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Cleveland Appraisal Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Have you ever read thru an appraisal report? You may have noticed that there are three approaches to value. The Sales Comparison Approach, the Cost Approach, and the Income Approach.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Housing construction in the U.S. during the brief COVID-19 recession, to that recovery, and now in the new housing recession, is going to go down in history as one of those crazy data lines we lived through. Just to give you some perspective here, at the peak of 2005, we had about 2.24
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Sacramento Appraisal Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Housing trends are changing by the week, and it’s time to start believing the Fed when they talk about resetting the housing market. Let’s chat about this today, and I’d love to hear your take in the comments.
Appraisal Buzz
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
This article was originally published in the latest edition of the Fall 2022 Appraisal Buzz Magazine! To receive this subscription directly, click here. Once upon a time, there was a rich nation which valued many things. There were many owners and “wannabe” owners. The owners wanted to be richer and the wannabes wanted to be like the owners. They all liked value. Some people even became “valuers of things.” They claimed to know value. Value was price. It was obvious. Nothing to talk about here.
George Dell
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of the series on Excess of Appraisers and how this cyclical phenomenon is affected by the five frictions of modernization. The emerging excess of appraisers is inevitable and recurring.
The Appraiser Coach
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
You may have heard that you can’t have opinions about the color of a room or shaggy carpet as you’re doing your job and walking through homes… that’s dead wrong. Read More.
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Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , has been granted summary judgment on the last remaining claim by investors in a lawsuit alleging the government overstepped its authority when it adjusted its stock-purchase agreements with the agencies and allowed net worth sweeps.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Sellers have been chasing the ball down the road. What I mean is prices have been going down lately, and sellers are trying to find the market through price reductions. I can’t speak for the entire country, but I’d like to talk about what’s happening locally.
Appraisal Buzz
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
This is part three of a three part series on appraisal review – Read parts one and two. When interacting with executive managers, I am often posed with the following question “How do you know when you are looking at a “good” appraisal?” The reality is there is no universal acceptance of a single method of measurement to differentiate “good” from “bad.”
George Dell
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Appraisers are paid for their thinking, as well as some other skills. If there is no thinking, it can be called an “Automated” appraisal. Thinking is defined as giving thought to consider or reason about something – using rational judgment. Thinking about thinking can cause discomfort.
The Appraiser Coach
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, my daughter was doing some volunteer work in South America, helping people who have been rescued from the human trafficking industry. She was down there. Read More.
Eyes on Housing
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The number of women employed in the construction industry increased to over 1.24 million in 2021, as the construction industry was quickly recovering jobs lost earlier during the pandemic induced recession. Currently, women make up 11% of the construction workforce, up from 9.3% in 2002.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
New home sales came in as a massive beat of sales estimates, with a 28% month-to-month increase. And, out of the 461,000 new homes available for sale, only 49,000 have been completed and are available to be occupied. These are both crazy stats!
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
I’ve been getting asked lots of questions lately about choosing comps since the market shifted. Here are some things people have been asking me.
Appraisal Buzz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
If one started looking for a home in July, that person has just endured the most volatile mortgage rate environment seen since 1987, when rates were trying to normalize after peaking at 19% a few years earlier.
George Dell
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
What’s missing? Appraisal reform is focused on current ‘urgent’ issues. The problem is that some fundamental, underlying issues are not in focus! The concern is that it’s the underlying foundation that may be the core of the problem.
The Appraiser Coach
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
A little over a year ago, I went on a vacation with my family to Glacier National Park. While we were there, we took everyone on a hike to St. Read More.
Eyes on Housing
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The prices of building materials rose 0.5% in August (not seasonally adjusted) even as softwood lumber prices decreased 5.2%, according to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) report. Building materials prices have climbed 4.9% through the first eight months of 2022 and 14.3% over the past year.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The premise of a mortgage rate lockdown is simple: so many American households have such low mortgage rates that some will never move once rates rise, which then locks up housing inventory.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
I love the original Back to the Future movie. Do you too? Well, I can’t help but think of today’s housing market compared to the film. Sellers have tended to be stuck in the past expecting the market to be hotter than it actually is right now.
Appraisal Buzz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, today awarded $5 million in $1 million allotments to five non-profits in support of the Veterans Housing Rehabilitation and Modification Pilot Program (VHRMP).
George Dell
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Neither Critical, nor Thinking as words together are found in USPAP. Nor are they found in my copy of The Appraisal of Real Estate! Must be important. What is it? Do we need it? Is it worth the effort? I realized that although I have been promoting critical thinking in my classes […].
The Appraiser Coach
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
A couple years ago, I went out and bought a new camping trailer. This trailer, like many other recreational 5th wheels, has a battery that powers it. But this battery. Read More.
Eyes on Housing
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Despite the pandemic-triggered suburban flight and presumed shifts in preferences towards more spacious living, a rising share of new for-sale homes were built on smaller lots.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that streamlines the appraisal process for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs mortgage loans.
The Robert Weiler Company
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The importance of a fully modern open space preservation vehicle – a conservation easement in Ohio – cannot be better summarized than by our 26th President.
Appraisal Buzz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
First American Financial Corporation, a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions and the leader in the digital transformation of its industry, today released the July 2022 First American Real House Price Index (RHPI).
GoForrmz
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The GoFormz team will be exhibiting at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago! We are thrilled to be attending the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago , September 12-17, 2022. Will we see you there?
DW Slater Company
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
“Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas.” ” ~William Blakely. I am a 7th generation Texan on both sides of my family. I can trace my roots back to the Battle of San Jacinto and the Old Three Hundred. If you are from Texas then you get it.
Eyes on Housing
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Lot values for single-family detached housing starts in 2021 increased across the nation, with the national value and six out of nine Census division values setting new records.
Housing Wire
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades, multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) plans to sell its retail mortgage division and shut down its forward wholesale channel, multiple sources told HousingWire. .
The Robert Weiler Company
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Summer in the Buckeye State can be a sultry affair. And, surprisingly, one way to beat the heat may involve a unique land protection vehicle known as a conservation easement. From a climate perspective, a green oasis can help cities lessen their urban heat island effect.
Appraisal Buzz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
First American Financial Corporation, a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions and the leader in the digital transformation of its industry, today released the July 2022 First American Real House Price Index (RHPI).
GoForrmz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Catch the replay of the GoFormz & Procore webinar: Improving Job Site Safety Management Safety touches every aspect of the construction industry. Regardless of an operation’s size, expertise, location, or budget, safety must remain every team's top priority, from the job site to the back office.
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