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Opinion: From Lehman to a digital housing platform

Housing Wire

The great financial crisis (GFC) revealed a defective supply chain, metrics unable to assess local risk and markets incapable of answering Ben Bernanke ’s defining question – “what’s this stuff worth?” Validation : Mortgage is a manufacturing process with end products dependent on accurate information. What’s next?

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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

Housing Wire

Many industries began to deploy electronic supply chains in the 1980’s. Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Realtors have a structural advantage as the listing event is the signal to downstream transactions.

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Here are 4 macro trends impacting the 2022 housing market

Housing Wire

Thanks to a boom in the housing market and a historic refinance market, the past two years have been a favorable period for the mortgage market. In the process, a historic $9 trillion of mortgage loans were closed over two years. The “Big Four” take on the upstarts in title insurance. 2022 Forecast series.

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50% Rule Imperils Rebuilds in Hurricane-Hit Areas

Empire Appraisal Group

50% Rule Imperils Rebuilds in Hurricane-Hit Areas NEWS & MEDIA felixmizioznikov / Getty Images Source: 50% Rule Imperils Rebuilds in Hurricane-Hit Areas | Florida Realtors 50% Rule Imperils Rebuilds in Hurricane-Hit Areas By Derek Gilliam Some SW Fla. If the buyer doesn’t ask for the permits, the mortgage company will, Durling said.

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Ohio Land for Sale: Is the Market Still Ripe for Growth in 2022?

The Robert Weiler Company

And undeveloped land is increasingly attractive for investors after favorable reports from the Ohio REALTORS®. Low mortgage rates have steadied, welcoming batches of new buyers eager to own a home in the market. Figures from the Ohio REALTORS® Housing Market Report reveal that Ohio home sales reached historical levels in May 2022.

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SELLERS’ MARKET? HOW ABOUT BUILDERS’ MARKET?

Will Springer Realtor

It’s safe to say we are tired of hearing the phrase “supply-chain disruption” and experiencing its effects. Analysts believe items that are now in shorter supply – major appliances, computer chips and specialty goods, to name a few – will return to shelves and front porches by the end of 2022 as the pandemic (hopefully) ebbs.

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HOUSING INTENSITY TO REMAIN HOT DESPITE HEADWINDS

Will Springer Realtor

“Headwinds the real estate market will face in 2022 include affordability, inflation in the economy, the potential of higher taxes and additional economic factors (including supply chain issues and struggles to fill empty positions).”. A whopping $5T in residential mortgage loans were refinanced in the last two years.