Appraisal Today

JUNE 23, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on AVMs and AI, good appraisal book, Real estate market, Fannie, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. The five bedrooms and eight bathrooms at 14051 Island Drive are spread across the main home and guesthouse.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 17, 2022

Are you scared to list your home for sale because you don’t know where you would go if it sells before you find a new home? Are you searching for a home but cannot seem to find it? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are one of over a million people across the country right now who feel the same way.

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PennyMac

JULY 20, 2021

Whether you are buying or selling a home, your real estate agent will be your partner through one of the most significant transactions of your life. Here are 12 questions that will help you avoid the bad actors in your search for a great real estate agent. What percentage of your clients are buyers?

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Quicken Loans

APRIL 14, 2021

But how exactly does your lender decide how much you should pay each month in interest? Many mortgages use the compound interest formula to determine the way in which interest will generate on the principal balance during your repayment period. Instead of earning the interest you make on your interest, you pay it.

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Portland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 14, 2019

You’re a real estate agent and after a lot of back-and-forth, give-and-take, offers and counteroffers, you’ve helped your client negotiate a sweet price for their home. Shortly before the home is set to close a bright light appears in the sky. It is quite possible that you can fix this—but only if the facts are on your side.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

For example, are you competent to prepare an entire appraisal from start to finish? Are your legs shaking? Are your legs shaking? Now is the time to increase your appraisal skill level. To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! You might answer, “Absolutely!” Budget cuts.

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Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

In March, I had the pleasure to join Attorney Peter Olson to talk about family law, divorces and home appraisals. We share insights and learning from our careers on family law and home appraisals during divorces. Peter: I’m buying a home with bank X as my lender, you’re never doing that type of appraisal?

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Lamacchia Realty

AUGUST 25, 2022

There are so many confusing headlines out there for homebuyers: “Home sales down 20%!” 2021 was the largest year for home sales in 16 years, with 100,124 home sales in Massachusetts. While this is what many buyers had hoped for, the headlines distorted their view, pushing them to think that maybe renting was the way to go.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 12, 2023

Fannie Mae will end up creating more instability for the trillions in the bond market – investors will have to process millions of valuations with the physical attributes of the home collected by unlicensed, uninsured, and unprepared individuals getting paid $10-$25 per inspection. His homes are as unique as he was,” says Heinrich. “He

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution. Um, bye-bye! 31 and another 1.2%

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Listing Spark

JULY 5, 2023

When you run your own real estate investment business, it’s important to keep both your personal compensation and your profit margins in mind. These measures ensure you can grow your business and that all of your efforts are being fairly rewarded.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2023

They have also been spending oodles of money to shape their residences to meet new living needs – modern and spacious, when possible – as households live in their homes for longer. annually in home improvements across the U.S., Improvements include remodels, replacements and additions to homes.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Senate has announced the passage of HR 7735, the Improving Access to the VA Home Loan Benefit Act of 2022. To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! VA Required to Encourage Hybrids – Senate Passes HR 7735. By Dave Towne December 21, 2022. Excerpts: The U.S. Dan Sullivan and Rep.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 13, 2023

The national office vacancy rate stands at 16% through March , up from 11% at the end of 2019 – just before life changed for you, me and the world. That figure is a whopping 24% today across Seattle/Puget Sound, triple from pre-pandemic levels. The work-from-home lifestyle has changed the way we go about our lives.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

Is the dream of homeownership going the way of the dodo? While that may seem like a silly question to ask – especially from a residential real estate pro whose business relies on the purchase and sale of homes – it’s something I have been studying, with some eye-opening findings. homes shy of what’s needed today.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Sellers, meantime, could put nearly any home on the market and expect a reaction of irrational exuberance from financially sound consumers submitting high-priced offers without buyer-favorable contingencies. Popping sounds can be heard from party balloons, one by one. or lower – as low as 2.77%, according to Freddie Mac.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Not only in the current economic moment but whenever you or your company decide to make the deep dive. There are questions pertinent to each sub-sector that requires an answer; or at the very least, a range of answers from which to make an informed decision. How To Find Commercial Real Estate Properties: Knowing Your Swim Lane.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 17, 2022

Describing the farm-to-table community garden, the Post-Intelligencer wrote in 1973, tongue-in-cheek: “The next change to Seattle’s skyline may be ears of corn between the Seafirst Building and the financial center as Seattle possibly turns back to the earth.”. Take yourself back to 1970. The “P” in P-Patch?

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Hood Homes Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It is a strategy nick-named “ House Hacking ”, and I wish I had done it the first two homes I bought (I figured it out by the third home!). This is an easy way to get started investing. You can live in one unit and rent out the others – often enough to cover most or all of your mortgage. What is it? Multi-families.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 11, 2023

Existing-home sales, pending contracts and new-home construction pending contracts have turned the corner and climbed for the past three months.”  “Existing-home sales, pending contracts and new-home construction pending contracts have turned the corner and climbed for the past three months.” 

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 8, 2022

Our shrinking wallets have people delaying bigger purchases or at least looking for bargains when possible – including homes. The King County housing market has seen inventory increase by 55% in the past month, while the number of homes going under contract fell 22% from May to the lowest June level since 2011.

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Roughly 84% of newly built, single-family homes sold in 2022 were part of an association, according to U.S. The figure was 70% only 10 years ago. Essentially, white residents used these associations to prevent Blacks from moving into their neighborhoods through explicit race-based covenant language written into property deeds.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

You want to buy a home but you’re worried you won’t qualify for a mortgage because of your student loan debt. Half of non-homeowners (51%) say student loan debt is delaying them from buying a home, according to a survey from the National Association of Realtors ®. 1 Lower Your Debt-to-Income Ratio.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 11, 2024

When considering housing affordability, the focus often falls on the upfront expenses of buying a home. However, in today’s market, the overlooked costs of running a household have taken center stage, demanding attention and strategic planning from homeowners and prospective buyers alike.

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