Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

Lessons from California wildfires and other natural disasters Californias wildfires highlighted the chaos that natural disasters continue to unleash not just on homeowners, but also on the mortgage servicers tasked with supporting them and the insurance industry that covers the cost of rebuilding. From wildfires to hurricanes, floods and earthquakes, each crisis tests a servicers ability to manage compliance, borrower support and investor expectations.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 20, 2025

ATTOM has released its year-end 2024 U.S. Home Flipping Report , which finds that 297,885 single-family homes and condos in the U.S. were flipped in 2024down 7.7% from the 322,782 homes and condos flipped in 2023 and 32.4% from a recent peak of nearly 441,000 reached in 2022. The report further reveals that as the number of homes flipped by investors declined, so did flips as a portion of all home sales, from 8.1% in 2023 to 7.6% last year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Todays new construction report from the Census Bureau showed month-to-month growth in housing starts, but falling housing permits. Both of these data lines are currently still at the levels we saw in the early part of the COVID-19 recession. However, employment for residential construction workers hasnt fallen at all, even with the decline in housing starts and permits.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

MARCH 19, 2025

Wait, are short sales back? Yes, they are. But let’s unpack what this means and sift through the hype. Also, I have some thoughts about comp selection and VA carnage. I’d love to hear your take in the comments. UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 3/20/25 HomeSmart iCare Realty 4/2/25 SAFE Credit Union (RSVP here) 4/10/25 Yuba-Sutter Association […] The post Short sales are BACK (sort of) first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Speaker: Dylan Secrest

Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.

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Inman

MARCH 19, 2025

Former Las Vegas Realtors CEO Wendy DiVecchio claims her suspension and a subsequent probe into last year's Realtor elections lacked transparency. After she sued, she received a death threat.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Glenn Kelman seemed unusually down. The Redfin CEOs playful demeanor and quotable banter was notably absent on the companys fourth-quarter 2024 earnings call at the end of February. There could have been many innocuous reasons for sounding a bit deflated not enough sleep or a bad day at work. But in light of Redfins blockbuster sale to Rocket Mortgage that was announced less than two weeks later, hindsight dictates that Kelman may have known that the end of independence was coming for the compa

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 18, 2025

With all the revolving housing market trends going around, whats the new symbol of status? A lease. More affluent Americans are choosing to rent rather than buy a home, particularly in Sun Belt cities that saw a sharp rise in population during the pandemic. A new Redfin report showed that in recent years, wealthy renters have increased their share of the rental market in over three-quarters of the most populated U.S. metropolitan areas (35 out of 50), with Raleigh, NC, and Orlando, FL,leading th

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Eyes on Housing

MARCH 19, 2025

Sawmill and wood preservation firms reported lower capacity utilization rates coupled with level production and capacity throughout 2024. Despite no growth in production in 2024, utilization rates have trended downwards since 2017 as sawmills have expanded production capability. Even with more production capability, real output has not followed as output remains lower than 2018.

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Inman

MARCH 19, 2025

By defining your goals and ensuring a good fit, coach Verl Workman writes, you can choose a coaching company that will guide you to success.

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Trellis is a state trial court research and analytics platform that provides Real Estate Professionals (Buyers, Foreclosure, Loan Modification, etc.) with LEADS on Pre-Foreclosures, Lis Pendes, Distressed Assets and more — to help uncover **new** opportunities and grow their business. The process is quick and easy — and all in real time. Trellis will supply you with a link to the relevant dockets, a Leads sheet and access to its UI where applicable.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 21, 2025

Buyer agreements are a good thing, Alabama Realtors CEO says, but the law, inspired in part by the DOJ, gives consumers and agents more time to negotiate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

The state of the U.S. housing market particularly its levels of affordability, available inventory and accessibility for those with mobility or cognitive challenges presents a unique challenge for older Americans on fixed incomes. This has led to a failure to properly serve the senior cohort. These are the assertions of a report published last week by the Urban Institute.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 20, 2025

A new report released today from ServiceLink revealed that Gen Z remains eager and ready to buy a home this year. But high interest rates and home prices could deter them from crossing the finish line as their tolerance is waning. The annual survey analyzes generational trends among recent and prospective homebuyers, revealing their sentiment about the current housing market and their intentions to purchase, refinance or leverage home equity this year.

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Eyes on Housing

MARCH 20, 2025

Existing home sales in February increased to the second highest level since March 2024, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This rebound suggests buyers are slowly entering the market as inventory improves and mortgage rates decline from recent high in January. Despite rates easing, economic uncertainty may continue to constrain buyer activity.

