Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 9, 2025

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has published a Final Rule in the Federal Register to modernize and strengthen regulations for the HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME). HOME is one of the largest federal grant programs specifically for creating housing for disadvantaged households.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

And actual robotic assistance is something being developed in other parts of the world, including through government endorsement of the idea. In Japan, robot development is being encouraged by the government, industry, and academia, with a general optimism towards their application, the article explained.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Cathy Moore, a member of the Seattle City Council , described her general approach to housing issues as one that’s skeptical of developers intentions and centered on a belief that the government should do more. For state Sen. Feedback on the proposals has included pushback from some local leaders.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Similar to the HousingWire TECH100, which celebrates the most innovative companies in mortgage and real estate tech, Tech Trendsetters highlights the individuals who are developing cutting-edge technology and leading innovation for their clients in these industries. This year, 75 honorees were selected. Take a look at the full list below.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Concentrated Development: Many developers flocked to the same areas, leading to localized oversupply. The Developer’s Dilemma To illustrate the current challenges, let’s consider a hypothetical developer, Dave. Diminished Development Capacity: As developers struggle, new construction grinds to a halt.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

Using growth indicators that measure upcoming construction and development, southern metros take eight spots in the top 10 list. in builder/developer land, 4% in recent build and 1.1% Southern housing markets have dominated growth lists over the last few years, and a report by CoreLogic today shows Southern markets are still hot.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

These metros are becoming hubs for build-to-rent development, the report said. Florida added more than 5,300 new BTR homes last year and currently has nearly 7,800 more in development. Dallas followed with 3,197 new units, while Atlanta came in third with 3,035, a 15% increase from the previous year.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Mortgage lending, small business loans, and investments in local development projects are all driven by local lenders who know their markets, live in their communities, and have a vested interest in the growth of their economies. The FHLBanks are also key players in affordable housing and community development initiatives.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The brokerage has hired industry veteran Nikol Solares as senior managing director of new development marketing. ” Nikol Solares Solares brings 20 years of experience in luxury development, new construction sales and marketing to her new role. Adam Vellano was promoted to managing director of the South Florida market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

This is a developing story. Freddie Mac will provide information regarding any related party transactions and the new directors committee assignments as they become known, the Freddie filing said, while for Fannie the board has yet to finalize any board assignments for the new members.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Mortgage and title clients are undergoing a significant transformation with the shift from Encompass Software Development Kit (SDK) to Encompass Partner Connect (EPC). Increased software development needs : New integrations often require more development resources to ensure compatibility with existing systems.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2025

However, customized integrations are expensive and time consuming, and lenders often spend a disproportionate amount of their technology and engineering resources just integrating vendors, rather than developing tech that actually drives differentiation. Those who dont will fall behind. The path forward may not be easy, but it is necessary.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In this monograph, we discuss the absolute necessity of developing more than one skill set as part of becoming a competent and professional real estate appraiser. This means continually learning and developing new skills to stay ahead of the curve. Another way to develop new skills is to seek out opportunities to learn from mentors.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 8, 2025

Among buyer types, institutional investors were the most likely to expect increasing property purchases in 2025 (85%) compared to 71% for owner-occupant buyers, and 62% for local community developers. Sixty-three percent of buyers surveyed described themselves as local community developers, down from 78% in the 2024 survey.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

Im looking forward to accelerating innovation through a robust data strategy centered on AI, customer-centric product development and solutions that deliver real impact for our clients. Flynn has more than two decades of experience in real estate and financial technology.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Step 4: Develop a recruitment and retention strategy Attracting and retaining top talent is critical to scaling your team. Offer training, mentorship, and career development plans to support long-term success. Action plan: Develop client-centric processes that make transactions seamless and stress-free.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Skills such as coaching, conflict resolution, and teammotivation are rarely developed through sales roles alone. How to develop leadership in the mortgage industry To address the leadership deficiency in our industry, we need to change how we approach promotions and leadership development. Heres how: 1.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The company said it hired the four executives to focus on developing its products and services for real estate professionals nationwide. For over 20 years, Ive focused on sales leadership, surpassing business targets, developing top talent, and building high-performance teams.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

