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Mortgage rates are hovering around the “key psychological level” of 7%, which is likely a factor in the slow pace of applications for both refinance and purchase mortgages, says the MBA chief economist. Can’t attend Inman Connect New York in person? Don’t miss out on innovative insights and strategies shared by over 250 industry-leading speakers across 75+ carefully selected sessions. With Virtual Pass, all the tools you need to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities are delivered directly to your screen, wherever you are. Although refinance demand is up from a year ago, homebuyers’ demand for mortgages continues to be…

Rocket’s new domain, announced Wednesday, targets potential homebuyers by leveraging AI to provide 24-hour support, answer questions, and provide information to customers and agents. Can’t attend Inman Connect New York in person? Don’t miss out on innovative insights and strategies shared by over 250 industry-leading speakers across 75+ carefully selected sessions. With Virtual Pass, all the tools you need to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities are delivered directly to your screen, wherever you are. Loan and personal finance giant Rocket Companies on Wednesday launched a new website under the recently acquired Rocket.com domain, positioning it as a one-stop home…

To achieve growth goals, Duffy says, brokers will need to break out of the mold and be creative in their approach, keeping “strategic subway maps” at the forefront. told participants in New York. Can’t attend Inman Connect New York in person? Don’t miss out on insights and strategies shared by over 250 industry-leading speakers across 75+ sessions. Virtual Pass delivers all the tools you need to overcome challenges and seize opportunities, delivered directly to your screen, wherever you are. New Zealand Blackfoyles driver Peter Burling doesn’t win races by following the pack, he wins by looking at things from a…

At Inman Connect New York, DocuSign CEO Alan Thygesen said the company’s new software, Transaction Space, can reduce the complexity inherent in transaction processes. Can’t attend Inman Connect New York in person? Don’t miss out on insights and strategies shared by over 250 industry-leading speakers across 75+ sessions. Virtual Pass delivers all the tools you need to overcome challenges and seize opportunities, delivered directly to your screen, wherever you are. DocuSign’s goal is to become the system of record for contracts, said CEO Alan Thygesen, who spoke on stage at Inman Connect New York on Wednesday. Helping longtime digital document…

ProPublica is a nonprofit news company that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive the biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The man chosen by President Donald Trump to be deputy director of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental hazards is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of harming people and the environment through pollution. David Fotouhi, a partner at global law firm Gibson Dunn, played a key role in rolling back climate regulations and water protections while serving as an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency during the first Trump administration. Most recently,…

Helping students combat test anxiety in an online learning environment Online learning has opened up many opportunities for people around the world to take full control of their learning process. However, like any technology, there are challenges to overcome. One of them is test anxiety when learning online. Tests have always been stressful for many students, but virtual learning has added another set of anxiety-inducing questions. Technological glitches, hours spent staring at a screen, and lack of in-person support are the perfect environment for tension and stress. Therefore, instructors and educators themselves must also address these challenges. So how do…

From Spari Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of Indonesia’s economy, accounting for over 60% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and almost 97% of the workforce. However, the amount credit banks lend to this sector does not represent its importance. Only 7% of Indonesia’s credit goes to MSMEs. This is because the sector’s low financial literacy and poor business management and accounting prevent banks from conducting credit feasibility analyses. To provide MSMEs with subsidized financing access and support financial inclusion, business empowerment, and national economic growth, Indonesia launched the Credit Usaha Rakyat (National Business Loan) Program…

Patient readers, I’m still trying to get my arms around the Trump Transition, and so for the next day or so that will be the main focus here. After that, I will return to our various pandemics with renewed éclat. –lambertBrown Thrasher, Rondeau PP–South Point Trail East, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.“So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.” –Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles Melania’s now a billionaire too, thanks to Bitcoin: Well, Melania is a Vogue girl who once ruled the fashion industry. Since she is so tall, this kind…

Can’t attend Inman Connect New York in person? Don’t miss out on insights and strategies shared by over 250 industry-leading speakers across 75+ sessions. Virtual Pass delivers all the tools you need to overcome challenges and seize opportunities, delivered directly to your screen, wherever you are. Mark Willis will step down as president and CEO of Keller Williams after more than a year in the role, executives announced in an internal email to employees Wednesday. In an email obtained by Inman, Keller Williams co-founder Gary Keller informed the company’s employees and field leaders that Willis would be transitioning to the…

ChatGPT is great for simple tasks like creating property descriptions and marketing materials. Modern AI inference models can take on complex tasks that once required human assistants. Can’t attend Inman Connect New York in person? Don’t miss out on insights and strategies shared by over 250 industry-leading speakers across 75+ sessions. Virtual Pass delivers all the tools you need to overcome challenges and seize opportunities, delivered directly to your screen, wherever you are. Real estate agents and brokers are implementing AI, and while AI is now “nearly ubiquitous” at major brokerages, many of the companies implementing AI are primarily used…