Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Mortgage rates at their lowest level in three weeks led to an increase in borrowers’ demand for home loans last week, spreading some optimism in the industry in the first few weeks of 2024. To prove it, analysts are already discussing a potential refi recovery. Overall, mortgage applications rose by 10.4% in the week ending Jan. 12, compared to one week earlier, on a seasonally adjusted basis, per the Mortgage Bankers Association ‘s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

The spring market is awake. Today I want to talk about some trends I’m seeing, debunk a myth, and share some super random stats involving pickleball, Starbucks, and other stuff (sorry). Haha. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 01/31/24 Joel Wright & Mike Gobbi Event 9am (on Zoom here) 02/01/24 Gateway Event (private) 2/09/24 PCAR WCR Event […] The post The spring housing market is waking up & random stats first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

New home construction exploded early in the pandemic as soaring home demand squeezed existing inventory nationwide, giving homebuilders a much bigger share of a shrinking pie. However, as mortgage rates hit multi-decade highs , cooling demand and shrinking the pool of qualified buyers for new homes, homebuilders slowed their pace of construction, which settled at a plateau that is still well above pre-pandemic levels.

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Real Estate News

JANUARY 17, 2024

New York Times journalist Debra Kamin talked to Real Estate News about the response to her investigations, why her eXp story “hit differently,” and what’s next.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia Fudge suggested to a congressional committee that the department could consider eliminating life-of-loan premium requirements for mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), but did not offer any indication about the issue’s priority level at HUD. Sitting for a HUD oversight hearing conducted by the U.S.

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Real Estate News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Home builder sentiment is up significantly in January as lower mortgage rates bring more buyers back to the market.

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George Dell

JANUARY 17, 2024

“USPAP” is for credible appraisers. The underlying principle of the actual ‘standards’ and the hundreds of pages of “explanatory” material is that the appraiser’s work must be “worthy of belief.” Accuracy and precision (trueness and sureness) are never stated as a goal. Believability, in turn, is judged by the user “expectations” and if “peers” would […] The post Are Standards Credible?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is sounding the alarm about an accelerating rate of scams that most commonly target older Americans, where a bad actor will pose as an official representative of the Bureau or another federal agency. The CFPB published a blog post on Tuesday describing details of the scam, including the lengths that the bad actors will go to convince their targets of the deception.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

The luxury brand's Aruba affiliate, Bold Properties, has expanded into the Caribbean island of Curaçao as demand remains strong among buyers and investors in the wake of the pandemic.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Top U.S. mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has rebranded its consumer-facing website FindAMortgageBroker.com to Mortgage Matchup. Mortgage Matchup will continue to be a consumer-facing website focused on homebuyers and real estate agents and offer educational material around the home buying and refinancing processes, along with a database of independent mortgage brokers near them, said UWM in a news release Wednesday.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

The former FHA commissioner also held executive positions at World Savings Bank, Freddie Mac, and The Long and Foster Companies before leading the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

The bankruptcy plan administrator for Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust (RMIT), the parent company of former industry lender Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF), has filed a court petition to convert from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The RMIT/RMF estate has run “out of money” to continue under Chapter 11, according to court filings reviewed by RMD.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

Agents weathered the storm last year by mostly staying put. In response to the latest Inman Intel Index, agents and brokerage leaders revealed the factors that might lead to a job change in 2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Big Four title firm First American Financial believes the cybersecurity incident it incurred on Dec. 20, 2023 , will have material impact on its fourth quarter 2023 financial results, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last Friday. In the filing, First American informed the public that it believes it has contained the incident and reiterated that it has resumed normal business operations, which it first announced on Dec. 29, 2023.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

Las Vegas resident Nathaniel Whaley alleges the National Association of Realtors, the Northern Nevada Regional MLS and state and local Realtor groups conspired to inflate broker commissions.

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Appraiserblogs

JANUARY 17, 2024

It wants to bootstrap released felons by allowing them to work as so-called “fair-housing testers” for the many nonprofits HUD provides grants to… If the rule is changed, the HUD-subsidized nonprofits could hire felons to ramp up sting operations against real estate brokers, leasing agents, mortgage loan officers, escrow officers, title officers, appraisers, property managers and others.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

Boutique firm LUX Denver is now affiliated with ERA Real Estate. Broker-owner Emily Duke co-founded the company in 2014, which has a lifetime sales volume of more than $200 million.

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GoForrmz

JANUARY 17, 2024

Digital forms could be the sustainable solution to paper problems your business has been missing At GoFormz we’re big believers in sustainability and making cost-effective, environmentally positive business decisions. Moving away from paper processes and embracing digital alternatives can be a fast and easy way for your transportation and logistics organization to streamline processes, improve efficiencies, and also embrace a long-term, eco-friendly approach to doing business.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

To accommodate agents seeking a new place to hang their license, the notable Midwest independent has launched a new website, joinBW.com, to highlight the advantages of working for Illinois' largest family-owned real estate company.

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Boston Appraisal

JANUARY 17, 2024

How We Handle Assignments with Ease: Why Banks and AMCs Should Choose UsWhether you are a homeowner or an investor, or an institutional lender, or even an ap.

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Investors 78

Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

Albuquerque-based homebuilder Abrazo Homes drew the ire of social media users over the weekend for their floor plans named after Harriet Tubman and Anne Frank. The builder has edited the descriptions to remove historical facts about the women's lives.

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BiggerPockets

JANUARY 17, 2024

Rates have been falling for the past few months, and signs of the market warming up are already here. These five markets have the highest gains in activity since last year.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

As part of Brandon Doyle's Snapshot series he talks to HomesUSA founder and CEO Ben Caballero. Find out how this innovator, and Guinness Book record-holder, is transforming the marketing of new construction.

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Boston Appraisal

JANUARY 17, 2024

The post Boston Appraisal Services: A Short Intro appeared first on Boston Appraisal Services.

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Appraisal 78

Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

Lion & Orb Agent Memberships will become available beginning on Jan. 24. The company calls its model “a groundbreaking annual subscription service that transforms how agents access public relations and marketing services to promote themselves and their work.

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Boston Appraisal

JANUARY 17, 2024

The post Boston Appraisal Services: A Short Intro appeared first on Boston Appraisal Services.

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Appraisal 78

Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

If your 2024 resolutions included health and fitness goals, trainer Bernice Ross offers a collection of great advice to help you stay on track.

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Agents 172

BiggerPockets

JANUARY 17, 2024

Out-of-state investing is a great option if you’re looking to venture beyond your backyard, but finding the perfect market can be a challenge.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

Baruh works in New York City and brings with him three other agents and one administrator. His move comes as brokerages compete intensely for top talent.

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BiggerPockets

JANUARY 17, 2024

We've talked about zoning rules and regulations. Now, we need to talk about getting the right zoning for your project. Here's how to do that.

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Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

New integrations with The Work Number and Informative Research are aimed at helping lenders speed underwriting approvals and reduce human error.

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BiggerPockets

JANUARY 17, 2024

You don't have to be perfect to get started, you just need to get started. These nine mistakes are proof of that.

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Investors 80

Inman

JANUARY 17, 2024

Empty nest Baby Boomers own 28.2 percent of the large homes in the United States — twice as many as millennials with kids.

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Marketing 166

Buys Brokers Only LLC

JANUARY 17, 2024

Massachusetts home prices rose modestly in 2023 as price growth slowed compared to the previous three years, and sales plummeted, according to data compiled by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR).

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Realtors 60