Housing Wire
APRIL 2, 2024
New American Funding (NAF) has snagged top Chicago loan officer Larry Steinway as it looks to grow its presence in the Chicagoland area. billion of loan volume in his nearly 30-year career, started at NAF on April 1 as its vice president producing area sales manager tasked with expanding the lender’s footprint in the Chicagoland area.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. Buyers “are waiving inspections, an appraisal contingency, and the latest trend is to pay closing costs usually done by the seller.” Kansas City, Missouri. One kid will give their parent’s car.”
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Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
One of the top concerns for homebuyers as well as agents right now is the historic lack of inventory. Change the search area, change the type of home or find an equally great school district to look in that has more inventory. Manage the inspection process so they don’t freak out over small items. Be a matchmaker.
Genworth MI Blog
JULY 13, 2023
The current housing market has been met with low housing inventory, yet demand is still relatively high. There is an on-site visual inspection of the property and a suggestion of improvements followed by the research, analysis and development that produces the appraisal report. That’s where you, the lenders, can step in and help.
Eppraisal
APRIL 20, 2021
Due in part to the inventory of available homes for sale being historically low, it was low at the end of 2019 and continues to drop. A full pre-approval is when a mortgage loan officer pulls your credit, verifies your employment and income, has your complete application and has all the required documents from you.
PennyMac
DECEMBER 22, 2020
In many cases, lenders are motivated sellers who do not want to sit on their REO inventory, and (depending on the bank’s history with the property) these homes may be priced at a discount. During the appraisal, a licensed appraiser will take inventory of major systems (i.e., Step 7: Have the Property Inspected.
Appraisal Today
MAY 12, 2023
Fannie Mae will end up creating more instability for the trillions in the bond market – investors will have to process millions of valuations with the physical attributes of the home collected by unlicensed, uninsured, and unprepared individuals getting paid $10-$25 per inspection. This is the future of GSE using appraisers.
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