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Originators gear up for the purchase market

Housing Wire

But the boost in purchase business likely won’t be enough to prevent operational contraction: As margins shrink, lenders will likely have to lay off staff and renegotiate compensation. Yearly data compiled by the MBA found that in 2014 and 2018, years with weaker origination volume, the LO turnover rate was 44% and 37%, respective-ly.

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. But the company was out of business by 2018. “In the future, neighborhoods and towns, and eventually cities, will be built by robots and drones,” Ballard said.

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Appraising Unusual Properties

Appraisal Today

The current official unofficial Advisory Opinions of the Foundation reference the 2018-2019 version of USPAP. To read more, click here My comments: For decades, George has been trying to “modernize” how appraisals are done. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 7.10

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

Parking stalls in the Puget Sound region increased by 13% from 2013 to 2018, while the population increased by 9% and housing rose by only 6%, according to local data sources. This year’s buying and selling campaign will be marked by increasing inventory (good!), overall, where housing inventory rose 2.4% months in King, 1.0

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Millennials Expected To Maintain Real Estate Buying Intensity

Will Springer Realtor

That’s 52% higher than 2018, when Freddie first began looking at housing shortages. >> The lack of inventory to keep real estate moving is confirmed with the latest data on U.S. The excess of inventory that occurred in 2007, 2008 and ’09, was an anomaly,” said Marci Rossell, former chief economist for CNBC. month from 0.6,

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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. A drying up of listings sent inventory figures lower. in July, and condo inventories were 1.0,

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A CALL FOR MORE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS AMID HOUSING CRUNCH

Will Springer Realtor

An independent estimate from 2018 claims roughly 40% of the nation is in a flood-risk area. Inventories are on the rise, so much so that one area is now considered a buyer’s market. The bright spots include increasing inventory and falling prices across most of the region. Inventory levels are mounting in King, now at 1.9