Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 27, 2025

This article is featured in the 2024 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Read all these articles and more in the latest edition HERE. Lets support the next generation of appraisers by stepping up as mentors or supervisors. The residential appraisal profession is at a transformational moment.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 16, 2025

This article originally appeared in the January 2025 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. Todays offerings integrate seamlessly and enable property managers to modernize their payment capabilities relatively quickly and easily. For renters, receiving a timely, accurate security deposit refund is key to a smooth journey.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Seamlessly blending historic elegance with modern luxury, this 5 bedroom 3.5 Related articles How to compete and win with your listing presentation (+ scripts) The ultimate listing appointment checklist for agents (+ tips & scripts) Real estate advice + top tech, lead gen & marketing tools delivered to your inbox.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

is perfect for agents who value staying connected and want a modern platform that makes managing transactions feel effortless. It’s an innovative new platform that combines transaction management with real-time communication. Keep agents, clients, and teams connected throughout the closing process with a chat-based platform.

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GoForrmz

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

According to a 2024 article published in Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health, patient preferences now lean toward a digital intake process, underscoring the growing demand for streamlined, digital client consultation processes. Modernizing consultations with GoFormz can eliminate these issues.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Be sure whatever you choose is on brand for you – is your brand more quirky and fun or more high-end and modern? Related article How to write a lead-winning, memorable real estate agent bio (+ examples) 2. That same article tells us that how-to posts perform 31.5% For your headline, be clear and geographically specific.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 17, 2025

This article is featured in the 2024 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Read all these articles and more in the latest edition HERE. In this article, Ill tell you why. Some other features in our magazine include funny Buzztoon comics, industry trends, as well as crazy stories from appraisers and readers like you!

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

The dashboard presents a modernized user interface and offers customization options for both users and associations. It provides industry information such as market data trends and news articles, while enhancing interactivity for user convenience. Art Carter, CEO of CRMLS, expressed confidence in the transition to the new dashboard.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2021

In February 2019, we wrote an article predicting this seismic shift, detailing how mortgage lenders could and should prepare to not only survive the shift but thrive in the future digital age. When we wrote the “Seismic shift” article in 2019, less than 50% of mortgage applications were taken digitally.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The duo explore strategic negotiation skills in the modern real estate market and best practices for agents in adapting to the new rules mandated by the industry-changing settlement from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). De Grote also dives into new challenges and common mistakes for agents and how to avoid them.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

Below, Hill answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? Amanda Hill: Lenders see appraisal modernization as a top priority by Maria Volkova. The GSEs are implementing big changes this year that will allow for modernization to kick into high gear.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

In modern times, membership hit a low point of 963,478 in February 2013 and climbed to a high of 1.60 In that article, NAR said its April membership figures “allayed fears that membership would decline more than expected as a result of organizational changes or the pending class-action litigation settlement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Both of these issues accelerate the importance of appraisal modernization. What is appraisal modernization? Your HW+ Membership includes: Unlimited access to HW+ articles and analysis. There are two significant issues in our industry right now — appraisal bias and origination volume. This content is exclusively for HW+ members.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MAY 17, 2024

If you find yourself in this situation, this article will provide you with a guide that may be helpful to you. I hope you enjoy her article! Flooring updates and modern landscaping can upgrade the home’s aesthetics, increasing its overall value. Many homeowners have decided not to sell their homes but to renovate them instead.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We find ourselves in negotiations of different kinds every day, but seeing beyond our own perceptions of formal, adversarial negotiations is essential to yielding successful results in our modern landscape. The strongest opening to these conversations is to agree on that goal.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2021

In 2009, Dallas purchased Skyline Home Loans with Upfront Ventures and a team to modernize the traditional mortgage business. The engage.marketing summit is designed for our HW+ members, who get access to all HousingWire premium content, including events, articles, an exclusive Slack community, and more. Not a member?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

Our results in the article are the first rendering they produced we did not revise, photoshop or edit them in any way, even when the app offered free revisions. Or, you can stage a home with traditional decor to look more modern or vice versa. Since AI image generation can be unpredictable, your results will vary!

