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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. Ideally, an engineer designs a model of what they want on software, from an air duct to a prosthetic limb, and it is precisely printed out. million homes, according to monthly U.S.

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VA Approves Desktops and Exterior-Only Appraisals

Appraisal Today

Fannie: Learn how valuation modernization is changing collateral underwriting – Video, 1 hour, 23 minutes. Excerpt from emailed notice: “Valuation Modernization: New perspectives on collateral underwriting” is a must-see for underwriters and appraisal reviewers. The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs decreased to 4.55

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Appraisers: What should you have in your car?

Appraisal Today

Catskills Modern: ‘Sleeve House’ Highlighted by Charred Wood Exterior. Excerpts: An extremely modern home with an equally dark exterior is now available in Ancram, NY. Architect Adam Dayem designed the unique 2,500-square-foot residence, which was completed in 2017 after several years of construction. 2,500 sq.ft.,

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

>> Insights from 12,000 consumers and over 300 architectural designers show that 51% of residents will work from home in 2022, up from 33% before the pandemic. The 323,465 flipped single-family, condo and townhomes in 2021 is the highest number since 2006 and represented 5.5% of all home sales last year. It’s a 5-bedroom, 7.75-bath

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100+ YEARS IN, ZONING LAWS INCH TOWARD HOUSING EQUITY

Will Springer Realtor

The first makes permanent a pandemic-related policy that exempts affordable housing from the design review process. People are also looking into other options like renegotiating contracts, deciding which projects are most important, making their buildings more energy-efficient, and using money they’ve saved up just for emergencies.

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

This was the fastest pace for combined single-family and multi-family construction since June 2006. This caused a good deal of uncertainty for all of us, including those new condo owners, many of whom attempted to back out of their contracts, put just-purchased homes on the market or listed them for rent. million units. bath, 4450 sq.