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DataDigest: iBuyers slide farther from hyped market disruption

Housing Wire

Offerpad is an instant buyer, or iBuyer, a company that gives sellers cash offers for their homes and attempts to resell the homes for a profit, sometimes after making renovations. Opendoor set out on its disruptive journey in 2014, and Offerpad followed soon after in 2015.

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What It Takes to Be An Expert Appraisal Witness in An Eminent Domain Case

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Before retirement in 2014, Leslie practiced law for 33 years, mostly with Faegre Baker Daniels (now Faegre Drinker), a law firm with national and international offices. The Housing Market Is Spiraling Downward With Dogged Determination – Housing Notes by Jonathan Miller. About the Author.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions. Concerned about a housing market crash? SUMMARY: Coming off a record year, the Houston real estate market started 2021 in a seller’s market. This highlights the importance of Avoiding the 9 Most Common Mistakes Buyers Make.

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Institutional investors now balk at buying homes in this market niche

Housing Wire

Institutional real estate investors — often mammoth operators with ties to Wall Street — gobbled up record amounts of inventory in almost every corner of the pandemic-induced fever dream that was the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception: distressed properties sold at foreclosure auction. Bulk Buyer Bonanza.

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Appraiser Countersues Alleged Discrimination

Appraisal Today

The current owners bought the place in 2014. Despite the home’s age, it isn’t a money pit or desperate for a renovation. Markets go up and down I’ve been writing for years about how normal it is for markets to go up and down. Housing markets are like my waist line. Everything has been fully modernized.

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River Oaks Houston Homebuyers Guide

Houston Properties

She knows so much about the housing market so we felt very confident that we were in great hands!” – Dr. Jen Shroff. Aside from the elegant houses that line River Oaks’ streets, much of the community’s beauty comes from the abundance of verdant elements in the area. Older properties have been renovated and updated.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

years, according to recent data, when it was only about five years just before the housing market crash of 2007. Census data suggest that more than 2M additional homes will reach their “prime remodel” years through 2027 – a time when homes tend to undergo their first major kitchen and bath renovations. 2 in the U.S.