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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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Opinion: Can tech and iBuyers fix the real estate market?

Housing Wire

Similarly, companies like Zillow and Trulia launched in 2005 and 2006 as “real estate search engines” to help buyers more easily find a home online. For instance, Opendoor was founded in 2014 to make buying a home more efficient – or as they say “reinvent life’s most important transaction.”

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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. The owners spent two years – and presumably hundreds of thousands of dollars – to renovate the place about 15 years ago, featuring a Chef’s kitchen with two islands, double-oven and walk-in pantry. million units. existing home sales.

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IN DIRE NEED OF GENERATIONAL RESPONSE TO HOUSING SHORTFALL

Will Springer Realtor

Many dug into savings and had their homes renovated or repaired. Lawrence Yun also said this figure will be the highest rate of sales since 2006. The modern masterpiece is looking for its first owner, if $6.498M ($1084/sq. There are modern touches wherever you look. million home sales. List price: $4.698M, $868/sq.