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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

Housing Wire

Many industries began to deploy electronic supply chains in the 1980’s. Technology hasn’t been the barrier since 1998 when Equifax, and later other firms, developed systems to secure complex, multi-party transactions over the Internet. Consumers, communities and taxpayers are major beneficiaries.

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June Newsletter-Easing Off the Pedal

DW Slater Company

They had simulators that you sat in and gave you all kinds of tests to develop your defensive driving skills. Economic changes, policy changes, supply chain issues, social changes, and buying power can all impact real estate. Mortgage rates are already moving up and are projected to move higher. It was great!

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loanDepot CIO on the evolution of build versus buy over 14 years

Housing Wire

What drew you into the mortgage industry? GB: The whole mortgage tech ecosystem was very different 14 years ago when the company was founded, so there was, understandably, a heavy bias towards build. SW: Is 14 years a long time when it comes to mortgage tech? Sarah Wheeler: You joined loanDepot in 2021 from Capital One.

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) , that 200,000 represented close to 20% of all single-family homes supplied to the market in 2019. More Affordable than New Homes Not surprisingly, housing supplied by new homebuilders is higher priced than housing supplied by distressed property renovators.

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. In fact, according to a breakdown of housing numbers by Realtor.com , the about 16% gap between homes started and homes completed is the highest in recent years, due to supply chain issues.

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CITIES FACE DAUNTING OFFICE-VACANCY CHALLENGE

Will Springer Realtor

Local government, developers, architects and others will need to step up and take responsibility for the sake of our city. The brighter news is that labor shortages and supply-chain disruptions are improving but it’s hardly “back to normal.” We’ll have new incentives, and quite frankly, this will inform our budget,” he said.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

They have also been spending oodles of money to shape their residences to meet new living needs – modern and spacious, when possible – as households live in their homes for longer. In many cases, the long lag time to complete projects is no longer from dreaded supply-chain issues. Owners are investing about $475B ( yes, billion!