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NAR adds home improvement contractor’s app to Realtor benefits

Housing Wire

Curbio , a provider of pre-sale home improvement services that requires payment at closing, will provide its “Build Your Own Estimate” mobile app to NAR members, which offers free repair estimates for home inspections upon the upload of a PDF document.

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Clear Capital launches UDC to support appraisal modernization

Housing Wire

Clear Capital – the 2022 HousingWire Tech100 mortgage company , founded in 2019, has completed more than 250,000 data collections for agency loans, which utilize appraisal modernization programs. The company has a panel of more than 4,200 brokers and agents, allowing lenders to provide 97% coverage nationwide.

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Porch.com makes Nasdaq debut, eyes acquisitions

Housing Wire

The merger with PropTech Acquisition Corp, which went public as a SPAC in November 2019 with a $172.5 Porch, a home services marketplace with partners in insurance, utilities, home inspection and moving, plans to use the cash to pursue acquisitions to seize the opportunity in real estate. million, cleared Porch’s debts entirely.

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Building Powerful Digital Manufacturing Checklists

GoForrmz

Originally published on 04/23/2019 Streamline manufacturing procedures with digital and online forms Digital and online forms drastically simplify manufacturing inspections, procedures, and oversight. This form can facilitate inspections, safety walks on the factory floor, training procedures, and more.

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Veros acquires appraisal management company Valligent

Housing Wire

Both are alternatives to the traditional appraisal, and potentially reduce the amount of time an appraiser spends driving to and performing an on-site inspection. Veros also signed an appraisal management services contract with the VA in 2019.

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Housing inventory nationwide rises for the first time in years

Housing Wire

That marks the first month since July 2019 (pre-pandemic) that housing inventory increased year over year. The dip in competition often allows homebuyers to make less risky offers that avoid waiving protections like home inspections and appraisal contingencies. year-over-year decline.

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Haunted by zombie properties, Ocwen settles lawsuits

Housing Wire

In 2016, New York passed a law establishing that lenders and servicers must inspect, secure and maintain zombie properties — which are defined as vacant and abandoned homes whose owners are behind on their mortgage payments. . In 2019, then-Gov.

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