McKissock

APRIL 28, 2021

It makes sense, but it can make the real estate process even tougher for buyers. Here’s how to handle emotional buyers like the pro that you are. As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process. Know Their Problems — and Solve Them.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 10, 2024

Allegations of collusion to inflate compensation paid to both buyer and seller agents in transactions prompted this landmark settlement, estimated at a staggering $418M. This move, while aiming to “decouple” buyer and seller compensation, may inadvertently reduce transparency for consumers when reviewing home-sale listings.

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Eppraisal

MARCH 13, 2021

The real estate market is hot right now with pent-up buyer demand from 2020. According to the National Association of Realtors, the inventory of available homes on the market set a record at the end of 2020 as being the lowest since 1999. They work extra hard for the buyers they have an Exclusive Buyer Broker Agreement with.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

As the principal broker for a RE/MAX franchise in coastal Cannon Beach, Oregon, Alaina Giguiere’s typical responsibilities include marketing homes for sellers, touring homes with buyers, generating new business leads, managing client relationships, and drafting and reviewing contracts with buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

Betley, who has more than a decade of experience helping first-time and move-up buyers, joined NFM Lending as a loan officer in 2021. In 2019, 4% of her business originated from social media, but from 2020 through 2022, it increased to an average of 30%. ban of the short-form video app. million likes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In July 2020, he lost his job as an editor at a consulting firm for spa professionals. In September 2020, he landed a job as a service advisor assistant for an auto repair shop. Wilen’s case illustrates how some Americans have a lot to lose if policies designed to help mortgage borrowers don’t break right.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The affordability question is becoming more difficult to justify too, as home prices and interest rates rise amid other challenges facing buyers.“That’s Buyers with the deepest pockets may wait, however. between 2010 and 2020 to edge out Denver (22.9%) and Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, home buyers. from the end of 2020. >>

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Eppraisal

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

percent above the October 2020 rate. These national builders have a system in place for the buyers who purchase their homes. Typically you'll find model homes fully furnished in each available design. Home values are increasing, so it is a smart idea to write a contract before they raise the prices. Horton, Lennar Corp.,

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2021

commercial brokerages, JLL , CBRE , and Cushman Wakefield plotted designing an alternative database to CoStar. billion in revenue through the first three quarters of 2021, an 18% increase from the first nine months of 2020. Bruce Ailion praises Homesnap Pro, an app agents download through their designated Multiple Listings Service. “It

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 6, 2022

Over the 18 years of her real estate career, she has earned a plethora of REALTOR® designations and recognitions, including the industry recognition of 10 Best in Middlesex County for Client Satisfaction by the American Institute of Real Estate Professionals. Cyndi thrives to make her buyers and sellers her top priority.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 1, 2024

Even more telling, contract signings for homes priced at $1 million or more have increased by 11 percent over last year, and demand remains high among affluent buyers. Even more telling, contract signings for homes priced at $1 million or more have increased by 11 percent over last year, and demand remains high among affluent buyers.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 14, 2023

“After nearly a year, the housing sector’s contraction is coming to an end,” notes Lawrence Yun, National Association of Realtors® chief economist, speaking about the U.S. Existing-home sales, pending contracts and new-home construction pending contracts have turned the corner and climbed for the past three months.”  Stay tuned!

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Miller Samuel

MARCH 19, 2019

FPI's apparent belief that most of the high-end development sold ended up as empty pied-a-terres while wealthy buyers bid up the prices is incorrect. In other words, the 30 percent price rise wasn’t a “bid up” by wealthy buyers; it was a massive shift in the type of housing stock that was being created and sold. Seriously.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 23, 2023

He designed the estate, completed in 2000, from the ground up. With respect to volume, executives at both Fannie and Freddie have pointed out that during the crazy-volume times of 2020 and 2021, appraisers were not actually able to keep up with the transactions that were taking place in the market. The problem?

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 19, 2022

Excerpt: Mortgage application activity has slowed more than expected to its lowest level in 22 years, as both refinance and purchase applications contracted, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Do you really need an expensive support contract? I never buy support contracts.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

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. To read more, click here My comments: Worth reading.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This year’s “cold down” is stark, with 36% fewer new listings and about 26% fewer homes under contract (Pendings) for all King County home types combined as well as single-family structures alone – and that’s simply from October to November. A little more than a third of inventory is under contract. 1, was about 17% lower than Nov.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Built in 2020 (after teardown of existing house), 1.43 acre lot Designed by Robert Swatt of Swatt Miers Architects, a San Francisco-area firm that has won scores of design awards, the site-specific cantilevered house “is in a league of its own,” Newton Cane said. . = California Glass House in Orinda, CA Lists for $10.5

