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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

Are you looking to get licensed as a real estate agent in Arizona? We’ve reviewed all the key information to determine the best Arizona real estate schools to help you get licensed quickly and efficiently with a state-approved, online program at an Arizona real estate school.

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The Complete Guide to Buying a Home As a Government Employee

Raleigh Realty

Buying a Home As a Government Employee Are you a government employee preparing to buy a home? With the right resources, you can ensure a successful investment and one in which you may save tens of thousands of dollars thanks to being a government employee. Who Is a Government Employee?

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Busting VA mortgage loan myths

Housing Wire

Benefits can include: No down payment Competitive interest rates No private mortgage insurance (PMI) Limited or no closing costs Funding fee waived for service-connected disabled veterans More favorable credit criteria Loan types There are a number of VA loan options to meet the needs of today’s veteran buyers, including purchase and refinance.

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The hybrid appraisal is here. Who benefits?

Housing Wire

Starting in July, the government-sponsored enterprise will allow remote inspections on some refinance loans it buys. An agent does a floorplan scan when they make a listing. The seller accepts it; they go into contract. After all, it wasn’t so long ago appraisers received assignments via fax machine. An offer comes in at 5 p.m.

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Agent strategies for getting first-time homebuyers across the finish line

Housing Wire

Editor’s note: There are conventional mortgage options with down payments as low as 3% and government-insured loans with a low- or no-down-payment requirement.) This approach is negotiated in the contract; it’s a seller concession to the buyer for a set amount. Let’s use $10,000 as an example.

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Here’s What Your Mortgage Lender Wants You To Know About Buying a House Right Now

Realtor

But there are still many great opportunities if you’re patient and have a great real estate agent and lender.”. In this market, we are seeing a lot of appraisal gaps being written into contracts. This can be attributed to low mortgage rates and low inventory creating strong demand from buyers.

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ROV (Reconsideration of Value) Changes – FHA and GSEs

Appraisal Today

Ryan’s blog focuses on local real estate agents and market conditions, a most excellent method of becoming the “go-to” appraiser and getting lots of referrals from agents. I first started writing a real estate column in the local newspaper back in the late 1980s but did not like it.