Inman

JUNE 22, 2023

If you're just starting out, here's how to choose your investment property and increase its value for maximum return on investment.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In springtime, people start moving again, but so far in 2024 I feel like I’ve at least been getting more proposals out, which as we all know, results in more applications eventually.” The year’s off to a good start,” he said. “I But the challenges are still there as far as qualifying people to get enough proceeds.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2024

Traditionally, one third of all homes get a price cut before they sell and when demand gets weaker, this percentage increases, which we saw in 2022 when prices were falling in the second half of the year. Now that mortgage rates have fallen and as we start the brand new year, we need to focus on this data line more.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 28, 2024

Thursday, it started getting answers. NAR this week sent letters asking government lending agencies to allow buyers to finance agent compensation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

home sale price remains near record highs and supply stays constrained in many locales, two of the most populous states that have seen a surge in demand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are showing signs of a pullback. Now they’re moving to North Carolina or Tennessee to get a good deal. Even as the median U.S.

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BiggerPockets

DECEMBER 21, 2023

If you want to get started in real estate investing, there are six actionable steps you can take today. Many people dream of investing in real estate, but most never take the first step.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2024

I have been waiting for years for a standard inventory data line to start the year, and so far that’s what I’m seeing. However, this data line accelerates when mortgage rates rise and demand gets hit harder. Mortgage rates started the week at 6.77% and finished the week at 6.92%. This assumes spreads are still bad.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 24, 2024

It seems like bringing up Short Term Rental valuation is the quickest way to start a fight on social media. You can get 7 hours of appraisal CE and gain the knowledge you need to become an expert on short term rentals. Why is there such wild variance of opinions on how to handle these? What makes them so unique?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Mortgage lenders should get used to the concept of ”higher for longer” interest rates and work to bring profitability to their businesses, according to Stan Middleman, founder, president and CEO at Freedom Mortgage. So, start making money on every loan. while adding that ”we’re getting towards the tail.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

One of the pieces of advice for only children who will care for their parents is to start early. “I I started planning for [this] 20 years ago,” Hausknost told the outlet. “I If you start dipping into your own pockets, you might be disqualifying them from state and federal programs by stepping up and paying for everything,” she said.

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Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 29, 2020

It seems that home market activity in Chicago is starting to get in the groove and I expect we’ll see more activity in the month of May. . The post After Covid-19, Home Market Activity in Chicago is Starting to Get Optimistic appeared first on Chicagoland Appraisals.

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BiggerPockets

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Multifamily real estate investing can be scary to a new investor. After all, buying more units requires more money, more resources, and a larger team. But today’s guest is here […]

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BiggerPockets

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Want to know how to set your kids up for LIFE? The answer is pretty simple: rental properties. Whether you plan on keeping them or giving them to your children […]

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

So, we need to be very mindful of the weekly data to get clues on the marketplace. I am still hoping we get the seasonal bottom in inventory in February and not March of April. Last year, we had better positive data as mortgage rates headed down toward 6% before rates started higher, so the year-over-year comps will get easier.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2024

However, this data line accelerates when mortgage rates rise and demand gets hit harder. Sales aren’t growing much, but they’re not crashing as they did in 2022 so we track this data line religiously every week to get clues. We can grow new listings from these depressed levels and get more demand. 2022 21.7%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2024

Housing inventory finally hit my target level of growth last week with mortgage rates now over 7.25% , something I couldn’t get all last year. We need this to happen to get balance in housing. With weekly housing data, holiday activity can move negative and positive, but after two weeks, it gets back on trend.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Get out on the boat early so we could use it more often and enjoy it more. But once it’s over, we can move forward, keep going, and get back to having fun. When you start early, when you dive into the depths of possibility, that’s when the magic happens. But here’s the twist: As I was wakeboarding, I fell flat on my face.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Dubbed the KW Real Estate Agent Professional certificate, the program will give participants a head start in the real estate industry. Keller Williams Realty has partnered exclusively with the online learning platform Coursera to offer a comprehensive introduction to the business of real estate.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

