Real estate news

• REALTORS® Can Extend Their Liberty Mutual Benefits to Their Clients

  13-03-2018 21:29
  NAR PULSE—A bonus for your members and savings for their clients—it’s a win-win! The Liberty Mutual Auto Insurance Referral Program™ allows REALTORS® to extend to their clients the same auto insurance savings and benefits that they have through NAR’s REALTOR Benefits® Program. Plus, for every client they refer to Liberty Mutual who completes an auto quote, they might be eligible to receive up to $40. Learn more.
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• Cryptocurrency: First U.S. Real Estate Deed Recorded Using Ethereum

  13-03-2018 21:19
  Cryptocurrency is making headlines again—this time, in real estate. A pilot program in South Burlington, Vt.—initiated by global blockchain real estate marketplace Propy Inc.—marks the first U.S. deed recorded using only blockchain technology, according to multiple sources. In this case, Ethereum was used to transact and record contracts and documents instead of using the city’s recording system.
  “The announcement of a pilot project to utilize blockchain technology
  
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• Ask the Underwriter: Negative self-employment income? No problem… here’s how to exclude it!

  13-03-2018 16:00
  
  When co-borrower income that is derived from self-employment is not being used for qualifying purposes, the lender is not required to document or evaluate the co-borrower’s self-employment income (or loss). Any business debt on which the borrower is personally obligated must be included in the total monthly obligations when calculating the debt-to-income ratio.
  
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