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Polly adds Total Expert to its API integration roster

Housing Wire

Through this API integration, users can populate MLS and non-MLS rate flyers in a short period of time using “real-time, scenario-specific mortgage offers” delivered through Polly’s cloud-native Product and Pricing Engine (PPE), according to a prepared statement.

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Real estate appraisals: What agents should know

Housing Wire

Appraisals are required for homes financed with any type of mortgage. Getting approved for a mortgage depends largely on the outcome of an appraisal. Mortgage lenders want to make sure the property is worth the sale price. At this point, an estimated market value is generated. Why are appraisals important?

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Mike Fratantoni on MBA’s 2022 mortgage market forecast

Housing Wire

We’ve had the sharpest and yet also the shortest recession in history, record-low mortgage rates leading to record origination volumes, and record home prices as housing demand far outstripped supply. How will the Federal Reserve respond to economic developments in 2022, and what will be the impact on mortgage rates?

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Seller impersonation fraud threatens American homeownership

Housing Wire

How fraud works Scammers search public records to identify real estate that is free of a mortgage or other liens. Scammers pose as property owners and contact a real estate agent to list the property for sale. These often include vacant lots or rental properties.

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Seattle’s already-hot real estate market is exploding

Housing Wire

Here’s what to expect in the mortgage application process. Buying your dream home starts with being a well-prepared buyer and beginning the mortgage application process before you even look at homes. cities determined that Seattle is the top market for real estate agents to currently work in.

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Remember liar loans of a decade ago? Those same people want to do away with appraisers.

Miller Samuel

My friend and appraisal colleague Ryan Lundquist and I authored a petition on change.org to point out the growing wreckless behavior that is enveloping the mortgage process. There’s a proposal from the FDIC, Federal Reserve, and Treasury Department not to require appraisals for some mortgages under $400,000.

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Zillow to kill its iBuying program

Housing Wire

The prior announcement was stunning in its own right, and led to revelations that the company bought homes for well above market value, and re-listing homes for less than what they were bought for. By close of the market Tuesday, the company’s stock price had tumbled 12% during the day, trading at $87.20