Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Boston National Title (BNT), founded in 2006, offers servicing solutions to help ensure loan portfolios meet investor expectations and are both in compliance with regulatory requirements and within the risk tolerance of the GSEs. Our clients really appreciate our adaptability combined with our great service.”.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2021

In today’s market, efficiency is everything and this new integration makes it much easier for lenders using the LendingWise platform to get new deals into their pipeline faster,” said Greg Holmes, Credit Plus CEO and president. Case Study: How One Lender Increased Efficiency and Client Satisfaction. Presented by: CoreLogic.

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Empire Appraisal Group

MAY 13, 2021

housing market is on a hot streak with double-digit annual gains in home prices, bidding wars, and surging buyer demand. That type of soaring housing market is prompting more “bubble” fears in some corners, but economists say the housing market isn’t getting overinflated. “We But this isn’t 2006. ‘This Isn’t a Bubble’.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Desktop appraisals arrived in March of 2020, allowing the housing market to keep humming while many stayed indoors to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In October 2021, FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson announced to a crowd of mortgage industry professionals that desktop appraisals would become permanent, starting early in 2022.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 8, 2024

Her reason for becoming a real estate agent is to continue her desire to work with people and have clients be as happy with their lifestyle as she is providing it to them. Her desire to help her clients earned Shauna the title of Rising Star in the September 2021 issue of the South Shore Real Producers Magazine !

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 12, 2024

This office was also the  #1 Independent Real Estate Brokerage and Office in Worcester  for Closed Sales Dollar Volume and Transaction market share in 2021. Jackie Louh Chief Operating Officer “Earning the top spot in the market is a big win and one we have achieved multiple year in a row.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 12, 2024

In 2021, Lamacchia Leominster ranked as the  #1 Brokerage for closed sales dollar volume in Leominster  and prior to that was  #1 in Market Share on its first anniversary  of opening its doors.  "We're thrilled for our fantastic REALTORS® at Lamacchia Leominster! I couldn't be prouder of their accomplishments yet again.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

They have really dominated since the office first opened and worked hard to serve their clients. Lamacchia Realty has been serving buyers and sellers since 2006.  As a full-service, value-based brokerage, the company’s  mission  is to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success. Anthony Lamacchia. Broker/Owner.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2022

HW Media , publisher of HousingWire , RealTrends and Reverse Mortgage Daily , announced today that it has closed on the strategic acquisition of Altos Research , the premier resource for real-time real estate data, providing weekly market statistics, analysis and reporting for 99% of the zip codes in the U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

We have been serving the Woburn area for a long time and our REALTORS® have demonstrated the value in putting in the work and guiding their clients to success. Lamacchia Realty has been serving buyers and sellers since 2006.  Conrgats Woburn! Jackie Louh. Chief Operating Officer. Jan 1st – Dec 31st, 2022.

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We are very excited to serve dramatically more homebuyers and sellers in the Southern New Hampshire market and in time grow all the way up the state with additional offices.” This is a great opportunity to serve even more clients throughout The Granite State!” Lamacchia Realty has been serving buyers and sellers since 2006.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

We have been serving Worcester County for quite some time and to achieve this ranking is proof that our REALTORS® are doing the very best work for their clients.". Congratulations to our Lamacchia agents, our staff and the amazing clients that made it happen.” . Jackie Louh. Chief Operating Officer. “I John Millen.

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Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 11, 2023

Lamacchia Realty is proud to announce their ranking as #1 Brokerage overall in Leominster by closed transactions per MLSPIN Brokerage Market Share Report*. The Lamacchia Realty market share county-wide is very strong. Laurie Howe Bourgeois ranked as the number one REALTOR® in both Leominster and Fitchburg for 2022.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Some agents, like ones at RE/MAX , even pay the brokerage fees for office space and marketing tools. Redfin, on the other hand, has had agents as employees since Glenn Kelman founded it in Seattle in 2006. They provided me training, and marketing, and covered mileage.”. million members are independent contractors.

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McKissock

APRIL 12, 2021

That’s why we’ve teamed up with RISMedia , the leading provider of the most relevant and up-to-date information related to the residential real estate market. “Two elements have created the perfect storm for increasingly high home prices: strong demand in the housing market and low mortgage interest rates.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 21, 2023

NOTE: Does your market look similar? NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on changing real estate market, interest rate forecasts, non lender appraisals, foreclosures way down from 2008, Freddie and ANSI, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Appraising started in the U.S.

