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Buyside launches a new home valuation pages feature

Housing Wire

Buyside’s new feature enables the millions of homeowners who are currently receiving a Home Valuation Report from Buyside, to now see a personalized Home Equity Dashboard. The post Buyside launches a new home valuation pages feature appeared first on HousingWire. Williams IV, CEO, Buyside.

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Agents fight misconceptions to win deals for military veteran clients

Housing Wire

But because inventory remains at record lows, home prices have soared to astonishing highs, and bidding wars still occur in housing market across the country, Pascoe and other real estate agents on the buy-side have had to go the extra mile to fight for their VA clients.

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ROV (Reconsideration of Value) Changes – FHA and GSEs

Appraisal Today

This is the statement in the HUD/FHA ML-2024-07: “This included guidance to improve the established process by which FHA program participants may request an ROV if the initial valuation is lower than expected.” The mortgage loan officer handling the loan? Was it the borrower? A Zillow Zestimate? What is your market like?

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Help your Borrowers Navigate Recent Home Appraisal Trends

Genworth MI Blog

They could be a licensed appraiser and an authorized real estate agent, two appraisers, etc. Risks lenders should consider Over the years the appraisal review process has grown, along with many resources that allow for data validation, and Automated Valuation Model (AVM) products that offer details for sales in the area.

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Real estate is a people business, but automation can help

Housing Wire

So much of life radiates from both the location and the valuation of the house a family occupies. Still, the residential real estate ecosystem is complex, even opaque to many. So too does trust — usually manifested in the relationship between a buyer/seller and a real estate agent. What is the house worth?

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New Homebuyer’s Guide To Appraisals

Birmingham Appraisal

Other nontraditional uses for an appraisal include valuation for insurance companies, helping sellers arrive at a market value to list their home, estate planning, and tax appeals. This often involves contacting a party to the sale such as the buyer, seller, or real estate agent who was involved in the sale.

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“It’s math:” How mortgage solutions companies are fighting for survival

Housing Wire

The firm’s software — which it says streamlines the loan origination process by allowing document sharing and communication between loan officers and real estate agents — helped to close more than 77,000 mortgage applications per month, according to Porch. So it’s like middle-office, later stage workflow.

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