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The Apple Peeled - Ask the Experts: Market Dynamics with Jonathan Miller

Miller Samuel

The 10-year Challenge (2009 vs. 2019). Some analysts are even comparing the current cycle to the last downturn and the housing bubble in 2009, but Miller outlined quite a few differences between then and now. In 2009, the average discount from listing was 10.2%. Studio inventory is up 21% percent.

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Working with Millennials: Q&A with Mike McElroy

McKissock

After working for a time at a Chicago radio station, he got his first real estate job in 2009. Just because they’re going to DocuSign the contract doesn’t mean we shouldn’t go over the finer points over the phone. A: Inventory. Mike McElroy has been in the real estate business for seven years.

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Appraisals – Check the Water Source!

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on real estate market, USPAP and contracts, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. USPAP and the Contract. Excerpt: But USPAP and the contract have a very unique relationship. Some appraisers do not like having a copy of the contract.

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How much will home prices climb over the next year?

Housing Wire

The median price of the homes in contract is $385,000. There are now 376,000 single-family homes in contract. Maybe by Q4, we’ll have more homes in contract than there were at the end of 2022. The count of new contracts this week was just over 68,000 single-family homes. Both lines indicate about 70,000 contracts.

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Too many appraisers?

Appraisal Today

” The most popular reason for respondents rebuffing the bubble thesis is strong market fundamentals, including demographics, scarce inventory and shifting housing preferences. The hangar was built in 2009, and the home was completed in 2014. The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 4.62

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How owner finance investing works and how to navigate it (with Brandon Smith, 13+ years of investing and lending experience) – Real Estate Real Fast EP9

Listing Spark

To ensure compliance, it’s important to get an under contract, verify income and down payment, and have the borrower go to an RMLO to get a full underwrite. So obviously you know, back in 2009 and 2010 when we started doing owner finance and the markets, you know, you couldn’t flip a house or anything.

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FHA: Cosmetic vs. MPR Repairs

Appraisal Today

A three-year renovation, ending in 2009, converted the upper floors into the 7,000-square-foot penthouse. Some appraisers feel that lenders should not provide them with the purchase and sale contract. Then that contract does not serve to color, cloud, or otherwise bias a value opinion. We all know this is true. percent from 6.57