Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

Most retail lenders are desperately seeking high producing loan originators to make up for the losses that occurred in 2022. California-based retail lender JVM Lending plans to drum up business this year — but by doing the exact opposite. We are going to pursue the investor niche aggressively, meeting very specific realtors.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

We’ve done that through products like One Day Mortgage, which are helpful to a consumer if they’re buying or shopping for a home because literally the same day that they enter into a purchase contract, they can get a commitment letter on their mortgage.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The last unit they bought was in mid-2022 as far as I can tell… To read more, plus the 45+ appraiser comments, Click Here Investor Home Purchases Are Down Over 40% in Sun Belt Pandemic. Investor purchases of U.S. ”… Question 2: does the lending industry owe the appraiser a living? homes dropped 29.7% percent from 7.37

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2023

In the mortgage space, warehouse lending is a very lucrative business for the banks, so in general they’ll want to keep warehousing lending, maybe over other types of lending,” said Brian Hale, founder and CEO of consulting firm Mortgage Advisory Partners. It’s just a matter of to what degree.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 14, 2023

The terms “entrepreneurial incentive” and “entrepreneurial profit” are typically discussed in terms of investment property, but the principles involved can also be applied to the many fixer-uppers—whether the buyer is a “purely investor type” or an “owner occupied investor type.” percent from 6.40 percent, with points decreasing to 0.55

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

In other words, it flattens out the space between the primary and secondary markets, allowing mortgages to essentially be originated and securitized nearly instantaneously across a distributed computer network that is accessible to authorized investors. “It It [promises to] completely remove, or disintermediate, the higher market,” he added.

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The Robert Weiler Company

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The information that arises helps enlighten those who own, manage, sell, lend money, or invest in commercial real estate property. Investors can place their confidence in a licensed commercial real estate appraiser, especially one who is reputable and familiar with the local market.

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 31, 2023

Fannie sells their loans to investors. Mortgage Lending In Q4 Hit Lowest Point Since 2014 Refinance mortgage originations hit low point this century. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) increased to 6.79 The more loans, the more money Fannie makes.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

Excerpts: Lending was not very prudent prior to the crash of 2008 as suggested by the trend in the median credit score (FICO), a measure for credit worthiness; for newly originated first-time purchase mortgages the median FICO score was 686 in Q1 2006 versus 740 in Q4 2020. The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs decreased to 4.55

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

As a teenager, my friends would describe to me experiences they had in retail stores, in which they were watched uncomfortably closely by store clerks. The property had been purchased for a price in the mid 50’s by an investor, two months prior to my appraisal. Sadly, there are some that do not share that view. .

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 12, 2024

Managing Investments: For investors who own multiple properties, desktop appraisals provide rapid updates on property values. But if for lending, it might be rejected on review by GSE computers or humans. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) increased to 7.01

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Appraisal Today

MAY 12, 2023

Fannie Mae will end up creating more instability for the trillions in the bond market – investors will have to process millions of valuations with the physical attributes of the home collected by unlicensed, uninsured, and unprepared individuals getting paid $10-$25 per inspection. Mortgage lending is very, very cyclical.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

Some appraisers feel that lenders should not provide them with the purchase and sale contract. Then that contract does not serve to color, cloud, or otherwise bias a value opinion. Appraisers analyze the purchase and sale contract to amass and verify data to have detailed data to use in the analytics of future assignments.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on 2024 forecasts for mortgage rates and originations, Private Money lending, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. They are risky for the lender and its investors. The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 6.41

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That, in turn, can often weaken the confidence of builders, consumers and investors amid a looming recession. Facebook (Meta) is evolving its office arrangements, leaving space in Seattle and Bellevue and contemplating additional contraction while opening a new lab (Frank Gehry-designed Building X) in Redmond later this year.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) increased to 6.42

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Economists and investors have been upbeat about how the employment picture has remained mostly resilient in the wake of economic headwinds. It increased the Fed funds rate 11 times between March 2022 and July 2023, essentially from 0.25% to 5.25%, on the interest that banks lend to each other. Is the market getting ahead of itself?

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Because of the housing shortage, investors are buying single-family residences. Those investors are buying in bulk. While that number may seem high to some, in the context of lending and property complexities, that is a 54% improvement in performance cited earlier in this article (10 years ago). For example, i-buyers.

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Will Springer Realtor

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Nine of the homes are under contract, as of this writing. On the Eastside, 2023 will include both the arrival of the Link light rail and the planned opening of Avenue Bellevue , with its twin-tower community comprised of luxury and ultra-lux condos, specialty retail shops and a five-star hotel. 1-bedroom with den) to 2400 sq.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 27, 2022

The market changing again with increasing interest rates, in the inevitable ups and downs of mortgage lending. Mortgage lending from the 1870s to today. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) decreased to 5.46 How the Internet changed appraising.

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