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Like it or not, desktop appraisals are here to stay

Housing Wire

Loans for second homes, investment properties, cash-out refinances, construction loans, multi-unit properties, renovation loans, condos, co-ops or manufactured homes are not eligible. There’s still some battle scars from 2006 to 2009 where appraisers were made to be the scapegoats,” Pyle said.

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Are you better off moving or refinancing?

Cornerstone

These homeowners could potentially lower their monthly payment by hundreds of dollars or cash out on a substantial sum to be used for renovation, vacation, paying down debt, or starting a small business. Maybe you bought your current home for $216,000 in 2006 ( the median home price for May 2006, at the height of the market).

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

Now, home builders would need to construct as many as 1.2 This was the fastest pace for combined single-family and multi-family construction since June 2006. They have declined for two consecutive months, according to the National Association of Realtors®. We are on the right track. existing home sales. this year. >>

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IN DIRE NEED OF GENERATIONAL RESPONSE TO HOUSING SHORTFALL

Will Springer Realtor

“There is a strong desire for homeownership across this country, but the lack of supply is preventing too many Americans from achieving that dream,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Many dug into savings and had their homes renovated or repaired. POTENTIAL TAX SAVINGS.