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New planning tool arrives as California prepares for more accessory dwelling units

Housing Wire

A private planning firm in California is launching a new tool to help local governments there prepare for a pending law designed to spur more construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Local governments are uniquely positioned to help residents through the daunting process of building an ADU.

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The Week Ahead: HUD Pushes to Further Innovate Housing

Appraisal Buzz

HUD’s “Innovative Housing Showcase Educational Sessions will feature individual breakouts on offsite construction, building codes, manufactured housing, decarbonization, zoning, public and multifamily housing, resilience, and finance.

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As the housing market bottoms out, educating the future mortgage pro becomes paramount

Housing Wire

In 2021, Gigliotti created Axis 360 Lift , an online academy designed to educate aspiring mortgage and title professionals. In this climate of cautious optimism, industry veteran Paul Gigliotti is spearheading an innovative educational venture that’s tailored to the evolving needs of mortgage company executives and recruiters.

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Opinion: Reformed FHA program will offer lenders new business opportunities

Housing Wire

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. The FHA has an opportunity to extend its considerable manufactured housing expertise to strengthen a critical market.

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Why it’s time for the housing industry to get serious about climate risk

Housing Wire

Change in uninsured losses As of late, however, the uninsured losses are being absorbed by other stakeholders in the housing finance system, including mortgage lenders, mortgage servicers, private mortgage insurers, government agencies, capital markets investors, and the government-sponsored enterprises.

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FHFA announces new multifamily loan purchase caps for GSEs

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Thursday that the 2023 multifamily loan purchase caps for Fannie Mae and the Freddie Mac will be $75 billion for each government-sponsored enterprise (GSE), for a combined total of $150 billion to support the multifamily market, according to an announcement from the FHFA.

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Is the GSE’s “Appraisal Modernization” Really Just Mass Appraisal?

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Mass Appraisal tend to exhibit a regressive nature… In the intricate landscape of real estate mortgage financing, the notion of appraisal waivers recently dubbed “Value Acceptance”, by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), has stirred considerable debate. Despite its roots in a methodology designed to support appraisers, Value.