Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

The respondents included 420 people who bought a home in 2023 or 2024, and another 500 who plan to do so in 2024 or 2025. “We We found that buyers stepping into the 2024 housing market have much to learn from previous shoppers,” the report stated. More than 80% of recent buyers asked for at least one seller concession.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

The most pessimistic forecast call for a drop of 40% nationwide by the end of 2025. JW: Based on our conversations with clients, a growing number of servicers are monitoring the coming “escrow cliff” and are beginning to develop proactive programs to reach out to impacted borrowers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

It comes at a time in which the housing market favors buyers and seller concessions become more frequent. The new products complement UWM’s “Game On” initiative , a cut-rate pricing strategy devised to grow market share with purchase buyers. Time and training. Homepoint has decided to pause on entering the non-QM fray.

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Will Springer Realtor

JANUARY 16, 2024

The program calls for our state’s Department of Commerce to partner with the Washington Housing & Finance Commission to develop, implement and evaluate credit schemes aimed at reducing racial disparities in homeownership. The fee is collected as an assessment to fund the CHP. The assessment boosts recording fees now to $303.50

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The overall timeline has not changed; however, we wanted to provide the industry with more milestone details to help in development, testing and training to prepare for the new UAD and Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR). To see the timeline (from 2018 to 2026) PDF, Click Here Too large to include in this newsletter.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 10, 2023

In addition to wanting to understand the purchasing process and how much home one can afford, prospective buyers also tell us that crime and safety are prime considerations when choosing an area to live. One would think providing crime statistics to buyers would be a welcome service by a real estate broker. It’s not … and here’s why.

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