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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

Housing Wire

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Lenders began to define the “trust model” of standards, contracts and shared services necessary to achieve cross industry interoperability.

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Vishal Garg unveils Better’s new strategy as a publicly traded company 

Housing Wire

” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. But more recently, we have partnered with Realtors. ” And what is Better.com best at?

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Mortgage lending could be halted by flood insurance program’s expiration, experts warn

Housing Wire

Five days remain in the currently authorized National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). If it is not reauthorized by Congress before that date, the mortgage industry could see consequences, including ceding control of certain land use policies and the cessation of some mortgage lending. The borrowing authority of NFIP from the U.S.

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

Housing Wire

But, collectively at the Denver Metro Association of Realtors (DMAR), we all agree that this is really no longer the case and hasn’t been for some time. 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.)

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Just Put in an Offer on a Home? Here's What to Expect

Eppraisal

Your bid may need to be higher, your contract contingencies may be undesirable or other buyers may have more attractive financing requirements. You can say no to the counteroffer, accept it or propose new changes to the contract. Arriving at a verbal agreement differs from being in a contract.

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7 Takeaways: Due Diligence Fee and Earnest Money in Real Estate

Raleigh Realty

Understanding Due Diligence and Earnest Money in North Carolina Real Estate When you go under contract on a home in North Carolina you are going to encounter terms like Due Diligence and Earnest Money. It's important to note that real estate contracts and laws change depending on what state you are in. Due Diligence: What Is it?

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Help for troubled borrowers is on the way. But will it come soon enough?

Housing Wire

The recent experience with state distribution of rental assistance and unemployment insurance is perhaps a preview of the challenges ahead. States, overwhelmed with claims and understaffed, also had problems paying unemployment insurance. Up to the task? billion at its peak in February 2021. “The situation is frustrating.

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