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Risk of mortgage fraud is on the rise in the current market

Housing Wire

Eric Hill, an Atlanta real estate agent representing a nationwide homebuilder, had a plan to help more than 100 homebuyers get mortgages. Hill instructed the homebuyers on how to game the system by submitting fraudulent asset, income and employment information on loan applications.

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These 5 Easy Tips Will Boost Your Online Reputation in Real Estate

McKissock

Real estate is a career with unlimited potential, but it’s also a highly selective market. Clients are particular about their real estate agents, which makes sense—they’re about to make a costly and potentially life-changing investment. What’s highest on a client’s list when they’re choosing an agent?

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How to select appraisal comps

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Fannie March Update, Bias and not using time adjustments, Climate change effects on risk and values, answer your phone if you want more appraisal business, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. To read more, Click Here My comments: Worth reading.

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How to Sell Your House Fast in Chicago with Targeted Updates and Spot-on Pricing

Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

To help you overcome these challenges, HomeLight spoke with one of the most successful real estate agents in the Chicago metro area, one of the city’s leading home appraisers, and a professional Chicago landscaper. We also researched Chicago neighborhood trends and local real estate statistics.

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What is Your Appraiser Level? Why Does It Make a Difference?

Appraisal Today

By McKissock Excerpts: How do we measure ourselves? And a Level 3 appraiser knows how to think outside the checkboxes altogether. To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! Beginner, Intermediate, or Pro? What is the mark of an appraiser who is at the top of his or her “game”? Budget cuts.

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NAR Appraisal Survey 2022

Appraisal Today

While agents can “puff” we cannot! How much appraisers travel was interesting. To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! Close to one-third conduct an appraisal outside their area of expertise on a weekly basis. A few comments: “Appraisal Management Companies are destroying our profession.”.

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Residential Appraisals and Airbnb Income?

Appraisal Today

Lenders and AMCs want residential appraisers to value these properties as both the real estate and the business values of these properties – Wrong!! I’m a commercial appraiser and know how hotels and Bed and Breakfasts are appraised. To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!!