AmeriMac

MARCH 18, 2021

Regardless of whether you’re purchasing a new house or revamping your mortgage, getting an appraisal is a critical part of the process. During a home appraisal, a professional determines your home’s worth before putting it on the market. Refinancing your home includes replacing the old mortgage with a brand new one.

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Assurance Financial

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Taking out your first mortgage is a huge life step. A mortgage is a critical tool to have — it allows you to become a homeowner without putting down hundreds of thousands of dollars on the spot, and it lets you pay off your loan over time. About 96% of first-time homebuyers finance the purchase with a mortgage.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 18, 2021

Regardless of whether you’re purchasing a new house or revamping your mortgage, getting an appraisal is a critical part of the process. During a home appraisal, a professional determines your home’s worth before putting it on the market. Refinancing your home includes replacing the old mortgage with a brand new one.

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Realvals

JUNE 18, 2023

With this comprehensive list, you’ll find the most common and some more uncommon reasons to get an appraisal. Buying a Home When buying a home, an appraisal can help you in two ways. One, as way to know the value before making an offer, and two, for the mortgage process after making an offer.

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The Robert Weiler Company

MARCH 15, 2021

Challenges Related to a Special Purpose Property. Today, it is in the aforementioned neighborhoods that a special purpose property – buildings designed for one specific use – are being repurposed for new ventures. Government and nonprofit organizations are likely to point to crime, poverty, and a lack of infrastructure.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2023

On the heels of a Thursday announcement by six federal agencies unveiling a proposed rule that would implement quality control standards that govern the use of automated valuation models (AVMs), Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 28, 2023

First: How do appraisers value any amenity of a property? Appraisal 101 would suggest the matched pairs analysis. So our first task is to find a property with solar panels that’s similar to the subject. Nothing wrong with that, but I don’t see the GSEs shifting back to full appraisals in the future.

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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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

These and other steps are sorely needed to bring the appraisal process in line with advances to digitize mortgages, utilizing technology to combat inconsistencies that continue to beleaguer the profession, and reduce closing slowdowns often caused by appraisal capacity issues.

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Clear Capital

JANUARY 5, 2023

government made bold steps to support homeownership through the GI Bill. Before that, the government addressed these issues through housing programs started under the New Deal. ” These programs were designed to address an acute housing shortage by providing affordable homeownership opportunities for American families.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Independent mortgage banks have been “completely blindsided” by the increase in enforcement activity, said Daniella Casseres, who leads the mortgage regulatory practice group at law firm Mitchell Sander. As some independent mortgage banks have found out, a modern-day redlining allegation does not need to prove intentionality.

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