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Proptech HomeLight raises $115 million, acquires Accept.inc

Housing Wire

For the HomeLight Cash Offer program, also introduced two years ago, the firm makes an all-cash offer on the client’s behalf and holds the home until the client secures financing. The total funding, since the startup’s launch in 2012, is about $645 million and its valuation is at roughly $1.7

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Nearly 40 housing tech firms make the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Housing Wire

403 Homelight 1,444% 2012 Providing a platform that helps deliver better outcomes for homebuyers and sellers. 469 LoanStar Technologies 1,241% 2016 Enabling lenders to connect and lend to customers who are traditionally underbanked or unbanked. Miami-based Marketwise Valuation Services , another AMC, was No. Source: Inc.

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Deephaven Mortgage and Incenter Appraisal Management Join Forces to Give Non-QM Brokers a Competitive Edge

Appraisal Buzz

However, the challenges of appraiser shortages and appraisal backlogs are slowing down lending. Deephaven was founded in 2012 and led the rebuilding of the non-government mortgage market. Please visit [www.deephavenmortgage.com]www.deephavenmortgage.com for additional information. About Incenter Appraisal Management.

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Blend is now worth $4.6B. Now what?

Housing Wire

Shares closed trading at $20.90, giving Blend a valuation of around $4.6 Blend’s investors are apparently convinced that the company can radically transform lending, simplifying and digitizing regimented-but-clumsy processes that are still rather paperwork-heavy. “So, the roadshow was very, very well received.”

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The appraisal industry’s hidden hand

Housing Wire

But DeZarn was an independent contractor business of one, and he lost his clients in 2008 when the housing market imploded. But they did not become key players in the home valuation industry until the recent housing bubble.”. The outcome was a settlement, the Home Valuation Code of Conduct, or, as appraisers swiftly dubbed it, havoc.

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5 Resources to Protect Your Appraisal Practice

McKissock

Craig Capilla will discuss the legal ins and outs of the engagement letter to put appraisers in the best position to satisfy client expectations and limit liability. For appraisers working off the client’s template engagement agreement, Mr. He spent four and a half years as a prosecutor for the Illinois Dept.

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ANSI Square Footage Standards: What Agents and Appraisers Should Know

Empire Appraisal Group

Other government lending institutions (Freddie Mac, FHA, VA, and Rural Housing) indicate that they’ll accept the ANSI standard, but it’s unclear if they’ll accept Fannie Mae’s protocol when there are portions of the property that are used as living space but aren’t classified as living space under ANSI. Craig Morley. George, Utah.

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