Appraisal Today

APRIL 5, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraiser discrimination lawsuit, waivers, staying positive with slow business, appraiser’s economic forecast, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Upon arrival, you’re greeted by a lavish motor court leading to timeless modern architecture.

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Listing Spark

AUGUST 23, 2023

If you’re a typical home seller offering a 3% commission to your listing agent, that’s a median cost of $11,172 or $14,037, respectively. Technology companies and marketing services firms are providing the tools sellers need to confidently manage real estate transactions without agents.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 1, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on new online Fannie forms, highest and best use, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. As several calls to the listing agent have gone unreturned, we (and social media) are left wondering why this modern marvel hasn’t sold.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 20, 2023

50 MOST EXPENSIVE TOWNS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE As we saw in our 2022 Year in Review Housing Report , home prices continue to rise across New Hampshire. Here is a list of the most expensive towns in New Hampshire in 2022: 1. Moultonborough Moultonborough has an average selling price of $1,102,254, and a total of 122 homes sold in 2022.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Sellers Chasing the ball down the road in real estate. To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on VA changes, Driving vs. office time, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Work for buyer, seller, or both.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post – Bias, Cost cutting, slow business, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. percent – the highest rate since November 2022. Budget cuts. Retraction.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Speaking of surprises, a recent Zillow analysis finds most states don’t require sellers to disclose paranormal activity in the home they’re selling. The town of The Sea Ranch is the product of architectural pioneers who erected timber-frame, modern structures designed to honor the beauty and serenity of their surroundings.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 29, 2022

To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on USPAP Update Mistakes on Bias, Real Estate Market analysis, the FED raises interest rates, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. July 25, 2022 . By Ryan Lundquist .

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on forecasts for mortgage rates, a look back at the 80s a very similar mortgage market, appraising in a changing market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == A Redesigned $48.5M Slow market with 100% seller financing. baths, 16,225 sq.ft.,

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 10, 2023

Unless the listed home is in a favorable location, priced competitively and move-in ready, activity has been somewhat muted as prospective buyers and sellers wait for economic conditions to improve. Sellers who priced their homes appropriately enjoyed busy open houses in their first weekend on the market followed by multiple offers.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 14, 2022

To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! Redfin Survey October 07, 2022.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on E&O and state boards, bias, 32% sales are new homes, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Read on blog www.appraisaltoday.com/blog Posted by noon Friday. You can subscribe to the blog in the upper right of each blog page.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A modern version of the regrade is taking place along the downtown waterfront (pictured above) with the addition of Overlook Walk, a breathtaking pedestrian bridge and viewing deck that will soon connect with Pike Place Market and other attractions in downtown. Here’s a blog post on the topic from last summer.) While there were 5.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 13, 2024

Data experts mapped out this cohort’s gradual decline – from about 32M in 2022 to 23M in 2035, or approximately 9.2M SETTLEMENT FOLLOW-UP A judge has preliminarily approved the $418M antitrust class-action settlement involving sellers’ compensation to brokers/agents in residential real estate sales. fewer Boomer households in the U.S.,

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

Click to expand any image or graphic from my newsletters and blog posts.) In 2022, the index fell off the cliff: Homeownership remains a great way to build wealth, especially for the middle class and people of color, who may have few investments. Housing shortages have helped keep home prices and rents high across the country.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on MLS hacked, Wells Fargo discrimination, unusual homes, mortgage origination = $274K Bedford, Pennsylvania Mansion Comes With Its Own Jail Excerpts: 5 bedroom, 1.5+ bath, 7,880 square feet (House is 3,500 sq.ft., built in 1905) 0.66 A Man On a Mission!

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

and another 10% boost in 2022. Others – Meritage Homes (+20% YoY in 2021) and Tri Point Homes (+15-30% YoY in 2022) – expect tremendous growth of new communities. Here’s a negotiating tactic that you may not have thought of: Sellers who “spy” on buyers when they are visiting the home. The sellers are seeking $3.86M, $1222/sq.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We have enjoyed working with many of you this year and providing informative stories and features in this newsletter as well as on the Living the Dream blog and social media platforms. I wrote in this newsletter 12 months ago about the bumpy – maybe even bruising – housing market of 2022 across Puget Sound and most of the country.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2022

We can point to rising inflation as the primary reason for the market shift (It’s not a correction!) , along with interest rates about two percentage points higher than at the start of 2022. 12 A new-look Seahawks team kicks off the 2022 campaign at home with a Monday Night Football tilt that is already the talk of the town.

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Roughly 84% of newly built, single-family homes sold in 2022 were part of an association, according to U.S. are down 15% year-on-year, new home sales are up 34% since September 2022. Beyond labor strife, America’s home buyers and sellers appear to be on strike as well. Census data. The figure was 70% only 10 years ago.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 9, 2023

Our region had a net gain of 17,750 people in the 12 months ending July 1, 2022. The Harvard research did not have access to 2022 U.S. in Q4 2022, marking the second consecutive quarterly decline after 10 straight gains dating back to 2020. annual growth rate was easily the largest of any major U.S. Census data.) from 48.0%

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 11, 2024

rise in 2022-2023. This includes diligent inquiries into the current insurance and utility expenses from sellers, alongside documenting the age and expected lifespan of crucial home components, from plumbing and electrical systems to major appliances and roofs. Prospective home sellers are smart people. ELECTION YEAR EFFECT?

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