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Working with buyers in the nation’s hottest housing market

Housing Wire

Rapidly accelerating home prices come with a variety of challenges for lenders and real estate agents, including one of the biggest pain points right now — the appraisal gap. I haven’t seen anything like this here, and I’ve been doing this since 2000,” Richardson said. In fact, Austin has just about 1.2

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Nearly 40 housing tech firms make the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Housing Wire

126 Transactly 3,852% 2017 Real estate transaction platform providing automation, integrations and tech-enabled services that significantly reduce process time. 193 CertifID 2,807% 2017 A company dedicated to fighting wire fraud for the real estate industry. Miami-based Marketwise Valuation Services , another AMC, was No.

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Non-Arms Length Sales for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

. = GSEs Confirm Existing Policy on Concessions from real estate agents’ payments of buyer agent’s commission Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) each released notices that confirmed that their policies will continue to exclude seller or listing agent payments of buyer agents’ commission from interested party contributions (IPCs).

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Appraiser Salaries

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, MLS hacked, appraisers and real estate agents, Humor, unusual homes, mortgage origination == Massive Missouri Lake Winnebago House for $12.6M Excerpts: The 16,814-square-foot home sits on a more-than-third-acre, lakeside lot.

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NAR: Appraisal License Equivalency Credit for RE Agents?

Appraisal Today

My comments: Real estate agents and brokers are salespersons. which can relate to valuation. Over the years, I observed that successful real estate agents seldom switched to the much less profitable appraisal side. On the other side, appraisal provides excellent experience for real estate agents.

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Fannie Files Complaint Against Appraiser

Appraisal Today

Not all non-lender appraisals require a long time marketing to real estate agents. “Real estate agents are uniquely attuned to subtle changes in what buyers want, and they often get a first look at the latest and greatest features going into newly built homes. You know how to appraise. ” Game on!

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SFR with ADU or Two Units?

Appraisal Today

Estate and divorce require heavy networking over time with real estate agents, the primary referral source. These millions of properties across the US represent a significant subset of the larger real-estate market which has not adequately priced the cost of climate risk into its valuation.