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

Excerpts: Lending was not very prudent prior to the crash of 2008 as suggested by the trend in the median credit score (FICO), a measure for credit worthiness; for newly originated first-time purchase mortgages the median FICO score was 686 in Q1 2006 versus 740 in Q4 2020. For more details and graphs, click here. It has a giant rock in it.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Consider your desired demographic of customers or renters and buyers and which amenities they would desire; attractions such as restaurants, malls, community centers, family parks, beaches, etc. Many buyers and renters worry about flood risk in today’s world. billion of new commercial real estate construction contracts in 2021.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

That’s where buyers are paying about 42% more in their monthly mortgage payments for the same house today than they did a year ago. Sidenote: Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), which typically have lower interest rates than fixed-rate mortgages, have become an attractive option for new buyers financing a home. That’s up from 2333 sq.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

To address questions regarding property eligibility and comparable sales requirements, we are clarifying our policy that a 3D printed home with a traditional design and constructed using conventional building materials is not considered a unique or nontraditional type of housing as described in the Selling Guide. bath, 2,908 sq.ft.,

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

Many residents struggle to find and keep a home that they can afford, accentuated by soaring housing prices since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Homes considered “affordable” tend to be at or below 80% of median family income levels and only 23,877 units have been constructed across the state since 2020 – about 3.3K

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 8, 2022

As home prices surge and people delay – or forgo – nuptials, buyers are pooling their finances with unmarried partners, roommates or friends to purchase a place. >> Since 1980, cash buyers paid about 11% less on a home than those using a mortgage, according to a study from researchers at the University of California-San Diego.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 27, 2022

Because of the recent very strong purchase market, using VA for buyers has been more difficult in many areas as VA loans can take longer to close. Local architect William Lang designed the home with a signature three-story. Currently, higher rates, low inventory, and high prices are keeping prospective buyers out of the market.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

In calling for rezoning laws to accommodate this concept, Gladney identified five keys that communities should keep in mind when designing their 15-minute neighborhood: Think in terms of mixed-use development, such as a blend of housing, commercial usage and small-scale manufacturing. THE ROI OF HOME RENOVATION. BY THE NUMBERS . >>

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. The Institute outlined four ways innovative builders could accommodate the emerging buyer wants: Immersion into nature. Here’s a negotiating tactic that you may not have thought of: Sellers who “spy” on buyers when they are visiting the home.

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Assurance Financial

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Recent data from the Pew Research Center found that at the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, the rate of American households that owned their own home increased to around 65.8%. To pay for the rest of the mortgage, the closing manager sets up an escrow account into which the buyer will deposit their payment.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

I also heard the same question from buyers this year. While early to mid-spring was frenzied – featuring waves of cash-carrying buyers with their contingency-absent offers – the housing environment settled down to a somewhat civilized pace by September and likely for the next few months. And that answer appears to be “yes.”

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Appraisal Today

MAY 5, 2023

In fact, nearly every single year, for the last seven years (2016 through 2022, except for the pandemic year of 2020), Miller and the NSAI-GRC team passed a law protecting appraisers and improving the laws governing real estate professionals. That is, to Designate appraisers, Advocate for appraisers, and Educate appraisers (DAE).

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 7, 2022

After a cooling off period to enjoy the holidays and avoid severe weather, buyers were back on the prowl for a new home as sellers prepped their properties for the seasonal rush. Buyers will continue to outstrip sellers but with slightly less intensity than in recent years.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

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. Even stock investments, the source of many down payments for buyers, have taken a heavy blow. FOR FIRST-TIME BUYERS, NOW WHAT? Washington, D.C.,

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The first makes permanent a pandemic-related policy that exempts affordable housing from the design review process. A report by RentCafe claims Seattle metro added 36,952 units to the rental market between 2020 and 2022. >> >> The rate of homelessness in the U.S. There are about 358,000 of these communities in the U.S.,

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

Amid the challengers for buyers, there is an expectation for housing activity to continue puffing its Thomas the Tank Engine without a misfire – at least through early summer – before possibly lowering a gear. One of the reasons for the continued home-sales intensity – in any season – is a key group of “new” buyers. this year. >>

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2021

Prices have soared in most areas – including a 30% jump in the past year for single-family homes in King County – amid a shortage of inventory and a sharp rise in the number of buyers. Flood of buyers – As I noted last month , Millennials will fuel this housing market for at least a decade to come as about 4.5 range won’t last forever.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

Also known as a mother-in-law or cottage, the dwellings can offer viable housing to younger buyers seeking to save for their first home or enable seniors to age within a familiar neighborhood. The cities of Seattle and Renton offer pre-approved ADU designs to help streamline the government-approval process which can often be onerous.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2022

Most home buyers focus on the direction of interest rates. It’s very likely that these reductions are temporary, but since they’re happening as the spring home-buying season is kicking off, they provide a bit of a financial cushion for buyers – especially first-time buyers.”. There is so much at play – and at stake.

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