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Builders apply the brakes amid canceled contracts

Housing Wire

However, for the first time in recent modern-day history — due to supply chain issues and other factors — housing completion data has lagged behind housing permits and starts. For this reason, the number of housing units “under construction” is the largest ever recorded in history because they were taking so long to finish.

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Why Appraisal Workfiles Are Important

Appraisal Today

Upon arrival, you’re greeted by a lavish motor court leading to timeless modern architecture. With shifts in existing and pending home sales, new home sales, construction activity, and economic indicators such as inflation and mortgage rates, appraisers are navigating a complex landscape. from its series’ peak in March 2021.

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How to Find Comps With Few Sales

Appraisal Today

I find myself scouring 2021 onward especially. The truth is there are portions of 2021 and 2022 where prices are exactly the same as today too, so if I use an older comp, I don’t always need to adjust for the way the market has changed. “I The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 6.61

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Maintain that Workfile

Appraisal Buzz

Adoption of the Square Footage-Method for Calculating, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z765-2021 upended the long-standing routine and methodology for thousands of appraisers. All the talk and attention given to appraisal modernization, appraisal waivers, desktop and hybrid appraisals contributes to anxiety.

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What is Your Appraiser Level? Why Does It Make a Difference?

Appraisal Today

. = Surviving the Current Slowdown by Kendra Budd, Editor, Working RE Excerpts: While the actual volume of appraisal work has only declined to the equivalent of a slow month in 2018 or 2019, the volume of appraisals has declined over 60 percent from the busiest month in 2021 compared to the later (slower) months of 2022. Budget cuts.

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Chat GPT For Fannie Form Appraisal Reports

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on hybrid appraisals, business tips, UAD info from Freddie, Fannie modernization, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA decreased to 6.39

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Originators gear up for the purchase market

Housing Wire

Refinancing’s represented nearly two-thirds of mortgage loan originations in the first three quarters of 2021, and total refi volume for the year was projected to reach north of $2.2 Those higher rates will force lenders to make major operational changes. trillion, according to the MBA.

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