Sacramento Appraisal Blog
MARCH 27, 2025
Does the value make sense? That’s the last question I ask when finishing an appraisal, and I want to walk you through what that looks like. I hope this will be useful for both agents and colleagues. Let me know what you think. UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 4/2/25 SAFE Credit Union Coffee Talk (RSVP here) 4/10/25 […] The post The last question I ask during an appraisal first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.
Housing Wire
MARCH 24, 2025
Home sellers who did not list their properties on the MLS lost out on more than $1 billion in sale proceeds over the past two years, according to a study published Monday by Zillow. The study also found that these losses were deepest in communities of color. Zillow defined communities of color as ZIP codes where a majority of households are headed by Blacks , Hispanics , Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders or Native Americans.
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Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 25, 2025
The housing market has underwent significant changes over the past few years, but there are still good deals in great locations to be had. Vacasa has just released its 2025 Top 25 Best Places to Buy a Vacation Home report , a helpful resource for vacation rental home buyers new and old, as well as those seeking investment properties. Vacation Rental Real Estate Market Trends Inventory : The good news is that after the past few years of historically low listings, market inventory is slowly growi
Cleveland Appraisal Blog
MARCH 26, 2025
Hello, dear reader! I hope you’re doing well! I took some time off from blogging to catch up on work and re-group mentally from the past few years of real estate craziness, culminating in a hectic last six months of an appraiser. I just needed a little breather. Thank you for being here to read my article on bedroom requirements and the housing statistics for Cuyahoga County.
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Appraiserblogs
MARCH 27, 2025
Impersonating an Appraiser – The Costly Consequences of Playing Dress-Up in Real Estate. Being an appraiser isn’t for the faint of heart. The job requires thick skin, a strong moral compass, and an unwavering commitment to impartiality. There are times when you have to stand your ground, even when clients plead with you to sway the value.
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Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 25, 2025
In the wake of the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, Redfin examined the state of home sales , reporting that they fell by double digits in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena regions in the wake of Januarys wildfires. In the Palisades (90272) region, just 12 homes sold in February, down 56% from a year earlier, and in the Altadena (91001) region, just 32 homes sold, down 43% year-over-year.
Eyes on Housing
MARCH 24, 2025
As housing affordability remains a critical challenge across the country, mortgage rates continue to play a central role in shaping homebuying power. Mortgage rates stayed elevated throughout 2023 and early 2024. Recent data, however, shows a modest decline in mortgage rates. Even slight declines can have a significant impact on housing affordability, pricing more households.
Inman
MARCH 27, 2025
Five years after the arrival of COVID in the US, 94 percent of Gen Z and 86 percent of millennial first-time homesellers say they regret their pandemic-era purchase, according to an analysis by Opendoor.
Housing Wire
MARCH 25, 2025
A new report from the Washington, D.C. -based Consumer Policy Center (CPC) warns that the common practice of percentage-based real estate commissions may be a financial disadvantage for home buyers and sellers. The report is titled How Percentage-Based Commissions Can Harm Home Buyers and Sellers and What They Can Do About It. The CPC points to commission structures that discourage price negotiations and cause consumers to underestimate the true cost of agent fees.
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Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 24, 2025
According to a recent study, more than half of Americans say they feel overwhelmed by rising utility costs, mortgage payments, and rent, leaving many consumers with little money left over after paying their monthly housing expenses. This highlights the harsh financial reality of owning a home in the current economy. Per a new study from American Home Shield (AHS), paying utility bills is another typical expense of living at home, in addition to rent or mortgage payments.
Eyes on Housing
MARCH 25, 2025
A slight decline in mortgage rates and limited existing inventory helped new home sales to edge higher in February even as housing affordability challenges continue to act as a strong headwind on the market. Sales of newly built, single-family homes in February increased 1.8% to a 676,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate from a revised January.
George Dell
MARCH 24, 2025
Paired sales is the fourth of five acceptable methods for time adjustments, according to the Fannie Mae selling guide. Once again, the method is neither defined nor explained. Editors Note:Read the entire series (so far) here. A look at USPAP shows no reference to grouped or paired sales as a way to support an opinion […] The post Paired Sales Time?
Housing Wire
MARCH 25, 2025
Generating a new lead can feel like magic. That little dopamine kick you get just from talking to someone who might hire you is part of what makes this job so fulfilling. Its thrilling and addictive. But what if you could get that same rush without having to white-knuckle it through a cold call or shell out a thousand bucks a month to Zillow? Laura Griffin did just that by accident.
