators, which has ordered $14 million in fines for allegedly allowing attorneys who are not registered as title insurance agents to score commissions from the sale of title insurance policies.
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Here's how much Zillow is paying to get into the mortgage business
Zillow's stock tanked on Wednesday after the online real estate giant released softer-than-expected guidance about the company's expectations for the near-term, but that wasn't the only big piece of news that Zillow released.
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Mortgage rates shoot up to their highest level in nearly 8 years
Strong employment numbers caused mortgage rates to take off with the 30-year fixed-rate average the highest it has been in nearly eight years.
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Nevada Supreme Court Holds CPL Does Not Protect Loan Assignee
The Nevada Supreme Court recently held that the assignee of a deed of trust was not entitled to bring a claim against the title insurance company arising out of the closing protection letter.
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Home prices continue to cool, in a sign the housing market is slowing down
Home prices continued to slow their rate of growth in August, dipping below the 6 percent mark for the first time in a year.
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What The 1990s Tell Us About The Next Housing Bust
Occasionally, you'll hear an economist say that U.S. home prices are too high in some cities and will likely fall-eventually.
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