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Appraiserblogs

APRIL 18, 2024

In this article, we delve into the historical context of underwriting policies and their influence on the appraisal. Related Posts: Is the GSE's "Appraisal Modernization" Really Just… Mass Appraisal tend to exhibit a regressive nature. appeared on Appraisers Blogs.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Host Phil Treadwell and industry experts share their experiences and advice on how to build more modern and relevant business. Hosted by Sarah Wheeler, HousingWire Daily takes a deeper dive into the mortgage, real estate and fintech articles reported across HW Media. Mortgage Marketing Expert. Loan Officer Leadership. Take Action.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. We just went through one of the biggest housing booms in modern history,” said Jonathan Miller, a real estate appraiser at Miller Samuel who also produces housing market reports for Douglas Elliman. This article was first featured in the Dec/Jan HousingWire Magazine issue.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2022

Below, Potter answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? Jeremy Potter: My favorite HW+ article is Bill Conroy’s The crypto mortgage is the new kid on the block because it helped me frame up many of the emerging tech plays in the industry. Jobs that create houses.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

But to truly modernize and automate the time-consuming, manually intense processes that have plagued our industry for years, we need to look beyond trendy apps and siloed point solutions. The HousingStack is exclusively available to HW+ members. To join the HW+ community, go here.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. Among the tools that DeMarco said will be key in dealing with the distribution of risk in the year ahead is the GSEs’ use of credit-risk transfers, as well as data standardization and transparency, the common securitization platform as well as the modernization of Ginnie Mae.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It’s been a while since I’ve written an article. So, first of all, thank you for being here to read articles from my blog! As I mentioned at the start of this article, many times, the price per square foot for below-ground finished square footage is different from what above-grade finished square footage can demand from the market.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The shortage of appraisers within the industry has been well publicized recently and no doubt plenty of you reading this article have experienced the impact of this shortage first hand. AMCs Driving Tech Innovation . A number of appraisal management companies (AMCs) are at the forefront of this new tech wave.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In the article, Moody’s said they anticipate an increase in MSR sales in 2024, which will result in a short-term gain in liquidity at the expense of a weaker franchise in the future. It’s easy to see why more institutions are choosing to service their loans and why modern servicing software is currently in high demand.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In a virtual seminar Thursday on “modern-day redlining,” attorneys from Garris Horn, LLP , said the CFPB’s current definition of the practice is better termed “marketing discrimination.”. Since HMDA was introduced, regulators’ definition of redlining has evolved. The HMDA data is a crucial tool for the CFPB in constructing redlining cases.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Below, Mozilo answers questions about the housing industry: HW Media: What is your current, favorite HW+ article and why? Specifically mid-century modern designs with clean lines that serve a simple function have been a favorite of mine well before they became popular again in recent years.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 12, 2024

This is the final article in Ernie Durbin’s three-part series on the new UAD. The first article on April 15, 2024, was “ From Forms to Reports: A Look at the UAD Overhaul. ” The second article on July 15, 2024, was “ The New UAD: Don’t Borrow Trouble. How will lenders order appraisals without standard form numbers?

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 9, 2024

Millions are still without power in the Greater Houston Area as of the publication time of this article. But there are gaps in building code requirements; the areas surrounding Matagorda Bay and close to where Beryl made landfall are examples of smaller, unincorporated towns that may not have adopted modern building code standards.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This article is featured in the 2024 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Read all these articles and more in the latest edition HERE. Some other features in our magazine include funny Buzztoon comics, industry trends, as well as crazy stories from appraisers and readers like you!

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In this article, weve compiled 49 compelling real estate newsletter ideas and subject lines. One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to stay top-of-mind with clients and prospects is by consistently delivering value in an informative, helpful real estate newsletter. So, where do you start?

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 8, 2022

In various articles and opinion pieces, some claim that desktop appraisals will solve the appraiser shortage and modernize the appraisal process, while others claim that they will cause the demise of the appraisal profession.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Kaplan students appreciate how the videos are complemented by text-based content to reinforce key concepts, including the Modern Real Estate Practice textbook, which is recommended by the National Testing Services. Modern Real Estate Practice Prelicensing Package $299 Required 75 hrs. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2024

Our processes were functional, but they needed to be modernized and reimagined. In the next article, we will look at how my team approached these challenges and the path we took to the next chapter in our story. I consider myself to be process-oriented, thanks to my many successful years of systematically selling foreclosures.

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Miller Samuel

APRIL 7, 2020

Yesterday's Bloomberg article caught my eye: Greenwich Homeowner Bets on Virus Getaway Pitch to Win a Sale. The article featured a listing in Greenwich, CT that came on 68 days ago that wasn't moving (I assume this based on what was done later). Bathrooms are beautiful and modern with separate steamshower and large whirlpool tub.

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2022

Last year, we wrote an article in HousingWire about the recent shift in technology trends, which is even more evident in today’s purchase market. Dave Savage, co-founder and CEO of Mortgage Coach , recently presented at the Modern Mortgage Summit describing the history of mortgage technology over 36-years. Innovations in technology.

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