Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 10, 2024

Pam is the Owner of Teel Consulting Services, an AQB-Certified USPAP Instructor, and a real estate appraisal consultant, mentor, and instructor. In this episode, we chat about foreclosures, short sales, and more. The post Should We Be Worried About Pre-foreclosures, Short Sales, and REOs?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

I can also provide expert advice about renovations and the potential return on investment — where to get the biggest bang for your buck — or simply answer any questions you have about the market. Do you remember the last time you received a letter in the mail, in an envelope, that was hand-addressed to you?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

All were asked about their financial plan for retirement and the role they expect their home to play in that retirement. The GSE discovered that 72% of respondents are confident about their income in retirement , while economically disadvantaged older homeowners were less confident at 55%. homeownership.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

It’s imperative for real estate agents to inform homebuyers about DPA opportunities so more people can qualify for a mortgage and begin building generational wealth through homeownership,” Rob Chrane, founder and CEO of DPR, said in a statement. Certain targeted areas are eligible for even higher income and price limits.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

We are most excited about United leadership’s dedication to staff, agents and families and their focus on helping us achieve our goals,” Eric Gallus, the owner of Premiere Plus Realty, said in a statement. According to the announcement, Premiere Plus Realty will continue to operate under the same name and leadership. “It

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Although more agents are fielding questions about the commission lawsuits than they were a quarter ago , they also remain optimistic about where the housing market is headed in the second quarter of 2024, according to the RealTrends Q2 2024 AgentPulse survey.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In what could be an attempt to get ahead of changes that may be coming to the real estate industry, the Real Estate Board of New York announced some major policy changes this week, as first reported on by The Real Deal. Starting Jan. The rule will require listing agreements to clearly outline the seller’s offer of compensation to the buyer’s agent.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2021

The regulator also extended protections for tenants that property owners must adhere to in order to access forbearance. The regulator also extended protections for tenants that property owners must adhere to in order to access forbearance. During forbearance, property owners can’t evict tenants solely for non-payment of rent.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

Unfortunately, today’s competitive market has created the perfect environment for seller impersonation fraud — a type of fraud in which bad actors impersonate property owners and attempt to sell property they don’t own. Scammers pose as property owners and contact a real estate agent to list the property for sale.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Tom Cronkright, co-founder and executive chairman of CertifID and CEO of Sun Title , to talk about battling the latest frauds and scams as bad actors leverage a new arsenal of tech tools to wreak havoc on buyers and sellers of real estate. And the seller net proceeds continue to be a target.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

Department of Labor (DOL) on Tuesday announced a new rule that governs retirement advice, requiring more financial advisers to follow stricter fiduciary standards when dispensing advice about retirement-focused investments. Taking effect on Sept. Taking effect on Sept.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 18, 2024

Loans across property types are adjusting to higher interest rates and uncertainty about property values, but the continued fog around the impact of hybrid work adds another challenge for office properties and their loans.” “The With 20 percent of the $4.7 According to MBA’s commercial real estate finance Loan Performance Survey, 96.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

He then asked Tager and Lickstein about their first forays into the AI space, and Tager talked about using it first through SMS text messaging around 2019, years before OpenAI ’s ChatGPT product came into the fold and set off the current run on the tech and debate about its use.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

“Life isn’t about what happens to you; it’s all about how you respond. ” As CEO, Keller Williams will leverage Willis’ vast knowledge and expertise to continue to help its agents and market center owners grow their businesses. Marc King will continue to serve as President of Keller Williams.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The SLS platform for us is very much the focus as to how we think about fee-based income and third-party business,” Baron Silverstein, president at NewRez , a subsidiary of Rithm, said on Wednesday afternoon during the HousingWire Annual conference, held Oct. CEDAR CREEK, Texas — Real estate investment trust Rithm Capital Corp.’s

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

But it hasn’t really been that long since one could walk into just about any title agency and expect to see things like paper files, fax machines and a courier arriving to deliver documents (and, perhaps, a paper check or two.). Agents and business owners are tackling their most manual, redundant and time-consuming workflow processes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

Additionally, Brian Schweiker, the co-owner of the RE/MAX office with Seder, will also join eXp, the company reported. They did about $265 million in volume across 333 transactions in 2022. They did about $265 million in volume across 333 transactions in 2022. In a statement, Seder expressed his enthusiasm about the move.

