This article concerning Marketing Service Agreements, or MSA’s, was written by Warren Goldberg, President of Mortgage Wealth Advisors and is being shared with his permission. What is an MSA or Marketing Service Agreement? ‘The residential mortgage origination industry has long used Marketing Services Agreements (MSAs) to establish the terms of certain marketing arrangements. An MSA, written […]
What happens when potential homebuyers come and there is no inventory in the market for sale? This issue seems to be exactly what’s occurring in many parts of the United States and, as we enter the spring buying season, it poses a serious problem for anxious homebuyers. From an article at the Keeping Current Matters blog these are […]
In politics and business much can be learned by following the money trail from donors to candidates! Of course many (most) firms play both sides of the aisle by donating to candidates from each of the two major political parties but, in the case of the real estate industry, have the major players shown a preference for […]
What is happening and what has happened in the real estate sector? Here’s this weeks calendar of real estate-related economic releases along with last weeks performance within a variety of real estate-related stock market sectors. Courtesy of Zelman and Associates: Looking Ahead And Looking Back Tuesday, A Possible Confusing Existing Home Sales Message: The NAR releases its estimate […]
It’s often stated that for many Americans a majority of their net worth is in the equity that has have grown in their primary residence! While of course that component of wealth took a major hit from the 2008 financial crisis slowly, along with rising home values, some portion of that wealth has come back. Recently […]
Follow @Hallmark Abstract Service And, in addition, who isn’t buying and what are some of the reasons for them staying out of the market? Is an issue preventing the purchase of real estate an inability to save for a down payment or possibly qualify for a mortgage? Is it the other debt on the books […]