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Lamacchia Realty

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Beth Byrd and Gina Shumilla were both announced as the two leaders of the Connecticut office as both highly respected REALTORS® in the local Connecticut real estate market. Lamacchia Realty has been serving buyers and sellers since 2006. Jackie Louh. REALTORS ® have everything they need to grow their businesses at their fingertips.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Excerpts from the letter: … including, but not limited to, experience in real estate market analysis and real estate brokerage, including: • Evaluating and pricing residential real estate. Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants about listing and offering prices, and market rent. To read the letter (PDF), click here.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 6, 2023

Lamacchia Realty has been serving buyers and sellers since 2006. As a full-service, value-based brokerage, the company’s  mission  is to guide REALTORS®, employees, and clients to their success.  Lamacchia offers an array of distinctive  lead products ,  services , and  tools to its agents. 

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 10, 2022

Recall the five forces of friction: practices, standards, education, regulation, and client expectation. Habitual practice of “comparing comps” over “measuring markets” will prevail (in the absence of change in the other “frictions”). The Inevitable Cyclicality of Mortgage Lending. To read more, click here. Jun 7, 2022.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

“The use of a Desktop Appraisal may allow an appraiser from outside the market area, but with appropriate credentials for the jurisdiction of the property, to complete the assignment when no local VA fee panel appraiser is available.”. I always recommend VA as the best lender client for appraisers. The housing market is cooling-off.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 17, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on real estate market, USPAP and contracts, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. My Comments on Market Changes. It looks like the change is starting because of increasing mortgage interest rates. When will it affect your market?

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

If it had a market value of $345k, it would have listed at $345k!”. Other questions are not as relevant, such as fees, as the appraisal market in many areas is not as strong as in May when the survey was done. Of course, this is aggregated and does not focus on market segments such as neighborhood and price range.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

housing market. And now we are facing a tumultuous year of mortgage market normalization. So it’s true to say that turmoil and mortgage outlooks are strange bedfellows, but it’s true. Interest rates are rising, affordability is a challenge, and geopolitical conflicts impact global supply markets.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2021

The jumbo market for brokers is back in a huge way. With intense demand for homes on the higher end of the pricing spectrum, new updates to the QM rule that went into effect on March 1 and growing investor interest in jumbo mortgages – this is the perfect time for the broker community to support their clients with speed and ease.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2022

In their place are slick videos, glossy Instagram marketing photos and digital business cards. “I But with rising mortgage rates, still-rising home prices, and record-low levels of inventory, this might be easier said than done. The CRM is fantastic and there are all these marketing tools and templates.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2023

As a consequence, the number of real estate, mortgage and general housing tech firms to make the annual Inc. Mortgage origination platform Maxwell , which was in the top 200 last year and a HW Tech 100 award winner in 2021, was ranked No. The past year hasn’t been particularly good for tech or housing. The company was No.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke to Finance of America Mortgage President Bill Dallas about viable alternative options for homebuyers and the innovative products FAM offers to meet the unique financial needs of today’s modern borrowers. Loan officers and brokers need to reconnect with past clients and show their value.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Redfin announced on Tuesday that its iBuying arm, RedfinNow, has entered the Seattle and San Francisco metro housing markets. How the mortgage industry is working together to make housing more affordable. Since 2018, Redfin has also offered its Concierge listing service in both markets, for a listing fee as low as 2%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The single-family rental (SFR) sector and its close cousin, the fix-and-flip market , are now essentially treading water in an environment of high interest rates , approaching 8%; high home prices; and a dearth of home-purchase inventory. That’s particularly true for mom-and-pop investors across both market segments.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 22, 2023

superadequacy is defined as “an excess in the capacity or quality of a structure or structural component; determined by market standards.” NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on answering your phone, appraiser censorship, bias, how to do graphs, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Consistent application of both quality control and quality assurance processes for appraisal review may also be in part a reason for improvement, as appraisers have a better understanding of what is needed by their client. I have always collected all the money owed from my lender clients using the collection techniques I write about.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2021

Single-family housing starts ended 2020 on a high note, rising 12% in December to a 1.338 million unit pace – the highest pace since 2006, according to the Census Bureau. “Brokers should be ready to support clients looking to secure their dream home,” he said. That’s up 27.8%

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on AMCs, appraisal business, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. =. Built from concrete, glass, and burnt wood, the Sleeve House is on the market for $2,275,000. Which are your best current and former AMC/lender clients?

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

I did this sometimes in appraisals for a local bank ;> Your clients hate them also. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on retirement, classes, adjustments, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Some have been pushed out of the market entirely.

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Empire Appraisal Group

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This is due, in part, to the Solar Investment Tax Credit put in place in 2006 that now reimburses 26% of the cost for solar systems on residential and commercial properties. based solar manufacturer focused on the residential market. To help your clients make the best decision, share these questions for vetting solar companies.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

This is a pivotal time for Fannie Mae, and I look forward to working collaboratively with my colleagues in service of our ultimate client, the public,” said Bair. Prior to Bair’s inauguration on the board of directors, she served as chair of the FDIC from 2006 to 2011, playing a key role in the country’s response to the financial crisis.

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