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Housing inventory fell last week, but it won’t derail the spring bump

Housing Wire

Weekly housing inventory data — both active inventory and new listings — are prone to one-week moves that deviate from a trend, especially if people are going Easter egg hunting. So, the fact that active inventory and new listings data fell last week isn’t a big deal. housing market, and we should ignore the decline last week.

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Why higher rates aren’t crashing home prices

Housing Wire

Home prices aren’t crashing, despite what the housing bubble boys are saying. Those who know my work over the last 10 years know that I have Batman/Joker relationship with the housing crash people, because they never stop. In fact, home prices have firmed up higher recently. I mean, it’s year 11 now of the housing bubble 2.0

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Housing industry continues to shed employees in economic downturn

Housing Wire

Don’t be fooled by last week’s mortgage rate collapse. A combination of elevated mortgage rates, sluggish home sales and inflation continue to plague the housing market workforce, with numerous mortgage lenders and real estate startups shedding employees.

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Push button. Get CEO? What’s next for Rocket

Housing Wire

Jay Farner likes to tell a story about his early days at Rock Financial , which would become Quicken Loans and eventually Rocket Mortgage. It was 1996 and Dan Gilbert , the founder and CEO, announced that the company’s mortgage bankers weren’t going to meet with applicants face to face. That was new back then. With the Feb.

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Appraiser Has Very Big Problems With Borrower

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, and types of bias, Scams on black homes, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. The Sopranos – Lupertazzi’s Rough Up Appraiser To watch, click the video above. Opens in You Tube. Excerpts: five bedrooms, 4.5 Built in 1970.

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NAR Member Survey on Appraisal Data Collectors

Appraisal Today

I am working on an article on Hybrid Appraisals for the November issue of Appraisal Today. They included appraisers, real estate agents, and someone with a week, a month, or online video training. Here are a few of the many survey results. Fifty-one percent of respondents expressed safety concerns with the data collection process.

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Appraisers: How to Manage Your Emails

Appraisal Today

How to Manage Your Emails By Paul Ryll Excerpts: My mother told me today that she called last night and was greeted with, ‘The mailbox is full and cannot accept any messages at this time. Very good tips in the article. I get a few telemarketers’ messages. Rarely is there a message from a friend or family member. Built in 1960.