Inventory is rising but not everywhere Ivy Zelman noted, while affordability remains stretched, a surprising development has been the slow but steady rise in existing home inventory. 06:07] Dale Wettlaufer echoed that rising costs especially land and development expenses from years past are just now hitting builder balance sheets.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2025

Blend’s developed enhancements some of which are already live at CrossCountry Mortgage, with others set to launch in 2025 include branch- and LO-level configurations. These allow CrossCountry to tailor workflows, branding and operational settings at the branch level to maintain consistency across its branches. ”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Rawls is the latest addition to a leadership team of seven executives at the developing company. Guaranteed Rate Affinity highlighted Rawls’ promotion as a key development in their partnership with New Jersey-based real estate franchise Coldwell Banker , a subsidiary of Anywhere.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 6, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted $40 million in funding to 21 recipients to support housing stability and prevent evictions and homelessness.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In August 2023 , the bank disclosed it was under investigation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after the nonprofit organization filed a complaint alleging violations of the U.S. Fair Lending Act. metropolitan areas from 2018 through 2021. HSBC has committed $10 million in loan subsidies, including $3.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The promotion applies to select homes in various housing developments across multiple cities. Magnolia Ridge, one of the participating housing developments in the Greater Houston deal, is offering $7,500 to $7,500 off select homes , with a few of the homes seeing prices drop from $289,200 to $244,990 and $248,590 to $239,990.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

This tailwind is currently under threat as developers grapple with the short-term and long-term impacts of new and evolving tariffs on building materials. We have seen declines in rents largely due to robust multi-family building and permitting adding more rental options in many metros.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

At the conclusion of the third quarter of 2024, the delinquency rates for each group were as follows, based on the unpaid principle balance (UPB) of loans: Banks and thrifts (90 or more days delinquent or in non-accrual): 1.24%, an increase of 0.09 percentage points from the second quarter of 2024.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

There is a real risk we may see reduced growth in economic development in the state, which has many ramifications. There is also a demolition program, which helps communities and developers pay for the costs to renovate or tear down dilapidated structures and replace them with housing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

Moreover, I think it’s going to take a lot of cooperation between developers and municipalities and the state to really build, not just talk, but actually do work on affordable housing and making sure that we have a high level of inventory. We just don’t have a way at the local level.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Ohio is projected to experience statewide population declines in 74 of 88 counties over the next 25 years, according to the Ohio Department of Development. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has expressed intentions to invest in the city’s housing development efforts for years to come.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Kessler also directed the implementation of several professional development several including the eight-month Texas Realtors Leadership Program. He boasts a track record of directing finances, planning and leadership development. Texas Realtors experienced growth across several key areas under Kessler’s leadership.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Additionally, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) convened a working group of volunteers to develop model regulations to assist states in the regulatory implementation of these laws, Kooper added. A second model was added later in 2018 when the Uniform Law Commission released its model RON law for states.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The platform is intended for housing professionals in various sectors, including 5 million loan officers, appraisers , servicers , underwriters , developers, agents, brokers, attorneys and regulators. Through Araya, CoreLogic will give customers access to the data and analytics of nearly all U.S. properties on one platform.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“Their input has been incredibly valuable, significantly shaping the ongoing development of Smart Underwrite, especially in the growing wholesale market,” Brown said in a statement. Mike Brown, chief revenue officer for Gateless, echoed her sentiment and praised The Loan Store for its forward-thinking attitude.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

The company which formally announced the arrangement on Thursday includes business and brand strategy, creative development and industry thought leadership initiatives, according to the announcement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The firm offers “smart loans” using artificial intelligence and developed a cloud-based portal, LoanFlow , that aims to give mortgage brokers and loan officers the ability to originate loans anytime, anywhere.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. From Census: New Home Sales : Sales of new single-family houses in November 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 664,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. percent (18.6 percent)* above the revised October rate of 627,000 and is 8.7

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