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Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 25, 2025
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) have announced new U.S. residential sales statistics for February 2025. Sales of new single-family houses in February 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000, according to estimates released by the Census Bureau and HUDthis is 1.8% above the revised January rate of 664,000, and 5.1 % above the February 2024 estimate of 643,000.
GoForrmz
MARCH 25, 2025
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Inman
MARCH 22, 2025
Think women who buy are focused on style over substance? Think again. Theyre mostly focused on financial matters, and theyre willing to consider a fixer-upper.
Housing Wire
MARCH 27, 2025
Self-branded “financial fitness” platform FinLocker announced Wednesday that it will cover 100% of the verification costs for mortgage borrowers who use lenders’ FinLocker-powered apps. The company calls the move an “industry-first initiative.” According to data from the Community Home Lenders of America , verification of income , employment and assets typically costs up to $280 per mortgage application, a charge tacked onto others in an already-expensive transactio
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 27, 2025
According to a recent Realtor.com survey, the average down payment in the fourth quarter was $30,250, which was around $3,000 more than the previous year but only somewhat less than the third quarters amount. The largest down payments in the history of the records, both in terms of total dollars and as a percentage of the buying price, occurred last year.
Real Estate News
MARCH 25, 2025
A new complement to CCP will allow for delayed marketing, giving home sellers the ability to keep their listings out of the IDX feed and off search sites.
Inman
MARCH 27, 2025
According to luxury consultant Chris Pollinger, adaptation and evolution are key to creating marketing that works both now and for the long haul.
Housing Wire
MARCH 25, 2025
After months of debate, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has made a decision about its contentious Clear Cooperation Policy. In an announcement on Tuesday, the trade organization unveiled its new Multiple Listing Options for Sellers policy. According to the release, this new policy compliments NAR s existing MLS policies and that it will exist in conjunction with CCP.The trade group feels the policy provides sellers and their agent more options and choice when marketing a property.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 24, 2025
Measuring and analyzing changes in market conditions are critical and fundamental elements in real estate appraisal. Indeed, they are the foundation of an accurate opinion of value. This is simply because such a value conclusion has as its base a specific date in time, the effective date of appraisal. So, from within the neighborhood boundaries appraisers delineate at the beginning of the appraisal report, they must analyze sufficient sales data to determine if there have been any changes in mar
Real Estate News
MARCH 25, 2025
The real estate industry had mixed reactions to NARs decision to keep Clear Cooperation and add a policy that allows sellers to delay marketing via IDX.
Inman
MARCH 28, 2025
The cuts are all part of what NAR called a "months-long strategy" to "streamline" and "reposition" around its new leadership team, as well as "reallocate" the association's budget dollars.
Housing Wire
MARCH 26, 2025
Economic optimism among chief financial officers dropped in the first quarter of 2025 as a result of tariffs and broader uncertainty. That’s according to the CFO Survey, a collaboration between Duke Universitys Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta. The CFO Survey was fielded from Feb. 18 to March 7. The panel includes firms that range from small operations to Fortune 500 companies across all major industries.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 28, 2025
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued its OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Fourth Quarter 2024 , tracking the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system during Q4 of 2024. The report found that 97.3% of mortgages included were current and performing at the end of Q4 2024, a slight increase from 97.2% reported year-over-year.
Real Estate News
MARCH 28, 2025
Keeping an eye on economic factors like growth, inflation and government borrowing can provide hints about where mortgage rates are headed.
Inman
MARCH 25, 2025
To ensure better representation this Women's History Month and beyond, she writes, its critical to reduce barriers to entry, support women in their journeys and celebrate their success.
Housing Wire
MARCH 28, 2025
Amid industrywide conversations and proposed legislation to address consumer privacy and protection regarding trigger leads , Idaho has stepped up to the plate. Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed H.B. 149 into law last week. The bill introduces a new section called Consumer Privacy in Mortgage Applications to the Idaho Residential Mortgage Practices Act.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 27, 2025
A new report from Redfin has found that the number of renter households in America increased 0.8% year-over-year to 45.4 million in Q4, marking the slowest growth since Q1 of 2023. The number of homeowner households rose 0.8% to 86.9 milliona growth rate thats little changed from recent quarters. Q4 of 2024 marks the first time in more than a year that the number of renter and homeowner households are increasing at the same rate.
Real Estate News
MARCH 26, 2025
If fewer listings are publicly accessible, first-timers and buyers in areas where PLN-friendly brokerages dominate could face more challenges.
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