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Inman

MARCH 18, 2025

Learn from real estates best and brightest in the business, all while growing your network and meeting like-minded passionate and driven professional peers.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 18, 2025

William Pulte ousts board members, adds new ones, including a DOGE-affiliated engineer. Plus, HUD floats affordable housing proposal, the CFPB clings to life.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 20, 2025

Truework , a provider of income and employment verification technology, has introduced Truework Intelligence, the first fully automated and comprehensive verification platform for mortgage lenders and property managers. The Truework Intelligence platform covers the end-to-end verification experience by delivering automatic orchestration, data standardization and insightsreplacing homegrown vendor waterfalls and associated internal processes, eliminating guesswork and handing customers a plug-and

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Eyes on Housing

MARCH 24, 2025

As housing affordability remains a critical challenge across the country, mortgage rates continue to play a central role in shaping homebuying power. Mortgage rates stayed elevated throughout 2023 and early 2024. Recent data, however, shows a modest decline in mortgage rates. Even slight declines can have a significant impact on housing affordability, pricing more households.

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Inman

MARCH 21, 2025

Real estate doesn't lack lead gen options, Jimmy Burgess writes. It lacks execution. He provides a wealth of resources and the strategies you need to implement them.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 18, 2025

Despite what industry participants have said, the Department of Justice clarified that it has not taken a position on whether CCP is anticompetitive.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Institutional home-buying activity remained subdued last year as transactional players including iBuyers , flippers, and sales leaseback firms dominated the market. While major single-family rental (SFR) funds continued to make acquisitions, their volume was significantly lower than during the post-pandemic surge of 2021. An analysis by SFR Analytics , which tracks nationwide real estate transactions, found that the threshold to rank among the top 10 buyers in 2024 was nearly 80% lower than it

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 20, 2025

Existing-home sales increased 4.2% in February compared with January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.26 million, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Year-over-year, however, sales were down 1.2%. Regionally, and month-over-month, existing-home sales were down 2.0% in the Northeast, flat in the Midwest, up 4.4% in the South, and up 13.3% in the West.

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Appraisal Partners Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

Property taxes are a significant expense for homeowners. If you believe your property is assessed at a value higher than its fair market value, you have the right to appeal your property tax assessment. A successful appeal can result in a lower tax bill, saving you money each year. Understanding Property Tax Assessments Property tax assessments are conducted by local government assessors (town, city, or county).

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Inman

MARCH 19, 2025

In todays world of AI search and brokerage M&A, trainer Bernice Ross writes, branding your business with your name or your brokerage isnt enough. Here's what to do instead.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 19, 2025

Economic factors could cause the Federal Reserve to change course, but heading into the spring homebuying season, mortgage rates are likely to remain stable.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

The number of home flips across the U.S. fell in 2024, continuing a downward trend as real estate investors grapple with tight profit margins. According to Attom s 2024 U.S. Home Flipping Report, investors flipped 297,885 single-family homes and condominiums last year. That marked a 7.7% decline from 2023 and a 32.4% decline from the recent peak of nearly 441,000 flips in 2022.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 20, 2025

The most recent Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding quarterly report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) shows that the amount of outstanding commercial and multifamily mortgage debt at the end of 2024 was $172 billion (3.7%) more than at the end of 2023. According to MBAs study, the total amount of outstanding mortgage debt increased by 1.1% ($50.7 billion) to $4.79 trillion in Q4 of 2024.

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Genworth MI Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

In recent years, climate-related events have begun to affect areas that were once considered less vulnerable. From wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaiian area not traditionally known for such occurrencesto drought-induced saltwater intrusion in the Mississippi River, new environmental challenges are influencing landscapes and communities. This article, from our own David Foster , Enacts Senior Real Estate Appraiser, will examine how these environmental changes could impact real estate markets and apprai

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Inman

MARCH 22, 2025

Think women who buy are focused on style over substance? Think again. Theyre mostly focused on financial matters, and theyre willing to consider a fixer-upper.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 22, 2025

Watch the conversation with Craig Witt as the EXIT Realty CEO explains how improving agent quality could benefit the industry as a whole.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

The surge in first-time homebuyers during 2020 has led to a new trend: first-time home sellers. Many who bought during the pandemic are now rethinking their decisions, citing changing lifestyles, financial miscalculations, and shifting market conditions, according to new data from Opendoor. A survey of 1,000 first-time sellers found that 79% regretted aspects of their home purchase, with 91% saying those regrets influenced their decision to sell.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 24, 2025

New findings from Redfin conclude that younger Americans are losing their momentum when it comes to homeownership, as 26.1% of Gen Zers owned their home in 2024, essentially a total flat from 2023 (26.3%), and 2022 (26.2%). Before that, the Gen Z homeownership rate had increased each year since Gen Zers started aging into potential homeownership in 2017 (except 2022, when it remained flat).

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Empire Appraisal Group

MARCH 20, 2025

News & Media Source: [link] Exploring U.S. Home Square Footage Trends Home sizes have grown significantly since 1949, with the average now 2,430 sq. ft. Factors like location, price and costs influence trends and affordability. NEW YORK The average square footage of a house in the United States is 2,430 square feet, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

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