WVBT 2022 Newsletter Archives
- Rescue Program Helps West Virginia Homeowners
- Forget Black Friday: The Best Day for Home Price Cuts is Thursday
- Is 2023 the Year of the Homebuyer?
- How Alternative Data and Tech Can Influence Real Estate Investment Decisions
- Fannie Mae Securities to Feature New Social Disclosures
- FHA Raises 2023 Loan Limits in Response to Home Prices
- Mortgage Rates Fall for Third Consecutive Week
- Black, Native American Borrowers Still Facing Uneven Mortgage Playing Field
- Companies Need to Increase Salary Transparency or Workers Will Quit
- 7 Real Estate Cold Calling Scripts + Tips to Conquer Your Fears
- What is Holistic Real Estate – Could it be the Key to Finding Your Next Home?
- Analyst: ‘Demand for Housing is Still Very Strong’
- Report: Homebuyers Fail to Put Due Diligence into Researching Lenders
- Record Amount of Sellers Delisting Homes
- Best Christmas Displays in West Virginia
- A Letter From a Lawyer is No Substitute for Title Insurance
- Utility Assistance this Winter
- Permanent Forbearance Could Prevent Foreclosures
- FHFA Approves New Credit Scoring Models for GSEs
- NAR Report Finds Fintech Apps Most Impactful Tools on Realtors’ Business
- FBI Warns Public to Beware of Tech Support Scammers Targeting Financial Accounts Using Remote Desktop Software
- Will Millennials Ever Be Able to Buy a House?
- Average Down Payments on Homes Rise Nationwide
- Study Finds More Than Half of U.S. Considering a Move
- 6 Home-Selling Rules You’ve Heard Lately – and Should Actually Break
- Reducing the Incidence of Unqualified Persons in Real Estate Agency
- It’s Time to Address Racially Restrictive Covenants
- First-Time Homebuyers Return to Market in Droves
- Is the US Headed Toward a Housing Crash? Experts Say it’s Not 2008
- Mobile Home Values Neck-and-Neck with Single-Family Homes
- Marketing Your Business This Thanksgiving
- The Kids Want to Be Homeowners
- Common Real Estate Scams and How to Avoid Them
- Hurricane Ian is a Reminder to All Homeowners
- Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before Implementing New Real Estate Technology
- FHA Moves to Include On-Time Rental Payments for First-Time Buyers
- Why Technology Adoption is Necessary in Commercial Real Estate
- Housing Still Has a Lot of Wiggle Room in a Recession, Even With Mortgage Rates Near a 20-Year High, According to This Investor
- Hispanic Homeowners Account for Rise in Housing Growth
- Fears of Recession May Bring Relief to Buyers, Experts Say
- Why You Should Tell Clients How You’re Compensated
- 9 Real Estate Thank-You Notes That Create Clients for Life (Templates)
- Empowering Her Team of Real Estate Leaders to Make More Money Without Shame
- Top Reasons Homeowners are Selling Their Houses Right Now
- Construction Numbers Boosted by Residential Remodeling
- Confused About the Housing Market? Here’s What’s Happening Now – and What Could Happen Next
- Buying a Home When You Have Student Loan Debt
- Key Stats to Watch in the Changing Real Estate Market
- Is Now the Best Time to Buy?
- Sellers Aren’t Disclosing Property Defects
- Amazon and Walmart Want the FFA to Let Them Use Part of Your Property. Here’s How Drone Delivery Companies are Coming for Your Airspace
- Student Loan Forgiveness Will Benefit Mortgages
- Bank of America Launches Zero Down Payment Mortgages to Help Minorities Buy their First Homes – Here’s who can Apply
- Cash-Out Refis Dominate Market, Increasing Risk Level
- Demand Continues to Shrink Due to Higher Rates and a Weaker Economic Outlook: Number of Mortgage Applications Fall. But There’s Still Good News for Buyers.
- First-Time Buyers More Likely to Take Financial Risks
- A Beginner’s Guide to YouTube Marketing for Real Estate Agents
- How to Make a 360 (3D) Virtual Real Estate Tour with iPhone/Android
- 6 Key Elements to Surviving a Recession in Real Estate
- Experts: Changes to Supply Chain Will Benefit Commercial Real Estate
- Home Sellers Nationwide Dropping Prices in Pandemic Hot Spots
- U.S. New Home Sales Stronger in May
- Homes Now Selling Below 100% of Asking Price
- 3 Graphs to Show This Isn’t a Housing Bubble
- What Hurts Property Value and How Can You Fix it?
- Understanding Equity: Now is a Good Time to Buy a House
- Title Insurance is Vital to Protecting the American Dream
- Winning Over Gen Z Versus Millennials
- VR in Real Estate? It’s Closer Than You Think
- Ready Life Launches Black-Owned Fintech to Help Underserved Borrowers
- Scammers Are Targeting a New Generation of Homebuyers
- Q1 Mortgage Performance Makes Strides
- Homebuyers Can Save Over $15,000 in Five Years With an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage – But it Comes With Risks
- Mortgage Rates Take a Breather After Nearly Doubling in One Years Time
- Generating Real Estate Leads: 17 Tried and True Methods
- Are We Entering The Age of Pay Transparency?
- Industry Report: Hiring Talent Takes More Than Money
- Housing Shortage Starts Easing as Listings Surge in June
- Home Sellers Nationwide Dropping Prices in Pandemic Hot Spots
- U.S. New Home Sales Stronger in May
- Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch
- Calming Consumers’ Housing Bubble Fears
- Are Bidding Wars Over?
- West Virginia Homes At Risk of 100-Year Storm
- A 1031 Exchange is a Tax-Deferred Way to Invest in Real Estate
- FHA Expands Eligibility for Those With Pandemic Income Gaps
- House Passes Act to Expand Wildfire Insurance Coverage
- MBA Finds Homebuyer Affordability, Application Payments Remained Steady in June
- Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Rates are Back. But are ARMs Worth the Risk?
