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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. A former Texas A&M cross country and track athlete and Episcopalian minister, Ballard in 2011 co-founded TreeHouse , a retailer to sell environmentally friendly home construction materials.

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. We had a few years where sales missed expectations in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Wait, what? But we have a housing shortage, right?

Inventory 514
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Opinion: Can tech and iBuyers fix the real estate market?

Housing Wire

For instance, Opendoor was founded in 2014 to make buying a home more efficient – or as they say “reinvent life’s most important transaction.” In the last decade, we’ve seen several digital companies and startups use algorithms and technologies to fix specific pain points in the home-buying process.

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Why housing inventory is so low right now

Housing Wire

Yes, but this is where my work is much different from other housing economists and why we need to think of inventory in a new, modern 21st-century mindset. We had a few years where sales missed expectations in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Wait, what? But we have a housing shortage, right?

Inventory 435
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Tips on appraising new construction homes

Appraisal Today

6 Tips for Appraising New Construction Homes. Excerpts: New construction is treated a little differently by lenders, FHA, and the GSEs. When appraising new construction homes, you must take into consideration certain features and attributes that don’t necessarily apply to re-sales. To read more tips, click here. By Mark Buhler.

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Are New Homes in Birmingham Getting Smaller?

Birmingham Appraisal

An Interesting Trend Among New Homes As a residential real estate appraiser in the Birmingham, AL market for over 30 years I have seen many changes in new home construction. Additionally, advances in construction techniques have made it more cost-effective to build compact homes that are efficient and eco-friendly.

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Appraising Airbnb Properties

Appraisal Today

It’s been on and off the market since 2014, four years after a lengthy construction project there was completed. The regal real estate was first listed in 2014 for $45 million. Moat and Waterfall at This $880K Midcentury Modern Inspired Home in Vermont 4 bedroom, 3.5+ bath, 2,908 sq.ft.,