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How smart home technology increases property value in a challenging market

Housing Wire

Over the past few years, we’ve seen an increased demand for smart home technology as consumers continue to embrace a digital lifestyle. Now, however, renters actually expect to see this technology in their living spaces.”. Why smart home technology now?

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Texas startups build 3D-printed homes to boost inventory, battle climate change

Housing Wire

housing market continue to present challenges for the entire housing system: chronic inventory shortages and an alarming number of destructive natural disasters stemming from climate change. One year later at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, a company called Icon debuted its own home 3D printing technology.

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Housing inventory is still at a crisis level

Housing Wire

So few single-family homes are for sale in America that just two months of inventory is available across the top 100 metro areas in the country, a historic low. ” “Higher priced” homes in hot housing markets in cities such as Los Angeles, Palm Beach and Phoenix are also increasingly in short supply, the report’s authors found.

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SFR and fix-and-flip investors expect a better market in 2024

Housing Wire

Last year might best be described as a risk-prone atmosphere for the single-family rental sector and the related fix-and-flip market. We didn’t call it a bear market, but we did call it a lack of liquidity, which I think is more accurate,” said L.D. It’s going to be a few more quarters before that happens.”

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ICE Mortgage Technology President Tim Bowler on mortgage automation

Housing Wire

I sat down with Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, a business unit of ICE, to talk about the company’s mortgage automation strategy — and what keeps him up at night. SW: ICE Mortgage Technology is known for its focus on automation. What’s the role of tech as lenders play the long game in this market?

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How technology can support the human-guided experience borrowers still want

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke to Sandra Madigan, EVP of product strategy – servicing technology at ICE Mortgage Technology , about improving the home buying and ownership experience with technology and how the industry can do so thoughtfully. What do you think the disconnect is there, and do you see this changing in the future?

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NAMB partners with Roomvu on digital marketing efforts

Housing Wire

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) announced a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI)-based video marketing platform Roomvu to provide mortgage brokers with marketing tools. Their innovative marketing technology is easy to use and is proven to move the needle in our industry.

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