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FHA Handbook 4000.1 Appraisal Changes

Appraisal Today

From 2017 through at least 2020, City National avoided marketing and underwriting mortgages in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods. Most buyers interested in a home that has not been electrified also rely on horse and buggy as a common form of transportation. The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs increased to 5.44

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The Proposed NYC "Pied-A-Terre Tax" Looks Catastrophic to NYC Real Estate

Miller Samuel

Andrew Cuomo's office suggested last week that such a levy might reap $9 billion for the moribund Metropolitan Transportation Authority over the next decade and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reiterated his chamber's support proposal at a Crain's breakfast forum days later. Mayor Bill de Blasio gave it his blessing as well.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

What’s shocking is (through the end of 2020) about 23% of Houston neighborhoods in specific areas are still selling at LOWER PRICES than before Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017. On the other hand, the four restaurant workers would still need to spend monthly payments for rent, food, transportation, and insurance.

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

A builder could also agree to install more bike storage or pay a fee-in-lieu to fund public parking and transportation infrastructure that serves the entire neighborhood. The annual gain is the greatest since 2017 (15%). Across the county, 973 are on the market as of April 1 vs. 1903 homes for sale on average for each March 2017-2021.

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IS THE REAL ESTATE WINDOW CLOSING SHUT?

Will Springer Realtor

Homes are selling at about $750,000 today, off the all-time high of $797,500 in March 2017. Buyers will likely snap up any home to be within walking distance of the new transportation hubs. The production is the lowest for Seattle since 2017. >> The gap between escalating home prices and incomes continues to widen for most households.

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

This caused a good deal of uncertainty for all of us, including those new condo owners, many of whom attempted to back out of their contracts, put just-purchased homes on the market or listed them for rent. penthouse on the 20 th floor of the Millennium Tower in downtown was sold in 2017 as an unfinished shell by Howard Schultz for $7.5M.