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How To Appraise Rural Properties

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on USPAP and Personal Inspection, GSE Appraisal Modernization, Transaction costs and values including real estate commissions, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Is the GSE’s “Appraisal Modernization” Really Just Mass Appraisal? By Dallas T.

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The appraisal industry’s hidden hand

Housing Wire

He started contracting with home mortgage lenders to appraise the value of the property tied to a loan. “It A variation of the conduct code was inserted into the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the modern AMC was off and running. But he repeatedly surfaces as the designated mouthpiece for AMCs.

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Fannie Mae Takes A Closer Look at Appraisals

Appraisal Today

In this category, you find the properties that represent the whimsical side of the design and prove there is no idea too out there when it comes to constructing a building. Every detail of the newly constructed interior was carefully thought out to maintain the unique cylindrical structure while adding a modern, minimalistic feel.

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4 Tips for Buying a Fixer-Upper

Zillow

Bring in a home inspector Once you've made a verbal agreement to buy the house and are waiting for the contract to be drawn up, you'll want to hire a home inspector. Hire an architect and/or contractor Hiring an architect is important because you'll want their take on what you can do from a design perspective, says Vanderploeg.

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ClearCast Podcast E19 — Ribbon Co-Founder & CEO Shaival Shah

Clear Capital

It’s also, to be clear, somewhat about revolutionizing and modernizing the appraisal process by enabling property data collection to be performed by non-appraisers. The lender says the home’s worth $335,000, you’re at contract at $350,000. Kenon Chen. It’s all for the podcast, everything we do. Jeff Allen.

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RISING INFLATION, RATES TRIP UP HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

The King County housing market has seen inventory increase by 55% in the past month, while the number of homes going under contract fell 22% from May to the lowest June level since 2011. That’s according to Census Bureau data averaged out over the five years between 2016 and 2020 and reported by The Seattle Times. Give me a ring!

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

There are no signs of a real estate crisis, particularly in the Puget Sound region, where prices keep rising – up about 20% the past year and 68% in Seattle alone since 2016, by one measure – amid a dearth of inventory and surge of buyers. Just more than 4,000 homes went under contract last month across all home types in King, a 4.3%