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CFPB will identify ways to simplify mortgage servicing rules

Housing Wire

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will look for ways to streamline and simplify mortgage servicing rules in the months ahead following public comment on how to reduce risks for borrowers having trouble with their mortgage payments, according to a blog post from CFPB Director Rohit Chopra.

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Bringing More People Into a Dying Profession!

Appraiserblogs

Appraisers, I’ve been studying, and writing about since 2006, all kind of issues surrounding our profession, and frankly some currently does not make sense. appeared on Appraisers Blogs. But the profession is being killed off by (mostly white!) people who think technology is the golden spoon to accurate valuations.

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Corelogic Take on Appraisal Overvaluation

Appraiserblogs

Home appraisal came under scrutiny for contributing to the home-price bubble and enabling the origination of risky mortgages that led to the post-2006 foreclosure crisis. The post Corelogic Take on Appraisal Overvaluation appeared on Appraisers Blogs. Here’s the abstract. On January 4, 2021, the….

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15 Years of Appraising

DW Slater Company

Many things have changed since I first began in 2006! I started blogging about real estate appraisal in 2014. This is my original blog and then I switched to this page. I do love blogging and hope to be able to post more often in the future. I still love all of these things about being a real estate appraiser.

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Happy International Women’s Day to Women Appraisers!

DW Slater Company

I have been in this business for 16 years as I joined my husband in 2006. appeared first on DW Slater Company Blog. Women all over the world are celebrated! Thanks to Women Appraisers! I wanted to celebrate my fellow female real estate appraisers! My sincere thanks to all of those women that paved the way for us!

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HW Media acquires Altos Research to expand access to real-time housing data

Housing Wire

For more from Altos Research, view their blog here. About Altos Research Founded in 2006, Altos Research is the premier resource for real-time real estate data. Hear more about this game-changing alignment from Clayton Collins and Mike Simonsen on the most recent episode of our Housing News podcast.

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4 reasons you’re better off selling your house this spring [INFOGRAPHIC]

Cornerstone

in contrast to the all-time high of 868 seen in 2006. Unlike 2006, housing demand in 2021 is real and not manufactured; the pandemic, and the low rates that came with it, have caused many households to rethink their need for stable housing and more functional indoor and outdoor spaces. Sources deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

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