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Making a modern home from a tract home

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

This owner transformed a tract home built in 2002 into something with serious Midtown modern vibes. You will either love it or hate it. When I saw this house, I knew I wanted to write about it, and I think there are some great conversation nuggets.

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Homestar names Gurp Bhandal EVP of national production

Housing Wire

The new division executives include Gus Lobo who joined the company since its inception in 2002 and now leads 200 employees, including 136 MLOs across 37 branch locations and also focus on recruitment and training. The company was established in 2002 in Georgia. It currently operates in 31 states across more than 105 branches.

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What will housing credit look like in next recession?

Housing Wire

today and why they’re so different than the period of 2002-2008. However, the current housing market is much different than the credit boom-and-bust cycle of 2002-2008, and it’s vital to understand why. How can we be sure not to make the same mistake that millions of people made by calling for housing to crash in 2020 and 2021?

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Parent of National MI grows its leadership team

Housing Wire

From 2002 to 2014, Greenberg was a director of investment banking with Barclays where he led strategic advisory and capital raising efforts for financial institution clients.

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US home prices continued to rally in July 2023

Housing Wire

“This is about the same rate of price growth that occurred during the 2002 through 2006 period when subprime lending drove exuberant housing demand. “But that is where the similarities end.

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Gary Keller testifies to close out week two of commission lawsuit trial

Housing Wire

Two of the slides he uses show average commissions on the sell side and the buy side for KW agents between 2002 and 2019. The slide shows that on the sell side, commissions have fluctuated from roughly 2% in 2002 to around 2.5% In the presentations, Keller said he discusses a variety of economic statistics, including commissions.

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Is the Dallas Fed right to label this a housing bubble?

Housing Wire

We aren’t anywhere close to the housing bubble dynamics we had from 2002 to 2008; that environment is simply impossible to replicate. I’m going to take their talking points and explain in detail why this isn’t the housing bubble of 2002-2005. “ Let me explain. Our evidence points to abnormal U.S.