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FED’S ACTIONS TAKE STEAM OUT OF HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

Seriously though, there must be a ceiling to rising rates that have all but extinguished a robust housing market. While investors of mortgaged securities help dictate their interest rates, the Federal Reserve is behind the scenes influencing the overall lending environment. We are nowhere near that! bath , 4550 sq.

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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 housing market is cooling-off. Or, hit the reply button.

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

The housing market has become bubbly,” said economist Enrique Martinez-Garcia of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He was one of the authors of a recent report that found signs of a housing bubble in the real estate market. This looks a lot like the housing boom that we saw prior to the 2007–09 financial crisis.”

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FHA: Cosmetic vs. MPR Repairs

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraisal “modernization”, bias hearing, bad appraiser, USPAP, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == Appraiser pleads guilty in $1.3B billion tax fraud scheme. Owners with conservation easements can claim an income tax deduction.

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

That’s the most since 2007. One of the hottest search phrases on Google today is, “When is the housing market going to crash?”. Not “ Will the housing market crash?” We shared in a previous newsletter the many factors driving our buoyant housing market – and there is no end in sight to home appreciation.

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FHA Commissioner Julia Gordon gets to work

Housing Wire

“I am confident that she will bring a depth of expertise and perspective to FHA at a critical time for our country’s housing market.”. Housing industry stakeholders have a lengthy list of changes they hope Gordon will implement. Toomey, in a statement published in May 2022, also criticized Gordon’s career in housing.

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