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What’s The Leaven Causing Home Prices to Rise Today?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

On many of my appraisals at that time, my opinion of value would not support the contract price. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid that any contract price is reflective of market value. It is interesting that inventory levels were increasing rapidly in the years leading up to 2008. 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates from 2000 to today.

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Fannie Files Complaint Against Appraiser

Appraisal Today

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), has announced a new policy which allows lenders to count income from small units of housing built inside, attached to, or on the same property as a primary residence (Accessory Dwelling Units [ADU]) when underwriting a mortgage.

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Appraiser Liability Risks

Appraisal Today

He designed the estate, completed in 2000, from the ground up. Fannie has been upfront about its interest in developing appraisal “alternatives.” The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 6.73 percent from 6.77 percent from 6.79

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Where’s the bottom for new home sales?

Housing Wire

New home sales are now below the recession levels of 2000 and have fallen all the way to 1996 levels, when interest rates were near 8%. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. From Census: For Sale Inventory and Months’ Supply, The seasonally?adjusted This is 10.9 percent (±15.2 percent (±15.9

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New Hampshire 2023 Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

The real estate landscape witnessed significant developments in 2023, as the New Hampshire market saw a historic low in listings. This scarcity in inventory exerted upward pressure on prices, although it coincided with a 19% decline in sales. Consequently, we’re witnessing the lowest number of new listings since 2000.

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The new home sales recession continues

Housing Wire

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is below the recession levels of 2000 and back to 1996 levels. The builders are in a better position to manage their inventory glut than when they were working from a credit boom in 2005 that took new home sales up to 1.4 This is 12.6 percent (±16.9

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Data Collectors: Appraisers vs. Uber Drivers

Appraisal Today

In 2000 and 2002, Architectural Digest named him one of the top 100 architects in the United States. Lower rates from week to week have helped buyers in the market, but limited for-sale inventory remains a challenge for many homebuyers. The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 5.91