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Ginger Wilcox on helping agents navigate a chaotic environment

Housing Wire

When Ginger Wilcox stepped into the role of brand president of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate last June, many in the industry knew that the next 12 months would be challenging for the industry. Brooklee Han: This has been quite the year in the real estate industry. I have also learned a lot about the power of scale.

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Opinion: When it comes to default and REO, what you don’t know will hurt you

Housing Wire

Even though mortgage origination volumes are down, we’re experiencing a highly competitive purchase market. That means a number of businesses, seeking to grow their revenue, will likely look to expand their reach to the default and REO space. A moment of reckoning may be imminent for the default and REO industry.

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The best real estate companies to work for in 2024 (+ beyond)

Housing Wire

Whether you’re newly licensed or an experienced agent who had a productive year — if you’re looking for a change, it’s likely you’ve started receiving emails, letters, and phone calls from all kinds of real estate firms. They will try to woo you with promises of free marketing materials, high commission splits, and fancy tech tools.

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NAR Member Survey on Appraisal Data Collectors

Appraisal Today

Brokers followed with 24%, and appraisal-certified professionals comprised 14% of the respondents. Broker-Associates and Appraisal Licensees accounted for 13% and two percent, respectively, while the remaining two percent reported holding other types of real estate licenses. What they were doing about inspectors had a wide range.

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Impact of COVID-19 On Appraisals

Simonson Real Estate

As the impact of COVID continues to unfold and the real estate market grapples with rapidly changing information and market conditions – commercial appraisers have had to quickly adapt to a new way of gathering reliable and credible data to base their appraisal analysis from. Key Language in Letter of Transmittal.

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Appraiser Has Very Big Problems With Borrower

Appraisal Today

That’s what makes midcentury architecture so appealing: It brings the outside in.” During the two-year renovation, the seller, who bought the home in 2017, updated the kitchen with a Bosch cooktop, Gaggenau appliances, and soft-close doors. The Sopranos – Lupertazzi’s Rough Up Appraiser To watch, click the video above.

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ChatGPT for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, liability, markets with few sales, Bias, unusual homes, mortgage origination A California Winery With a 91-Acre Vineyard for $12,995,000 Red Soles Winery, a 91-acre vineyard. ChatGPT: Valuable Tool or a Replacement for Real Estate Appraisers?