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Virtual staging: The best apps for 2025 + mind-blowing AI picks

Housing Wire

AI can create virtually staged images to match any trendy interior design style you can dream up for a small fraction of the price of traditional virtual staging. In our testing, Collovs image quality was on par with rivals like REimagineHome and Apply Design but was slightly less realistic than RoOomy. Sadly, there are caveats.

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The Portland Pearl District Condo Market – The Last 10 Years (2015-2024)

Portland Appraisal Blog

Except for one small townhome development, the neighborhood has no other housing type. PEARL DISTRICT SUMMARY STATISTICS Taking the 35,000-foot view, we can see the average yearly prices have been steadily declining since 2016: Average prices this year are essentially the same as they were in 2015. penthouse unit on the 27th floor.

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Regulatory costs add nearly $94K to new home prices

Housing Wire

Of that $93,870, $41,330 is attributable to regulation during development, and $52,540 is due to regulation during construction. The study was filed out by 2,071 NAHB members and 57 developers, and nearly all of the builders — 98.9%, per the study — reported experiencing some type of regulatory cost during construction.

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Roof AI powers its sales assistant with OpenAI technology

Housing Wire

This is designed to keep user engaged on brokerage sites, foster trust and enhance their overall experience. Founded in 2015, Roof AI developed its technology from scratch, creating proprietary algorithms to serve local real estate and mortgage professionals.

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GAO highlights reverse mortgage counseling in new report

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) counseling program was cited as an example. Among a series of 24 examples of federal financial literacy programs for these groups, the U.S. The reports contain similarly limited outcome information for other financial literacy programs.”

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Change Lending keeps CDFI certification after agreement with US Treasury 

Housing Wire

Department of Treasury that would keep the firm certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). The CDFI certification is a designation given by the Treasury Department CDFI Fund to specialized organizations that provide financial services to low-income communities and people who lack financing.

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Homepoint COO Lisa Patterson to speak at Spring Summit

Housing Wire

Patterson has led Homepoint’s third-party originations business since 2015. She has also led the development of Homepoint’s Customer For Life program, which was designed to empower the company’s mortgage broker and correspondent partners to improve customer retention. Bank Home Mortgage.

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