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Is The House-Flipping Boom Over for Investors?

Listing Spark

In the past decade or so, buying a fixer-upper, updating it, and then selling it for a nice profit attracted seasoned real estate investors and newbies alike. Many professional and amateur investors wanted a piece of the quick-profit pie. Savvy investors should instead acquire more properties. And why not?

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The complete guide to selling rental property in 2022

Housing Wire

Most buyers looking for a primary residence won’t consider a home with tenants in it. Buyers worry the home won’t be as well cared for as it would if the owners lived in the home. You can conduct the sale as you would with any other buyer, selling the house in a decent amount of time. This increases your target audience.

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ARMs race: adjustable-rate mortgages make a comeback

Housing Wire

Some buyers who couldn’t qualify for a conventional mortgage turned to an ARM to make lower monthly payments. It’s not a bad thing for borrowers, lenders, and loan investors. Leading up to the housing crisis, many subprime lenders provided borrowers with interest-only ARMs, which initially offered low rates.

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Appraising Fixer Uppers

Appraisal Today

The degree and cost to cure becomes an issue to buyers and sellers, and a challenge for appraisers. Appraisers sought to bracket the subject using three comparable sales. We have learned how to address areas that tend to be sticking points for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, such as bracketing elements of comparison.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

This highlights the importance of Avoiding the 9 Most Common Mistakes Buyers Make. Buyers Beware? For certain parts of the economy, usually in the upper-income brackets, they didn’t carry a lot of debt and they couldn’t go out to spend their money. Remember: real estate is hyper-local! Household Finances – The Best (Ever).

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The title insurance industry prepares for battle

Housing Wire

First American executives noted that refinance revenue had declined 68% compared to a year ago, on the firm’s third quarter earnings call with investors, while Old Republic International Corp.’s s president and CEO Craig Smiddy told investors on his firm’s Q2 2022 earnings call that refinance activity had “dried up.”.

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