Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In the next five-to-10 years, Doma CEO Max Simkoff wants to make it possible for a homebuyer to sign a contract on their new home on a Friday evening and move in on a Monday morning. It is hard to say, ‘You filled out all this paperwork digitally, but by the way you need to come into the office and sign these additional documents.’

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Eppraisal

OCTOBER 20, 2023

If necessary, consider updating your plumbing to meet modern standards and reduce the risk of future issues. Consider modernizing your electrical systems to meet current standards and accommodate the renovation's needs, including outlets, lighting and load capacity.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Modern Montauk NY ‘Tree House’ Offers Sweeping Oceanfront Views for $7.5M It’s known as the “Modern Montauk Tree House,” the listing notes. Spend hours writing volumes of supporting documentation to justify the market value of a property you already decided on when you pulled into the driveway. Excerpts: 4 Bedrooms, 4.5

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 16, 2023

Intricate marble floors, fancy paneling, ornate molding, and sparkling chandeliers are the work of famed architect Richard Landry, who custom designed the rocker’s European-style chateau in the 1990s. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 6.77

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Appraisal Today

JULY 28, 2023

by Dave Towne Excerpts: Appraisers, on July 17, 2023, a document from Freddie Mac was circulated to numerous appraisers around the US which identified certain words and other info that can be considered to be ‘BIASED’ in appraisal reports. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 6.80

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 18, 2023

Dragon Anywhere Dragon Anywhere is a dictation and speech-to-text app that allows you to create, edit, and share documents from your mobile device. Genius Scan makes it easy to scan, upload, and share documents using your mobile devices. 7 Must-Have Apps for Appraisers By: McKissock Excerpts: 1. baths, 34,380 square feet, 2.65

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

Spend hours writing volumes of supporting documentation to justify the market value of a property you already decided on when you pulled into the driveway. A $1M Contemporary Home Designed for Musicians Sets the Tempo in Ohio Excerpts: 2 bed 2.5 Could a seller credit damage the chance of appraising at the purchase contract?

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Industry Insider Insight on Risk and Modernization. Lenders want a compliant document that allows the loan package to be sold as quickly as possible, while investors want an appraisal that allows for securitization or resale to another downstream buyer. Fannie New Appraisal Form Modernization. Worth attending. percent from 6.41

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Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on hybrid appraisals, business tips, UAD info from Freddie, Fannie modernization, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Built in 2014, the six-bedroom estate was designed to resemble an English manor. and Conditionality.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

When buying commercial real estate in Ohio or beyond, you must have access to a roster of current tenants, service contracts, and maintenance records. The earlier you receive this documentation, the better it can help you prepare for future challenges (like nonpayment) and begin an early outreach process.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The importance of a fully modern open space preservation vehicle – a conservation easement in Ohio – cannot be better summarized than by our 26th President. A simple conservation easement definition is a legal contract to protect private land, permanently. A contract between the landowner and the buyer is legally binding.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career. I appraised many of them, but never noticed any effect, plus or minus, for historic designation. Are you comfortable working with long narrative documents, shifting frequently from one report section to another? No effect on value.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraisal “modernization”, bias hearing, bad appraiser, USPAP, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == Appraiser pleads guilty in $1.3B Some appraisers feel that lenders should not provide them with the purchase and sale contract.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2021

He started contracting with home mortgage lenders to appraise the value of the property tied to a loan. “It A variation of the conduct code was inserted into the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the modern AMC was off and running. But he repeatedly surfaces as the designated mouthpiece for AMCs.

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Clear Capital

JUNE 21, 2022

When Freddie Mac published the study, “ Discovery of Racial and Ethnic Valuation Gaps In Home Purchase Appraisals ” in late 2021, its conclusion, “that Black and Latino applicants receive lower appraisal values than the contract price more often than White applicants,” sent shockwaves through the mortgage industry.

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Zillow

MAY 8, 2017

Bring in a home inspector Once you've made a verbal agreement to buy the house and are waiting for the contract to be drawn up, you'll want to hire a home inspector. Will your project require filing documents, and if so, what is the process? If you decide to buy and improve a fixer-upper, have patience.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

>> Insights from 12,000 consumers and over 300 architectural designers show that 51% of residents will work from home in 2022, up from 33% before the pandemic. That includes 621 fewer Pending contracts in April 2022 than the previous April, as the net number of new listings remains on average lower than in years past.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you plan to buy commercial real estate in Ohio or beyond, you must have access to a roster of current tenants, service contracts, and maintenance records. The earlier you receive this documentation, the better it can help you prepare for future challenges (like nonpayment) and begin an early outreach process.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

The state will now empower a team dedicated to notifying affected homeowners and provide guidance to redact the language from ownership documents. Sometimes when you hear a home is a “mid-century modern” you think of the Brady Bunch house – stuck in a certain period. Update: The home is now under contract after 18 days on the market.

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