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Home sales are going to nosedive in 2023, Fannie Mae says

Housing Wire

trillion in 2023, according to the government-sponsored enterprise. HousingWire recently sat down with Polly CEO Adam Carmel to discuss how lenders can break old habits and redefine the mortgage process through innovation and modern, advanced technology. contraction in real GDP in 2023. Presented by: Polly. million in 2023.

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Originators gear up for the purchase market

Housing Wire

Few in mid-March could have predicted that a perfect storm of ultra-low interest rates, new migration patterns and historic government intervention wouldn’t just save them, but line their pockets with billions of dollars and change their entire trajectory. But many of those elements are fading as the industry heads into 2022.

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. In addition to working with non-profits – like San Francisco-based New Story on 3-D printed homes in Nacajuca, Mexico – Icon also has a federal research contract with the Air Force.

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Appliances for FHA appraisals

Appraisal Today

The government and those that write the rules have made it illegal (a punishable violation) to refuse an appraisal assignment in an area which consists primarily of non-whites. Homebuilders have been offering sizable concessions, including money for mortgage rate buydowns, to attract bidders and offload inventory. Lee Miller.

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Why Appraisal Workfiles Are Important

Appraisal Today

Upon arrival, you’re greeted by a lavish motor court leading to timeless modern architecture. This is one of the appraisal discrimination cases that has received significant attention – among appraisers, the media and government agencies. The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 6.35

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The End of Lender Appraisals?

Appraisal Today

The censorship is part of a march toward what appraiser and podcaster Phil Crawford has coined “universal basic home value” – a utopian vision among idealogues in which government technocrats dictate the supposed value of a property using algorithms and machine learning. percent from 6.87 percent, with points increasing to 0.68

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SFR with ADU or Two Units?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, VA, flood and fires no insurance, retirement, few lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination $22M Modern Mansion on 130 Acres in Napa Has Its Own Cabernet Vineyard Excerpts: 6 bedrooms, 6.5+ It was a small part of the risky area.