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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. The pandemic, as well as policymakers, continue to have the ability to send shocks through the system.

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NAR: Appraisal License Equivalency Credit for RE Agents?

Appraisal Today

Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants on inspections and remediations, improvements, and the appraisal process. Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants on inspections and remediations, improvements, and the appraisal process. NAR Urges Appraisal Foundation To Establish Equivalency Credit for Education and Experience.

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Appraisal in Changing Markets

Appraisal Today

“During the heyday of 3 percent interest rates, it was acceptable for appraisers to take three to four weeks to complete an appraisal and forget to update the client. A quick change in interest rates has led to a quick change in the market. One box just isn’t enough. “At Now let’s keep watching to see what happens to size.

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Desktop Appraisals: Who, When, and Why

Appraisal Today

Desktop Appraisals: Who, When, and Why Excerpts: The ability to identify property characteristics without a personal inspection is not a new concept. Similarly, while not identical, appraisers generally use the cited sources above to identify the physical characteristics of comparable sales in their appraisals. baths, 14,450 sq.ft.,

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FED’S ACTIONS TAKE STEAM OUT OF HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

At what point will mortgage interest rates peak? That’s the million-dollar question and the answer is closely tied to the government’s ability to stem inflation, which makes the cost of our question closer to $1,085,000. Seriously though, there must be a ceiling to rising rates that have all but extinguished a robust housing market.