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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. in our region.

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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%

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WEIGHING SEATTLE’S FUTURE WITH FEWER OFFICES

Will Springer Realtor

NAR SETTLEMENT UPDATES The real estate listing service for Western Washington has turned down an offer to join the nationwide settlement between the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and sellers over claims of inflated compensation to brokers. Here’s a marvelous mid-century modern home in West Bellevue worth browsing … or buying.

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FINDING THE KEY TO UNLOCK ‘STUCK’ HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE

Will Springer Realtor

UNMARRIED AND BUYING TOGETHER For the third consecutive year, a report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) noted an increase in unmarried couples purchasing a home. The quarterly figure pales in comparison to most years; more than 125,000 foreclosure filings occurred in Q1 of 2016. 1 (6861). >>

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What Are Fannie’s New Appraisal Online Formats?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Appraisal Institute President, non-lender appraisals, Changing state appraisal laws, Fannie modernization, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 6.43