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Home Value Forecast Predicts Slowdown in Growth

Appraisal Buzz

Rapidly rising mortgage rates are worsening affordability challenges that have been brought on by record home value growth. According to the March Zillow Real Estate Market Report, monthly mortgage payments on the typical U.S. home are 19.5% higher than they were three months ago, and 38% higher than a year ago.

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Home Values Up Nearly 20% From Last Year

Appraisal Buzz

People were not just fighting to get gifts this holiday season, they were also eager to get into homes entering the market in droves. But those that entered the market were not just fighting astonishingly low inventory levels, but record high prices as well.

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Home Value Appreciation Slows

Appraisal Buzz

For the first time since January, home value appreciation slowed month over month in August. More accurately, the market has eased from “white hot to merely red hot,” as Zillow’s Nicole Bachaud puts it. The post Home Value Appreciation Slows appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Suburban Home Values Growing Faster Than in Urban Cores

Appraisal Buzz

Woodinville, Washington, is Zillow’s most popular market of early 2022, leading a list of fast-growing suburbs as the most in-demand places to start off the year. As more data emerges that remote work is a driving force behind fast home value growth in the suburbs, expensive suburban markets are seeing strong demand.

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Renovations That Increase Home Value in BC: Our Top 8 Picks

D Fritz Appraisals

Major Home Renovations & Home Appraisals: What You Should Know Are you planning house renovations and want to know the best home improvement investments? Or maybe you are planning to sell your house and are wondering about renovations that increase home value the most. Fritz Appraisals Inc.

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5 Landscaping Tips To Increase Home Value

D Fritz Appraisals

Essential Landscaping Tips and Tricks Details such as landscaping designs and quality craftsmanship in a home can make a dramatic first impression on prospective home buyers. Fritz Appraisals Inc. has decades of experience and ideas to help homeowners increase the curb appeal of their homes. Fritz Appraisals Inc.

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The Difference Between Pricing a Property and Appraising It

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Most weeks I perform appraisals for divorce or a marriage dissolution. In recent years, on several occasions, I have been hired to appraise a property after a valuation service was provided for my client by another real estate professional. But then they had to hire me to perform an appraisal. That’s right!

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