Housing Wire

AUGUST 26, 2021

Stewart has acquired Informative Research , a mortgage-focused data and analytics tech company based in Houston, the companies announced on Thursday. Informative Research said the deal, which is subject to regulatory approvals, values IR at about $192 million. And this one’s a big one. That’s up from $54.2 million, at $1.44

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 26, 2021

is acquiring Informative Research (IR), a credit, consumer and real estate data and technology services provider. The post Stewart Strengthens Analytics Abilities with Informative Research Acquisition appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. Stewart Information Services Corp. IR serves more than 3,000 customers across the U.S.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Punctual Abstract , which compiles and provides abstracts, title evidence and ancillary documents, such as HOA estoppels, tax certificates and municipal, announced Monday that it has acquired Mississippi-based Slade Title Research. The post Punctual Abstract acquires Slade Title Research appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Altos Reports Altos Reports help real estate professionals generate new leads, close more business, and stay one step ahead of the market.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 22, 2022

Basing their findings on affordably numbers, local unemployment rates, underwater mortgages, and recorded foreclosures, counties near Chicago, … The post ATTOM Researches Counties Most At-Risk of Decline appeared first on DSNews. The post ATTOM Researches Counties Most At-Risk of Decline appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 31, 2021

Stewart Information Services Corporation today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Informative Research, a leader in providing credit, consumer, and real estate data and technology services. The post Stewart Information Services to Acquire Informative Research appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

for Disaster Recovery Research appeared first on DSNews. for Disaster Recovery Research appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. Under the Fiscal Year Notice of Funding Opportunity, HUD has pledged $1.4 million to The Urban Institute and Horne, LLP to assist low-income renters and communities impacted by disasters. The post HUD Awards $1.4M

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

Older Americans are forced to navigate a series of serious financial challenges compounded by their needs for both housing and later life care. While home equity can certainly be a beneficial tool for some seniors to deploy, it will not always be a definitive answer for every senior’s needs.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The research is based on 12 million appraisals for purchase transactions submitted to Freddie Mac. The post Freddie Mac Researches Appraisal Valuation Gap in Minority Neighborhoods appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. The extent of that gap increases as the percentage of Black and Latino individuals in the census tract increases.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2020

In a release on Thursday, the Federal Reserve detailed some of the research it’s doing on the benefits and risks associated with central bank digital currencies. Current research is being conducted within the Federal Reserve Board’s “TechLab” on innovations in alternative technological payments and projects, according to the release.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 30, 2022

In all 100 markets surveyed by researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Florida International University (FIU), buyers continue to pay higher premiums – that’s the difference between where home prices should be based on historical trends and where they are now.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Slightly under 5 million households did not make their rent or mortgage payments in the second quarter of 2021, according to updated research from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA). Housing-Related Financial Distress During the Pandemic , RIHA’s study, found that 8.6%

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 10, 2022

in Research Grants to Reduce Home Health Hazards appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. “The condition of a family’s home is a major factor in determining their health, and today, too many homes have hazards, particularly, homes in communities of color,” said Matthew Ammon, Director of the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.

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Valuation Review

JUNE 7, 2023

This year’s winners of October Research, LLC’s annual awards for Leadership, Innovation and Philanthropy include a forward-thinking employer, a title-decisioning pioneer, and a fisherman-turned-fundraiser. CEO and Publisher Erica Meyer presented the awards at the 19th annual National Settlement Services Summit (NS3).

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McKissock

MAY 17, 2023

Here are some basic things to consider regarding quality adjustment research and methodology. What are we trying to do with quality adjustment research? We’re trying to do two things with quality adjustment research: Establish whether there is or is not a difference in contributory value from a particular feature.

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BiggerPockets

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

One disadvantage that entrepreneurs and “small-time” real estate investors have is that we cannot do anywhere near the amount of market research that large corporations can. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean […]

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

But optimism about future retirement prospects are high, according to the results of the 34th annual Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).