- This is the Average Age of First-Time Home Buyers
- 5 Ways to Prove You’re a Local Real Estate Expert
- Home Seller Discounts Can Include More Than Just Price Drops
- Survey Finds Many First-Time Homebuyers Have Misconceptions
- Home Seller Profit Increases Throughout U.S.
- Median Home Payment Numbers Stabilize in June
- Generation Gap: How Americans’ Preferred Housing Styles Vary by Age
- How to Check Flood Maps and Stay Safe
- Metaverse & Blockchain are Hottest Emerging Trends in Real Estate
- FHFA Rule Brings Greater Transparency to GSEs
- Uncovering the True Cost of Mortgage Fraud
- Fixed Mortgage Rates Move Lower for the Second Week in a Row
- Housing Beat: Mortgage Rates Flatten as Sun Belt Sees New Boom in Home Building
- Why Home Loans Today Aren’t What They Were in the Past
- How Top Agents are Leveraging Social Media to Sell Homes in 2022
- Leveraging TikTok to Build Your Brand
- Washboard Abs Versus Working Day and Night: What TV Does Not Tell Us About Real Estate Agents’ Work
- Housing Market Moving at Record Speed
- Redfin Reports Buyers are Finding More Power
- In a Post-Pandemic Housing Market, Opportunity Knocks-Downtown
- Ways to Celebrate National Homeownership Month this Year
- Homebuyers are Navigating an Ever-Changing Market
- Housing Market Inventory Could Peak in Summer 2022
- Eliminating Bias In Appraisals
- How to guard against losing your assets to wire fraud: A growing cybersecurity threat
- Desktop appraisals: bringing the home to the appraiser
- Adjustable-rate mortgages are gaining in popularity. Here’s how to know if one is right for you.
- Americans Buying Smaller Homes
- The Housing Gender Gap Widens Nationwide
- How lenders can navigate a shifting market with non-QM loan options
- What To Do When You Feel Stuck At Work
- It’s time to review your affiliated business disclosure
- Experts: Collaboration Key to Solving Housing Crisis
- A more “normalized” housing market is on the horizon
- Mortgage rates drop slightly for first time in weeks
- Sale-to-List Price Ratio Hits All-Time High
- Low Inventory Fuels Homebuyer Competition This Year
- Why Title Insurance is Essential
- How the Housing Market Has Changed Since March 2020
- How Could Tokenization Reshape Real Estate Investing?
- How to Prepare for Russian Cyberattacks
- Cash-out Refis Reach $1.2T in 2021, Highest Level Since 2005
- Rising Interest Rates May Be a Good Thing for Home Prices
- Thank Goodness for Mortgage Insurance
- More Single Women Own Homes Than Men
- Latinos are a Growing Force in the Housing Market
- With Home Prices Soaring, a Record Number of U.S. Properties is Now Worth $1M
- How Community Banks Can Grow With Confidence
- Homes Earned More for Owners Than Their Jobs Last Year
- Bidding War Competition Heightens
- Rental and Home Prices Expected to Rise Even More this Year
- The 2022 Real Estate Market is Set to be Hot
- FHFA Heading in a Different Direction Under the Biden Administration
- Good News For U.S. Banks as Economy Rebounds
- In 10 Years, the Housing Market Has Doubled
- New Construction on the Rise
- These Houses Take Just Weeks to Build
- Home Price Growth Continue at Double-digit Pace
- 65% of Women Would Buy a Home Without Being Married First
- Millennial Demand Continues to Fuel Housing Market
- Americans’ Inflation Fears Decline for the First Time in Over a Year
- 5 Powerful Ways to Support Women
- The 10 Best Markets for First-Time Homebuyers in 2022
- Borrowers rush to get the last of the low mortgage rates, with refinances jumping 18%
- Affordable Homes Sales Outperform Luxury Homes
- Time to “spring clean” your marketing?
- Mortgage Rate Increases
- Home Price Appreciation Continues to Accelerate
- Alanna McCargo Officially Named Ginnie Mae President
- Homebuying Bots Enter the Real Estate Market
- Residential Cruise Ship Offering a ‘More Affordable’ Life at Sea
- Congress Zooms in on Cybersecurity After Banner Year of Attacks
- Purchase Loans Drive Mortgage Applications Higher
- Five Trends For the Housing Market in 2022
- 5 ways managers can talk about mental health at work without overstepping
- Most Competitive Housing Market
- Setting Professional Resolutions in 2022
- Is Your Brand Voice Loud Enough?
- Virginia Family Gets Keys to Habitat for Humanity’s First 3-D Printed Home in the US.
- Tampa Bay is Zillow’s Hottest Housing Market for 2022
- Americans Borrowed Record $1.61 Trillion to Buy Homes in 2021
- Consumer Confidence Rises Amid Omicron Spread, High Prices
- Exciting Expectations for the 2022 Real Estate Market
- Thanks, Millennials!
- Biden Nominates Sandra Thompson as FHFA Director
- Ginnie Mae Has First Senate-confirmed Leader in Five Years
- Convergence of Fintech and Banking is Transforming Business Lending
- Mortgage Applications are Up, On the Strength of FHA Refis
- US Housing Starts Rise More Than Forecast to Eight-Month High
- Title Insurance Industry Reports Best Quarter on Record
- 5 ways managers can talk about mental health at work without overstepping
- Jobless Claims Drop to Lowest Mark Since 1969
- Values That Create A Strong Company Culture
- Remote Work Shifts Buying Habits
- Retirees May Want to Consider Real Estate Investment Trusts
- Prices Hit Record High As Supply Hits Record Low
