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4 ways to effectively train your title agency employees

Housing Wire

In this article, we’ll examine four effective strategies to help you navigate these challenges and prepare your team for the changing housing market. By investing in education now, you’ll be ready to capitalize on a potential market rebound and set your agency apart from the competition. The good news?

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Purchasing & Developing Land - Part 5 - Reselling It - Raw or Developed

Eppraisal

Owning raw land has real potential along with its share of pitfalls. Whether you decide to hold it and sell when real property values climb or -- alternatively -- develop the lot to convey at a higher price, you are subject to forces of market, timing and competition.

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The Difference Between Pricing a Property and Appraising It

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

They will analyze market conditions and they will look for comparable sales that have sold in the area of the subject property in recent months. They then use a price-per-square-foot method to determine the asking price for the property. If they end up too high, the home will likely sit on the market until the price is reduced.

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WFG reduces time and cost in real estate transactions

Housing Wire

By focusing on its clients and their processes, WFG helps compress the time required to close a loan and/or transfer real property ownership. WFG develops solutions in direct response to industry concerns solicited through regular engagement with its Executive Roundtable (ERT) of C-suite lending executives. .”

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What Is a Reconciled Value?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

The Sales Comparison approach, as the name implies, compares the property being appraised to other properties that a potential buyer might consider as a substitute for buying the property being appraised. Even if I do not include my development of the Cost Approach in my report, I have it in my work file.

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How to reduce appraisal turn times and improve the borrower experience

Housing Wire

As the appraisal industry struggles to meet demand, Voxtur has developed a solution to streamline the process. HousingWire recently spoke with Jim Albeertelli, CEO of Voxtur, about the company’s r ecent acquisition and launch of an automated workflow management platform for the global market.

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3 Things An Appraisal Should Tell You That You May Not Know

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value? That can have a big impact on market value.

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