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Top 5 home improvement projects real estate agents should recommend to sellers

Housing Wire

Many sellers have returned to offering concessions and dropping prices to entice buyers. They are a focal point for potential homebuyers , so updating a kitchen before selling can result in increased buyer interest and a high ROI for sellers. We’ve all witnessed the housing market slowdown that has occurred over the last year.

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Opinion: Reformed FHA program will offer lenders new business opportunities

Housing Wire

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. Credit standards for home-only applicants are much higher than for buyers seeking a mortgage, and this helps explain the high denial rates.

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Opinion: Why we should implement a mortgage marketplace model

Housing Wire

Fifteen years ago, I launched a business on a mission to modernize and decrease friction in the real estate finance supply chain. To our way of thinking, the model that suits modern mortgage lending to a ‘T’ is the marketplace model. Here’s what is possible now I’ve been thinking about these and similar issues my entire career.

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Investor Insights: How to Thrive in CRE Amid Challenging Market Conditions

Appraisal Buzz

Many of them are buyers, but they are underwriting deals based on the new interest rate and pricing reality in the market. Supply and Demand Dynamics: We are coming off of a construction boom where record numbers of units were built in the aftermath of the pandemic and are delivering now and in the coming months.

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The Goodwin: Newest Belltown Condo Uniquely Positioned for the Modern Buyer

Will Springer Realtor

The Goodwin is the newest Belltown residential choice that is uniquely positioned for the modern buyer. Constructed in 2010 with high standards, the concrete-and-steel, eight-story structure was first opened as an apartment until owners decided to convert each unit and open as a condo later this year.

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3 mortgage industry trends that will define the rest of 2021

Housing Wire

Like so many other production pipelines, the construction of new homes, along with shortages in building materials like concrete and lumber , caused a significant decrease in new homes for purchase. In addition, a vast majority of people spent more time at home in 2020 than ever before in modern history.

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Opinion: Covid helps green the building industry

Housing Wire

The physical separation can be achieved through architectural design solutions for new construction or remodeling and creative space-planning ideas for previously established home layouts. Both can unravel the most sustainably designed and constructed healthy home-work environment.

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