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The Appraiser Coach

JULY 20, 2021

You have heard me talk about the business owner cap versus the technician cap. As appraisers we often wear at least two different hats. While we often play both roles, Read More.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

I have been in the mortgage industry for more than two decades and have been working with reverse mortgages for about 12 of those years. So many people have questions about reverse mortgages: how do they work? So many people have questions about reverse mortgages: how do they work? Are they the right choice?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

It was mid-February when clients, family and friends began asking Jason Posnick about strange postcards appearing in their mailboxes. Thanks to Lisa Chinatti, the broker-owner at Chinatti Realty Group , he was not completely caught off guard. Lisa is super on the pulse. What do the postcards say?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Sparks and personal insults flew between Anthony Lamacchia , the broker-owner of Lamacchia Realty , and Michael Ketchmark, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the Sitzer-Burnett commission lawsuit , during their virtual debate hosted by HousingWire on Friday afternoon. It dehumanizes Realtors and turns us into money-making machines.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

There are about 38,500 Airbnb listings in the New York City, not counting hotels that list on the platform, the report said. There are about 38,500 Airbnb listings in the New York City, not counting hotels that list on the platform, the report said. The city estimates there are about 10,800 illegal short-term rentals citywide.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

It may be counterintuitive, but loan officer Scott Betley, a 32-year-old TikTok sensation , says he isn’t worried about a potential U.S. Using trending videos, educational content and humor to reveal all the secrets about buying a house, Betley, known as @thatmortgageguy , has reached 870,000 followers and garnered 15.5

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Suns franchise was put up for sale by Sarver earlier this year after a tumultuous year for the current owner. Sarver was fined $10 million and suspended for one year following the NBA’s investigation into the owner’s workplace conduct — which stemmed from allegations of a culture of intolerance, harassment, discrimination.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the nearly two months since a Missouri jury found the real estate industry liable for colluding to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions, Jason Posnick has fielded a lot of questions about commissions and cooperative compensation from clients. They actually seem more on the side of the real estate agents,” Posnick said. “It

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 1, 2022

Today’s Buzzcast interview is with Rob Chrisman, owner of The Chrisman Report. What do capital markets and appraisers think about the appraisal waiver? We sat down with Rob and Joan Trice, Founder of Allterra Group, LLC, to discuss secondary markets and the mortgage industry. What is The Chrisman Report?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

But a new year brings new opportunities, and the NAF reverse mortgage division is bullish about its own prospects and the prospects of the industry as a whole in 2024. But a new year brings new opportunities, and the NAF reverse mortgage division is bullish about its own prospects and the prospects of the industry as a whole in 2024.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

That requires real estate professionals to cooperate with each other by sharing pertinent information with competitors regarding the home and about the terms of a potential transaction. Every day, consumers make choices about which broker they want to work with and how much they want to pay. As the trial of Burnett v.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Banks most frequently cited a less favorable or more uncertain economic outlook; reduced tolerance for risk; deterioration in the credit quality of loans and collateral values; and concerns about funding costs as important reasons for tightening lending standards over the third quarter,” the report said.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

What about one where the seller insisted on absolutely no interior photos? What about an appraisal where the house itself had several bodyguards? The owner lived at the property less than 25% of the year and decided to sell. The owner did not want any photos sold to the paparazzi. I have – just once. What a relief.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Owning a brokerage isn’t what it used to be More and more aging broker-owners are considering retiring or moving on from real estate. Now it may mean taking over their debt and leases to get the owner out from under them. It can be perceived by the agents and staff as a money grab by the owner who is selling.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

in 2023, with a net gain of 377,000 Hispanic owner households from the previous year. About 29.5% In the past, we never talked about co-borrowers — obviously, husband and wife, you know, that’s your co-borrower,” said Edgar Garcia, a real estate agent at Revolve Realty in El Paso, Texas. In total, more than 9.5 of overall U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2020

In an interview with HousingWire, Pam Knudsen, director of compliance at Avalara MyLodgeTax , said that its new partnership with short-term rental company Vrbo was made to help rental owners navigate the compliance part of the industry. She said this partnership will allow property owners to focus exclusively on the property itself.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

of its occupied homes were owner-occupied, the third lowest percentage in the U.S. in 2019 to 35% in 2023, and the total number of offices posting listings fell about 36% over the span – roughly 3,600 fewer offices. California is home to roughly 39 million people, making it by far the nation’s most populous state.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

When times are good, most owners will say that they don’t have the time because there’s so much new business coming in the door. When times are not so good, owners will say they don’t have time because they’re too busy trying to get new business in the door. And, one thing that I always spot in these financials is excess spending.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

We were honored to represent the owners of DPP in Pasadena, Calif., A major point to make here is that so long as both parties are clear about their goals in trying to create a successful merger of interests, then the possibility remains for a great outcome. This remains the most active part of the market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Anywhere Real Estate partnered with agent-client collaboration platform RealScout to allow the company’s affiliated real estate agents and franchise owners “to engage, nurture, and convert clients at each stage of the real estate journey,” according to an announcement on Friday.

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