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Planet Home Lending adds new regional sales manager

Housing Wire

Adding his leadership skills will be beneficial at a time when Planet is looking to differentiate itself with various purchase loan products, one-time-close construction loans and other niche programs, the company stated. By contract, the country’s top 50 lenders as a whole saw volumes fall by more than 50% during the same period.

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Only 70,000 new homes available for sale

Housing Wire

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Last year, while the Census Bureau was reporting the new home sales numbers and the builders were having high cancellation rates, the monthly sales report didn’t account for the cancellations of contracts. The Inventory for homes under construction is 263,000 = 4.6

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How to Find Comps With Few Sales

Appraisal Today

acre lot, built in 2007 The chateau was listed in 2014 for $12.8 A local lender gave me an appraisal assignment on the proposed construction of 7 units in the city. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) increased to 7.06 Excerpts: 8 bedrooms, 7.5+

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Appraisers: How and Why To Check Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Appraisal Today

in 2007-2008, few appraisers used them. I used Hypothetical Assumptions for new construction, of course. =. However, while geographic proximity does not equal competency, proximity is advantageous for developing competency. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 6.17

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2021 Twin Cities Apartment Market Trends

Simonson Real Estate

Apartment New Construction. New construction costs are reportedly up about 10% on average, or $20,000/unit more compared to 1 or 2 years ago. New Construction sales have been in the $250,000-$300,000 range. We will need to see rent growth to continue to justify new construction looking ahead. Let’s dive right in.

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

It is developing several single-family and multifamily communities in King and Snohomish counties. Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. That’s the most since 2007. Just more than 4,000 homes went under contract last month across all home types in King, a 4.3% LIFESTYLE CHANGE.

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Appraisers and Property Data Collectors

Appraisal Today

Thorne, was best known for his use of steel in residential construction. Most modern homes are constructed on a hillside lot on a downslope or upslope, with the house clinging to the side,” Morris says. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances (greater than $726,200) increased to 7.65