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SFR with ADU or Two Units?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, VA, flood and fires no insurance, retirement, few lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination $22M Modern Mansion on 130 Acres in Napa Has Its Own Cabernet Vineyard Excerpts: 6 bedrooms, 6.5+ Data before 1971 is minimal.

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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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FED’S ACTIONS TAKE STEAM OUT OF HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

While investors of mortgaged securities help dictate their interest rates, the Federal Reserve is behind the scenes influencing the overall lending environment. Waller went on to say this adjustment is in no way like the horrific housing/financial crises of 2007-2010. That’s the first time a Fed official has acknowledged the U.S.

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FHA Commissioner Julia Gordon gets to work

Housing Wire

Several mortgage trade groups have said if the FHA modernizes servicing guidelines and aligns them more closely to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, depository institutions will return to servicing FHA loans. Industry stakeholders have some ideas for how to further that goal, starting with more clarification on some FHA lending programs.

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