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Hot home-equity market fueling securitization deals

Housing Wire

New York-based Unlock Technologies , a fintech operating in the shared-equity market, and real estate investment firm Saluda Grade , have closed a $180 million private-label securitization (PLS) backed entirely by Unlock-originated residential home-equity agreements (HEAs).

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Conservation Easement in Ohio: A Guide to Protecting Our Treasured Land

The Robert Weiler Company

A simple conservation easement definition is a legal contract to protect private land, permanently. A contract between the landowner and the buyer is legally binding. Launched in 2004, the Big Darby Accord intended to preserve the land, plant life, and 38 rare species of fish and mussels that inhabit the area. Land Trusts.

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Top Ten Reasons Why It Is Great to be an Appraiser!

Appraisal Today

of home sales in the fourth quarter, the highest share of any three-month period in Redfin’s records, according to a report from the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Could a seller credit damage the chance of appraising at the purchase contract? .’ Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in 41.9%