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What Do Appraisers Look For in a Sales Contract?

Appraisal Today

What Do Appraisers Look For in a Sales Contract? Why must an appraiser be given a copy of the sales contract? Secondly, the appraiser is likely familiar with the local real estate contract forms, customary terms, and conditions of real estate transactions in the area, and might be able to identify irregularities and comment on them.

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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

Housing Wire

Technology hasn’t been the barrier since 1998 when Equifax, and later other firms, developed systems to secure complex, multi-party transactions over the Internet. Lenders began to define the “trust model” of standards, contracts and shared services necessary to achieve cross industry interoperability.

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Billionaires Row Continues to be Challenged

Miller Samuel

The slowdown is related to the oversupply of new development created from the vast amounts of capital looking for a home since the financial crisis. It's been no secret that super luxury Manhattan sales have been the hardest hit segment of the market since 2014. I was asked by the New York Post to provide a snapshot of this submarket.

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Stavvy’s CTO on moving a whole industry to digital

Housing Wire

He is an author and has three granted patents in the areas of digital media and reliable web service architecture. SW: How do you decide what you want to develop next? There is a lot of inefficiency in managing a lot of contracts and integrations are always a nightmare. Sarah Wheeler: What led you to join Stavvy last year?

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Desktop Appraisals: Who, When, and Why

Appraisal Today

Retrospective appraisals, drive-by (exterior inspection) appraisals, and valuations from plans and specifications, are all valuation assignments where an appraiser develops an appraisal opinion without personally inspecting the property. So, will anyone go for the architectural gem this time around? “At percent from 0.5 percent from 6.91

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7 best real estate schools in Massachusetts for 2024

Housing Wire

12 months course access Summit: All features of Peak + RE14R07: Architecture Class and 1 on 1 course & study support. The MA & NH package includes required Core Course, Buyer Agency, Financing, Disclosures / Seller Due Diligence, 1031 Exchanges, Code of Ethics, and Conducting Open Houses and Developing a Safety Plan.

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Build or Buy: Consider What's Right for You

Eppraisal

You also have a say in every architectural choice, from the floor plans to the materials builders will use in construction. Generally, the process includes a preliminary phase — which involves signing contracts for the architectural design and site plans — and pre-construction, where the project gets approval.