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MARCH 12, 2024

The CPI report came out Tuesday, and the headline number showed a 12-month inflation of 3.2%. So, what should we take away from this number, seeing that market participants are still worried about 1970s inflation and some don’t want to see any rate cuts this year? However, is the 1970s reference a valid one?

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MARCH 15, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on USPAP and Personal Inspection, GSE Appraisal Modernization, Transaction costs and values including real estate commissions, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Well written. There are relatively few residential lender appraisals available now.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on residential fee appraiser testifies at bias hearing, what happens to Fannie complaints, Why I love real estate appraising, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == Concrete Chateau Artisan Rising From a Lake in Miami FL Is Available for $21.8M million.

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APRIL 12, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, using new construction comps for existing homes, master planned communities, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. I have done drivebys for estate appraisals when the home had been sold and I had no access. baths, 14,450 sq.ft.,

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JULY 21, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on changing real estate market, interest rate forecasts, non lender appraisals, foreclosures way down from 2008, Freddie and ANSI, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. That’s what we always hear. And, it’s true. NOTE: Does your market look similar?

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JULY 7, 2023

To read more, click here My comments: Long article and worth reading. To read more, click here My comments: Long article and worth reading. Tate-Austin v. Janette Miller, filed in California in Dec. 2021, was one of the first (and perhaps the most publicized). Shane Lanham et al. Filed in August 2022 in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Non-lender appraisals, dealing with lender hassles, real estate market, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = $36M Beachfront Beauty on Maui Hawaii Excerpts: What exactly makes this oceanside manse on Maui so desirable? The four-bedroom, 4.5-bath

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