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3 Payment Assistance Avenues Available on Path to Homeownership

Will Springer Realtor

Whether you’re looking in Belltown or Bellevue, Bothell or Burien, buyers need to save up a whole lot of money before seriously considering a first-time home purchase. There are programs established by state and local governments that provide buyers – mostly first-timers – with assistance to make a down payment or meet closing costs.

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Tools To Support Appraisal Adjustments

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Geographic Data and Comps, effect of renovation on value, very low foreclosures now, current real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = = $99.5M I’m always looking for something new = What Impact Do Renovations Have on Appraisal Value?

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Institutional investors now balk at buying homes in this market niche

Housing Wire

But it also makes sense given that their large-scale acquisition strategies could buckle under the logistical pressure of performing major renovations on hundreds or thousands of homes simultaneously. Bulk Buyer Bonanza. More than 2 million home sales in 2021 were to all-cash buyers, up 67% from the 1.2

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Non-Arms Length Sales for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

The 7 Sale Types Explained Excerpts: An arm’s length sale – a sale in which the buyers and sellers act independently and in their own self-interest is the most common type of real estate transaction. A non-arm’s length sale in real estate is a transaction between a seller and buyer who have a connection by marriage, family, work, etc.

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NAR: Appraisal License Equivalency Credit for RE Agents?

Appraisal Today

Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants on inspections and remediations, improvements, and the appraisal process. Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants about listing and offering prices, and market rent. I got it mostly for MLS access and have only done one sale, representing the buyer.

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15 Things To Know BEFORE Moving to Raleigh NC {2022 Guide}

Raleigh Realty

The population in Raleigh, NC has seen an increase from 290,000 people in the year 2000 to nearly 500,000 folks here in 2019. The Triangle area offers a lot of great options for buyers coming from more expensive places. You may not recognize it at first, give it six months though and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

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What Is Gentrification – and Why Is It Good or Bad?

Empire Appraisal Group

It’s good for early buyers, but it’s bad for lower-income owners who can no longer afford to live there. Since 2000, according to a 2019 New York Times report on gentrification, the phenomenon is affecting about one in six predominantly African American Census tracts in the U.S.