Real estate news

• Operationalizing the digital real estate transaction, from start to eClose

  06-02-2018 23:01
  
  [Op-ed] Another year has passed and like previous years, we saw tremendous energy and effort dedicated to encouraging widespread adoption of electronic real estate transactions. And yet, we’re still not there. For large numbers of eClose transactions to become scalable and industry-wide, it must work for everyone across the end-to-end fulfillment process without the friction that currently exists.
  
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• Now accepting applications for HousingWire's Rising Stars!

  06-02-2018 22:36
  
  HousingWire is now accepting applications for its fifth annual Rising Stars award program. We are looking for the best, boldest, and most dynamic industry leaders under the age of 40. Is that you? Show us!
  
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• Fair Housing Is Good for Our Business

  06-02-2018 21:50
  NAR PULSE—Pat Combs, 2007 NAR President, shares her experience with housing discrimination during her career, and explains why fair housing is good for our business and clients. Read what Pat and other REALTORS® have to say, and join NAR’s commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act by sharing your own story at www.FairHousing.realtor.
  NAR and Boys & Girls Clubs of America in 2018How will you get involved with BGCA in 2018? More than 200 REALTOR® Associa
  
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• Aging Down: The Face of Luxury Shifts

  06-02-2018 21:47
  Buyers aged 25-49 are considerably shaping the upper-end market, according to recently released research by Luxury Portfolio International®.
  Seventy-eight percent of buyers in the 25-49 group—”The New Aristocracy”—are interested in 5,000-square-foot-plus homes, the research reveals. They also have a preference for Brick Georgian, Modern, Victorian or Tudor homes, but with commercial-grade kitchens and security systems. Fifty-five percent desire to live near restaurant
  
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• Latter & Blum President Rick Haase to Step Down

  06-02-2018 21:44
  After eight years, Latter & Blum Inc. President Richard “Rick” Haase is leaving his position at the New Orleans-based powerhouse. Haase will leave the post on Feb. 15.
  “[Latter & Blum] is well-positioned for new leadership to take it into its very bright future,” said Haase in a statement. “[Chairman and CEO] Bob Merrick and I have been a very good team and accomplished a great deal together over the last eight years. The company has grown dramatically in si
  
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• Top Hensarling aide named CFPB chief of staff

  06-02-2018 20:32
  
  Earlier this year, the House Financial Services Committee announced that its staff director, Kirsten Sutton Mork, would be leaving the committee staff “in the coming weeks” to become the chief of staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Now, it’s official.
  
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• Stop Tweeting in a Vacuum

  06-02-2018 00:00
  Do your tweets suck? If you feel like you’re screaming into a void when you use Twitter, you’re in need of these four tips.
  
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