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The Appraiser’s Guide to Evaluating Home Value Before You Buy

Birmingham Appraisal

Strategies for Evaluating Home Value: What Buyers Need to Know When it comes to purchasing a home, understanding the various factors that affect its value is important. Evaluating home value is essential in this regard. Keep an eye on the neighborhood’s growth trends and planned developments.

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Biden tax credit to rehab homes is finally unveiled

Housing Wire

The Biden administration announced proposals to combat the racial wealth gap , including a tax credit to rehab homes for low and moderate-income homebuyers as part of the trillion dollar infrastructure package. The renovations would be on a budget, however.

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Opinion: Pass the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

Housing Wire

The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (Neighborhood Homes) would begin addressing these challenges by developing or renovating 125,000 affordable homes in economically distressed communities. This cost gap all-too-often prevents the renovation of affordable houses that need a great deal of work.

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How Biden’s Neighborhood Homes proposal impacts real estate investors

Housing Wire

“The first house I rehabbed last year, it was a house that had fire damage in the kitchen, and it was just kind of an eyesore on a nice quiet street,” said McCormick, who said she purchased the home for $25,000 and then put $65,000 into renovations before selling to an owner-occupant buyer for $134,000. “It

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Institutional SFR players are stuck in the doldrums

Housing Wire

And yet another big force in the market, FirstKey Homes , is pulling collateral out of a 2021 securitization deal. The lawsuit claims further that the company “ignored permitting laws to avoid fees and increased taxes as well as to get renovated homes on the rental market as soon as possible.”

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Property condition information that’s cloud-based – “Word cloud” based

Housing Wire

Many factors contribute to the process of determining the value of a residential property. For example, a newly renovated home that has a gourmet kitchen and an updated bathroom may be valued more highly than a similar home that possesses only above-average amenities and is in average condition. .

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How To Plan a Home Remodel

Eppraisal

Remodeling your home can be an exciting endeavor, but it requires careful planning and thoughtful consideration. Whether you're looking to update a single room, increase your home value or undertake a whole-house renovation, following a structured approach will help ensure a successful outcome.