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Experts optimistic about home sales in 2021

Housing Wire

However, contract signings rose 21.4% Realtor.com’s Housing Market Recovery Index showed significant contract growth, specifically in Portland, Las Vegas, Denver, Los Angeles, and Boston. million in 2021, Yun said. The post Experts optimistic about home sales in 2021 appeared first on HousingWire. million in 2020.

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What’s influencing the increase in REO acquisitions?

Housing Wire

How has the foreclosure-related regulatory landscape changed since 2020 and 2021? By September 2021, however, there was still much foreclosure reluctance. I recall going from paper files to a technology platform designed for end-to-end management of the asset. To learn more, visit consolidatedanalytics.com.

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Home equity products light up a dark housing market

Housing Wire

The home equity products involved include home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), closed-end second mortgages (CESs) and shared-equity contracts. The recent Saluda Grade-sponsored rated offering represents the sixth securitization deal since 2021 backed fully by shared-equity contracts — valued in total at some $1.3

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Smaller IMBs are better placed to weather challenges than larger ones, CHLA claims

Housing Wire

With the mortgage origination market forecast to downsize by 40% this year from 2021 and mortgage rates topping 7% in October, lenders big and small have laid off its employees across multiple rounds of layoffs. In 2021, non-depository institutions accounted for 64% of first-lien, owner-occupied, site-built home-purchase loans.

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29 Cutting-Edge Real Estate Marketing Ideas for 2024

Housing Wire

Zillow’s 2023 Consumer Housing Trends Report finds that first-time buyers now make up 50% of all home buyers, up from 45% last year and a meaningful jump from 37% in 2021. Design and share infographics that provide valuable real estate tips or market statistics, making complex information easily digestible and shareable.

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Epic Fail: The Appraisal Institute IRS 990s Show They Needs To Do A 180

Miller Samuel

With the significant devaluation of the SRA designation and growing signs of the MAI designation's devaluation, more are coming forward. It is where the BOD gets to vote on Jim Amorin's new contract that the entire board has not seen. They are more openly corrupt. created for the improvement of business conditions.".

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FHA gives investors cold shoulder on foreclosed properties

Housing Wire

The administration added that these buyers would also enjoy an additional 60 days for conveyance from the date that the sales contract is ratified. The program was designed to expedite the disposition of foreclosed-on properties and reduce the amount of time a property sits vacant.

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