Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

According to Joel Kan, the Mortgage Bankers Associations assistant vice president of economic and industry forecasting, that robust year-over-year improvement in activity is a sign the market will continue to see sustained demand for housing through the end of 2020. pending home sales fell 1.1% compared to a year ago. but remained 19.6%

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Appraiserblogs

JUNE 22, 2022

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. Subsequent regulations tried to minimize or eliminate conflicts of interest and improve valuations.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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. There’s still some battle scars from 2006 to 2009 where appraisers were made to be the scapegoats,” Pyle said. But any risks appear to have been resolved.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Several trade groups including the Mortgage Bankers Association have corresponded with the HUD Secretary in support of cuts. Approximately 345,000 homeowners remain on COVID-driven forbearance plans with their mortgage servicers. At least 137,000 of those borrowers have FHA-insured loans. percentage points.

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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

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

census divisions rose 7% in September from a year ago, the greatest year-over-year gain since 2014, and nearly 23% higher than its last peak in 2006. uptick reported in August, and represented the largest annual gain since May 2014 as record-low mortgage rates and a lack of inventory continued to put upward pressure on home prices.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2022

Even though sellers’ median valuations in each of these housing markets grew by an astounding 40% or more over the previous year, only one market, Panama City, Florida, saw a year-over-year increase in the number of homes newly listed for sale. Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 53.0% -16.7% Bellingham, WA 51.7% -8.3% Santa Fe, NM 48.9% -4.7%

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Valuation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Ron Kind (D-WI) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) have introduced bipartisan legislation, the Middle-Class Mortgage Insurance Premium Act of 2021, to expand eligibility for and make permanent a deduction for mortgage insurance (MI) premium payments.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

Excerpts from the Summary: On August 1, 2022, the Veterans Affairs released Circular 26-22-13 announcing new procedures for alternative valuation methods, effective immediately. My comments : The big push to cut down on appraisal turn times because of the appraisal shortage is Very Old News since mortgage volume has plummeted.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

F) Rapid changes in residential mortgage interest rates. G) A common indicator of item (F) above is a decline in the number of mortgage applications. One source of information is Ann O’Rourke, who publishes mortgage application data in her weekly appraisal news email. Recently various areas across the U.S. Obvious signs.

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Empire Appraisal Group

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In the years before 2008, mortgage lenders made subprime loans to borrowers without verified income or adequate down payments while pushing risky loan products. Stronger mortgage market. It was a complete erosion and deterioration of credit underwriting standards in the economy, in the mortgage market,” he says.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

which can relate to valuation. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on George Harrison passed, Appraisal business, marketingunusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Built in 1961 (renovated in 2006 by architect Hal Hayes), 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2100 sq.ft. They provide CMAs, etc.,

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 10, 2022

Here we consider how these “frictions” will behave as appraisal demand has dropped, just as each of the five forces have found ways to reduce or “eliminate” the need for valuation expertise. The Inevitable Cyclicality of Mortgage Lending. Breaking Down the Multi-Decade Lows in Mortgage Applications – Lowest in 22 years.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The eight percent who cite other valuation methods most often explained that they use a hybrid approach or mostly an exterior appraisal. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Fannie Mae, Real estate market, Disbility, Redlining, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. =. Lot Size: 0.06

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 14, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Reviews and Revisions, AMC layoffs, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. To read more, click here.

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