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Unwrapping what to expect in your home inspection, appraisal and closing

Housing Wire

What’s the difference between a home inspection and an appraisal? Before you get overwhelmed, take comfort that critical milestones of home inspection, appraisal and closing processes are all great ways to get more acquainted with your prospective new home. Home Inspection. Have you budgeted for closing costs?

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Are these factors creating chaos in your mortgage lending ops?

Housing Wire

From mortgage origination to servicing, companies are constantly grappling with high volume and stringent regulatory oversight while managing a large cohort of vendor partners. Smaller mortgage originators often deal with this problem by throwing more people at it. We’re seeing mortgage executives and workers retiring at record rates.

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Building the next generation of tech: Three ways to digitize home lending

Housing Wire

Purchasing a home is one of the biggest investments most people will make in their entire lives, but the complexity of securing a mortgage can be a grueling and fractured process for first-time homeowners. Digitalization in the home lending industry does not always require companies to entirely invent new technology solutions.

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Accurate Group acquires eMerge Property Solutions

Housing Wire

eMerge, a company that offers alternative valuation solutions, including broker price opinions (BPOs), will allow Accurate Group to increase its broker network and leverage property inspection technology, the company said. In August, the company received a strategic investment by the private equity firm Novacap to accelerate its growth plan.

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The Differences Between an Appraisal and a Home Inspection

Hank Miller Team

There are significant differences between an appraisal and a home inspection, it’s best for every home buyer to become familiar with the purpose of each. In most cases, if a home buyer is getting a mortgage, an appraisal will be completed. What is a Home Inspection? They do not represent either buyer or seller.

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ServiceLink offers brokers constant communication and transparency into valuation and closing

Housing Wire

The right mortgage services provider is essential to helping wholesale lenders and their brokers thrive in this constantly evolving market. ServiceLink, which is backed by Fidelity National Financial, meets the unique needs of wholesale lenders by providing title insurance, appraisals, flood certificates and closing services.

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Agent strategies for getting first-time homebuyers across the finish line

Housing Wire

Zillow research also found that a majority of homeowners with mortgages have locked in a rate below 5%, and are almost half as likely to consider moving. However, this rise in first-time buyers helps explain what’s driving demand and keeping upward pressure on prices in a market with mortgage rates currently surpassing 7%.

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