That way, credit unions, banks and other lenders [can use it] to help them get off to a good start.” People are interested in getting reverse mortgages and talking about them,” he said. I started doing reverse mortgages in 2003, and started by originating both forward and reverse,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

A mistake at the start can snatch away a win before the race is even underway. Starting strong is less important for a deal that takes a long time to close. Responding to the real estate agent’s or prospective borrower’s first call is the start of this race. Then, start visiting with outsourcing firms.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

To start out, our comp plan was based on the production and the [unpaid principal balances (UPBs)]. Getting refocused [helped] our activity level get back up to where it needed to be,” she said. “I Two years later, the UPB has diminished right. It’s probably close to a third of what it was anticipated to be.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

But even with mortgage rates getting as high as 8%, we’ve yet to hit within that range. We saw some good growth this week, and hopefully, in 2024, we can close the gap and get back to 2021-2022 data on new listings. 2023: 39% 2022: 43% 2021: 28% Mortgage rates and the 10-year yield Mortgage rates started to fall on Oct.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

With Colibri’s online courses, you can stop and start up again anytime, without losing track of your progress. Depending on your state, post-licensing packages start as low as $109 and up to $279 , with individual courses ranging from $29 to $54. Or get your mandatory education hours by taking individual post-licensing courses.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2024

All in all, we ended the week as we started. The purchase application data has collapsed so much that we have a very low bar to show growth in the future so keep that in mind when we start to see growth. However, for now, the labor market is getting softer, but not breaking. The mortgage spread data got worse last week.

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The Appraiser Coach

JANUARY 10, 2023

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Clear Capital

AUGUST 22, 2023

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Regardless of how this finally shakes out, it is clear that people are going to have to start dealing with this now,” Olson said. “We We are just trying to position ourselves so that when issues could about and we get roadblocks, we have hopefully already started the dialogue of how we solve things.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

My next step was getting drafted. So, I went to Barnes and Noble, and I started buying real estate books, investment books and financial books. As I fully transitioned into real estate, I started investing with a group called Stillwater Capital in Dallas. So, I started buying houses around campus.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

I transitioned into starting Rechat: it’s a technology company but I think it’s extremely important to have folks that have actually been part of the transaction. And when you start thinking of the bigger picture, you’re solving a different type of problem, which gives you a different point of view.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

The Fed recently said that the labor market getting weaker would force them to act more dovish on rate cuts, and that seeing vigorous job creation wasn’t a big concern. So, let’s look at where we are today with all the labor data and why mortgage rates are still high while the labor market is getting softer.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2024

Purchase application data As we get closer to the end of the first month of 2024, forward-looking purchase application data looks good. However, this data line accelerates higher when mortgage rates rise, and demand gets hit harder. The 10-year yield started last week at 4.14% and ended the week there.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Starting in 2005, four years before the Great Recession started, we saw significant credit stress built up in the system, all while the economy was expanding. We started originating traditional, boring 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loans with guidelines that ensured borrowers were qualified. How did this happen?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

economy had already started to recover. In that next phase of recovery, I said job openings should get to 10 million. My forecast was that we would get back all the jobs lost because of COVID-19 by September of 2022; this timeline was 100% correct as this happened by that date. Now, on to the report. percent, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Jason Bressler: We’ve got control over the entire product from start to finish, so I’m never relying on somebody who isn’t part of my team to be able to build anything. But the real oomph that comes with AI is the large language modeling and how you can get so predictive with the data that you have.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The rule of thumb is that it’s a material difference if we get 12-14 weeks of a positive trend. Mortgage rates started the week at 7.38% and ended at 7.32% ; it was a light holiday trading week, so we shouldn’t make too much of it. Last year, we had three months of a positive data run as rates fell from 7.37% to 5.99%.

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BiggerPockets

JANUARY 17, 2024

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

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2022

Some Americans believed we entered a recession at the start of 2022; however, the jobs report for May came in at 390,000, dashing any hopes that this was the case and starting their weekend on a foul note. 9, 2020, I knew getting all the jobs back lost to COVID-19 would take some time. percent, the U.S. The inverted yield curve.

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