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San Jose Real Estate

APRIL 25, 2022

Location research is something you can do upfront, before seeing a home or neighborhood. Researching the commute time, crime, hazards, convenience, and more before visiting a property before seeing it can prevent wasting a lot of time. Interested in a home or area?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2022

HW Media , publisher of HousingWire , RealTrends and Reverse Mortgage Daily , announced today that it has closed on the strategic acquisition of Altos Research , the premier resource for real-time real estate data, providing weekly market statistics, analysis and reporting for 99% of the zip codes in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Even with demand buoyed by a sparse housing inventory, growing financial challenges for buyers are forcing home sellers to cut prices to close deals, a new Redfin research report found. In some markets, more than 50% of active listings have experienced a price cut, according to Altos Research. According to the brokerage, 6.5%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

This conclusion comes from a new study by researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey. The aim of this study was to determine the trajectories for place of care in each quarter during the last three years of life among Medicare beneficiaries and the factors associated with these trajectories,” the researchers explained. “A

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Mortgagebroker News

JULY 12, 2023

Government selects 10 new affordable housing research initiatives across Canada

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Three researchers believe a first-of-its-kind dataset has enabled them to definitively answer a long-debated question: why have buyer agent commission rates been so stable historically? One of the researchers, Will Fried, had a hunch. and relied on salaried agents rather than commission-paid agents, who typically cost sellers 5-6%.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

housing market, HousingWire has partnered with Illinois Realtors , bringing exclusive news, market data and housing research to the 50,000 Illinois Realtors that power the state’s real estate market. This partnership ensures that Realtors in Illinois have access to the highest quality business journalism, market data and research available.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, researchers found that the observed outcomes could stem from the identification of health issues that may complicate end-of-life care prior to engaging in it, making it easier for seniors to age in place in their own homes. The findings were first reported by Hospice News.

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Mashvisor

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Doing market research and competitive analysis can help you find a good investment. Table of Contents Is Market Research… It is, in fact, an essential step in real estate investing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2024

“Our goal is to provide New Hampshire Realtors with the tools they need to be information leaders in the industry, and HousingWire offers the very best housing news, data and research available,” said 2024 NHAR President Joanie McIntire. Learn more about HousingWire subscriptions here.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

For those who have significantly contributed to the workforce, the contributions to both programs and the standards by which they receive benefits are out of balance, according to the researchers. This interaction is unfair to the low-income worker, as it contradicts the concept of the earned income principle.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

At Altos Research we track every home for sale in the country every week. Mike Simonsen is the president and founder of Altos Research. So the two questions we’re examining today are: How much does inventory have to climb before home prices fall? And will sellers back off so that inventory is capped like it was last year?

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Eyes on Housing

JANUARY 11, 2022

Researchers in the home building industry should be aware that the Census Bureau released experimental estimates from the 1-year ACS data for 2020 instead of the standard 1-year 2020 estimates. This change is due to the disruption of data collection operations by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, affecting the quality of these estimates.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 2, 2024

Leveraging the ICE Home Price Index and our loan level mortgage data, we looked at how much it would cost the average homeowner with a mortgage to trade up to a 25 percent more expensive home in today’s market – or to simply move across the street, for that matter, into a home identical to their own.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

With our commitment to providing insights that housing professionals can make decisions on, HousingWire announced a new partnership with Greater Bergen Realtors , delivering exclusive news, market data and housing research to agents in New Jersey’s Greater Bergen Realtors association. Learn more about HousingWire subscriptions here.

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Mortgagebroker News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Research to help inform how the institution supervises mortgage brokers

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Real Estate News

APRIL 8, 2024

The NAR settlement will lead to better service and lower costs for homebuyers, new research from the Consumer Federation of America suggests.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

According to a survey released Tuesday by John Burns Research & Consulting , the top 50 MPCs sold more than 34,600 new homes in 2023, up 24% from the nearly 28,000 sales in 2022. Despite high mortgage rates , master planned communities (MPCs) did well in 2023.

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Mortgagebroker News

AUGUST 10, 2022

The funding will support research on key housing affordability issues

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Inman

JANUARY 18, 2023

The new offering gives expert analysis at the intersection of business data and audience insights, and launches today.

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