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What happens after the Fed’s rate hike?

Housing Wire

The Federal Reserve will hold another meeting this week, where everyone assumes we will get another 75 bps rate hike. The question is: how many more rate hikes are left? And, once they’re done hiking rates, will the Fed need to keep rates high because the consumer balance sheet looks so good?

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Appraisal Institute Counters Flawed Appraiser Bias Narrative

Appraisal Today

I have been reading Cyndi Chance’s emails to members and following her activities to reach out to local chapters since she started last fall. There are 12 principal forms used for a mortgage origination appraisal. These forms became fixed in the mortgage industry and have remained the standard for decades. bath, 5,258 sq.ft.

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Appraiser Has Very Big Problems With Borrower

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, and types of bias, Scams on black homes, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. For the sake of simplicity, this article touches on merely three such biases: anchoring bias, selection bias, and confirmation bias. Built in 1970.

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OK to average adjusted comps on appraisals?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Non-lender appraisals, dealing with lender hassles, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = $36M Beachfront Beauty on Maui Hawaii Excerpts: What exactly makes this oceanside manse on Maui so desirable? How does this evolve in the future?

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How will increasing mortgage rates affect you and your investment?

Town & Country Residential Appraisals

You would have to be living under a rock to not know that interest rates have been steadily rising and are currently at levels we have not see in many years. According to the latest article as of this writing dated 10/21/2022, the 30 year fixed rate mortgage remains just shy of 7%. Image taken from bankrate.com.

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VA Update for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

I wrote a long article about VA in the past, available to paid subscribers. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on real estate market, mortgage forecast, Halloween haunted homes, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. I had links to many fun Halloween articles last year.

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NAR Appraisal Survey 2022

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Fannie Mae, Real estate market, Disbility, Redlining, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. =. If this article helped you understand more about disability insurance, it is worth the subscription price! How much appraisers travel was interesting.