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Exterior Only And Desktop Appraisals

Padove Appraisal Service

Public tax records offer many useful pieces of information about the home such as its square footage, room count, HVAC system, access to public utilities, year of construction, basement finish, and more. In Montgomery County, PA, the county assessor’s office even includes permits for home improvement projects.

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Fed’s Beige Book shows recent moderation in mortgage rates propped up demand for homes

Housing Wire

New-home builders continued to report steady sales at relatively strong levels, in part because of the lack of existing for-sale homes. Most expect their pipeline of contracts to keep construction busy through the year. Cleveland: Residential construction contacts reported that demand increased as mortgage rates declined.

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The Atlanta 2023 Housing Market "at the Half"

Hank Miller Team

Working at home became "a thing" and people spent a lot more time in and around their homes. Many leveraged those low rates and refinanced, taking money out and completing home improvements. Fewer buyers, fewer contract and sales. Why move now? Why give up that sweet mortgage rate? have a rate below 5.

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Fannie Files Complaint Against Appraiser

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post Modular Homes Data Plates, ADU income, Pickleball courts and other interesting home improvements, , unusual homes, mortgage origination and more! The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA decreased to 7.36

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

annually in home improvements across the U.S., Improvements include remodels, replacements and additions to homes. The $180B kitchen and bath market is leading the home-improvement charge and, despite economic headwinds for many households, industry experts see no end in this modernization movement.

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

In some of the more recent instances where mortgage rates climbed more than one percentage point in about a year, home prices still rose and sales usually fell. Yun offers a silver lining: “I expect the pace of price appreciation to slow as demand cools and as supply improves somewhat due to more home construction.”.

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WILL WAR IN UKRAINE IMPACT OUR HOUSING MARKET?

Will Springer Realtor

Soaring costs of labor and construction materials is certainly contributing to the rising figure but there is evidence of a sharp increase in home improvements since the start of the pandemic. homeowners plan to upgrade or remodel their homes, including 63% of Millennial homeowners (25-34 years old). There is 0.6