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Secondary mortgage market adjusts to higher-for-longer ratesĀ 

Housing Wire

Ben Hunsaker, a Beach Point Capital Management portfolio manager who is focused on securitized credit, said that during the past year, nonqualified mortgage (non-QM) AAA bond spreads have actually contracted from 155 to 135, while agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) spreads have widened from about 118 to 134 over the same period.

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Appraiser Liability Risks

Appraisal Today

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. Why you need this book Have you ever had to appraise a home with “no comps”? A home modified for handicapped access?

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ROV (Reconsideration of Value) Changes ā€“ FHA and GSEs

Appraisal Today

This is the statement in the HUD/FHA ML-2024-07: ā€œThis included guidance to improve the established process by which FHA program participants may request an ROV if the initial valuation is lower than expected.ā€ Motivational books and recordings help you stay up when business is stressful. Was it the borrower?

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New Year, New You: Transforming Your Appraisal Career in 2023

McKissock

There are appraisal jobs available in the lending sector, such as staff appraisers, review appraisers, fee panel managers, and with experience and time on the job, chief appraiser and valuation compliance officer jobs can be found. They all handle land and building acquisitions and dispositions, as well as condemnation valuations.

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Opinion: Does your title M&A strategy add up?

Housing Wire

That shouldnā€™t start with the wishful determination of the multiple one might wish for in selling a business, nor the lowest possible valuation for the target of an acquisition. Most owners involved in an M&A transaction will likely pore over the books and P&L statements of the businesses theyā€™re about to acquire.

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The Cost Approach: An Underutilized Approach to Value

McKissock

Harrison, in the Fall 2006 issue of his Real Estate Valuation Magazine Online, included an article titled “Let’s Resuscitate the Cost Approach.” What should it be insured for? If you feel you need some guidance, there are books and courses that include training on the cost approach, and on estimating depreciation.

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Fannie: Words and Phrases in Appraisals

Appraisal Today

It also describes the risks of deficient residential real estate valuations, whether through omissions, errors, discrimination or lack of information. every other week when I arrived he would have another book on fossils for me so I tried to incorporate a lot of vertebrae type motifs the whole time I was building it. percent from 6.81