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Regions Bank places $1B bet on home renovation market

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billion as of March 31, 2021 and is one of America’s largest specialized home improvement lenders. EnerBank says it works with 10,000 contractors and develops personalized loan programs for their clients. EnerBank says it works with 10,000 contractors and develops personalized loan programs for their clients.

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Owning a condo in Florida is becoming less attractive: Redfin

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The cost of homeowners insurance has surged in Florida as insurance companies have grappled with significant losses due to an increase in natural disasters. And homeowners insurance costs are three times higher in Florida than the national average.

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The share of owner-occupants buying foreclosures has doubled — here’s why

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Meanwhile, innovation-driven transparency is helping to make distressed property auctions more accessible for these owner-occupant buyers as well as for local community developer buyers who, it turns out, sell most of their renovated foreclosures to owner-occupants. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in August 2022.

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HUD affordability plan doesn’t include lowering FHA premiums

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Senior officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development , which houses the FHA, said today during a press briefing that it would focus on improving financing for manufactured homes and revamp its renovation financing. billion manufactured home purchase mortgages in 2021, according to HMDA data.

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Reverse mortgage originator: real estate CE helps close more purchase loans

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Since H4P volume is only a small fraction of the total business done in the reverse mortgage industry based on 2021 data , Mangus sat down with RMD to discuss his approach in successfully cultivating H4P business. Of the six million home purchases done in 2021 only about 2,200 of them were H4P,” he says.

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Lamacchia Realty Named a 2022 Fast 50 Company by Boston Business Journal

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The Fast 50 companies are selected and ranked based on revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. Lamacchia Realty Director of Marketing, Cole Gargaro , and Director of Business Development, John Millen , attended and accepted the award. . “I What to Know About Home Renovations in 2022. Obtaining Home Insurance in Florida.

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Home price growth, low mortgage rates boost MMI fund

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development is taking a cautionary approach to changes to mortgage insurance premiums after a banner year for its Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) fund. Marcia Fudge said there were no near-term plans to change FHA’s mortgage insurance premium pricing.). Earlier this year, HUD Sec.

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