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Webinar Recap: Getting Ready for the Rebound—How to Seize the Opportunity as the Market Improves
In the latest RISMedia webinar—“Getting Ready for the Rebound: How to Seize the Opportunity as the Market Improves”—panelists Jake Hamilton, senior vice president of Strategy at Lone Wolf Technologies; Shawna Alt, CEO of First Weber, Inc; and Scott MacDonald, broker/owner and president of RE/MAX Gateway, discuss key strategies for navigating a changing real estate market,… […]
Webinar Recap: The Power of Being Available 24/7—How to Level-Up Responsiveness for Stronger Client Connections
In the latest RISMedia webinar—“The Power of Being Available 24/7: How to Level-Up Responsiveness for Stronger Client Connections”—panelists Mandy Rewis, head of Business Development and Partnerships at SignMore; Eric Landry, associate broker at Portside Real Estate Group; and Angela Adams, REALTOR® with Michael Saunders & Company, discuss elevating agent responsiveness and communication to create stronger… […]
Webinar Recap: How to Stay Productive and Competitive in a Challenging Market
The latest RISMedia webinar, Seize The Day: How to Stay Proactive, Productive and Competitive in a Challenging Market, offered agents evergreen advice on conducting their business and, in the process, securing listings. The event was moderated by Joe Rand, chief creative officer of Howard Hanna | Rand Realty. Panelists included Dean deTonnancourt, president & CEO… […]
Webinar Recap: Top Real Estate Marketing Tools to Help You Sell More Homes
In the latest RISMedia webinar—“Top Real Estate Marketing Tools to Help You Sell More Homes”—panelists Riezl Baker, an award-winning luxury REALTOR® at Luxury Lake Oconee Real Estate Group; Sam Neumann, a Denver REALTOR® with Keller Williams Integrity Real Estate; and Stephanie Alfonso, the senior director of Sales Enablement and Field Education at Elm Street Technology,… […]
MBS RECAP: Mixed Signals As Holiday-Shortened Week Begins
Posted To: MBS Commentary Mixed Signals As Holiday-Shortened Week Begins Bonds lost some ground today. 10yr yields were up roughly 4bps and MBS fared a bit better, losing only about an eighth of a point. That sounds like bad news at first glance, but there are a few silver linings. First off, rate sheets were […]
MBS RECAP: Highest Yields in Months. Could Jobs Report Make it Worse?
Posted To: MBS Commentary Highest Yields in Months. Could Jobs Report Make it Worse? After a somewhat hopeful bounce in yesterday's trading session, and a decent overnight session, Thursday ended up being a bad day. With the jobs report on deck tomorrow, could things get even worse? That's always a possibility, but it wouldn't necessarily […]
MBS RECAP: Bonds Keep Running The Table Without Much Motivation
Posted To: MBS Commentary Bonds Keep Running The Table Without Much Motivation The absence of overt, discrete motivation is one of the most interesting facets of the bond rally over the past few weeks. If anything, the overt/discrete stuff has made stronger cases for bond market weakness (i.e. high inflation reports and weak auctions). This […]
MBS RECAP: Small, Defensive Shift Heading Into The Weekend
Posted To: MBS Commentary Small, Defensive Shift Heading Into The Weekend The highest core inflation in decades proved to be no big deal this morning. In fact, bonds rallied. Unfortunately, that set up for a technical selling opportunity as traders pared long positions heading into the weekend. The selling stalled right at the 1.53% technical […]
MBS RECAP: Huge Jobs Report, Logical Weakness, and a Nice Bounce, But…
Posted To: MBS Commentary Huge Jobs Report, Logical Weakness, and a Nice Bounce, But… Bonds did quite well today considering Powell's endorsement of higher rates (yesterday) combined with this morning's significantly stronger jobs report. Most of the push back was seen in MBS, however, and even then, closing levels are only really worthy of enthusiasm […]
MBS RECAP: Snowball Selling in Bonds After Mid-Week Rally Fizzles
Posted To: MBS Commentary Snowball Selling in Bonds After Mid-Week Rally Fizzles We were looking for a friendly correction in bonds this week and it arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday. Those sorts of corrections run the risk of being 2-day affairs and that is unfortunately shaping up to be the case this time around (a […]