Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Here it is: another article about appraisal modernization. The FHFA RFI responses to appraisal modernization are a treasure trove of insight into ideas and options for modernization from a wide variety of respondents. No doubt, investment in modernization is needed in the appraisal process.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

ZPA is a great tool to gain exposure for your listings and show your expertise on one of the most popular listing platforms in the country. Seamlessly blending historic elegance with modern luxury, this 5 bedroom 3.5 Again, dont copy anything, but you can certainly start to craft your own voice. Visit Zillow Premier Agent 4.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In this article, weve compiled 49 compelling real estate newsletter ideas and subject lines. We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Market Leaders advanced newsletter automation tool can help.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Why use LinkedIn for real estate Lets move past the misconception that LinkedIn is only for job-seekers and embrace it as an underutilized tool for real estate professionals. Be sure whatever you choose is on brand for you – is your brand more quirky and fun or more high-end and modern? better than other types of content.

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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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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

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

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Agents, teams and brokerages are now seriously reconsidering the technology platform, tools and services needed to effectively do business today. 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.

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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. HousingWire: What is your most useful tech tool? Amanda Hill: My cell phone! To become an HW+ member, click here.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

Once uploaded, we used the available tools in each app to remove the furniture from the photo and virtually stage it using the luxury decor setting or its nearest equivalent. 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.

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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. The ERC Report A crucial tool in this process is the ERC report, which was standardized in the 1980s to make it easier to evaluate relocation properties.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This article is featured in the 2024 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Read all these articles and more in the latest edition HERE. At some point, all of us will integrate AI tools into our business practices. Appraisers also need to deploy common sense when deciding whether and how to adopt AI tools into their businesses.

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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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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.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This article is your compass through these challenges, equipping you with the most effective real estate lead generation ideas and strategies to thrive. Use this tool: Zillow Zillow is not just a platform for property listings; it’s also a fantastic real estate lead generation tool.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

While the sites on offer for Real Geeks’ entry-level Establish plan might not be as polished as AgentFire’s, we think they look great, especially when you consider the advanced CRM and Facebook advertising tools that come with the package. At higher price points, Placester’s value proposition becomes less clear.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

In this article What is circle prospecting? 8 circle prospecting ideas — a deep dive 8 effective circle prospecting scripts 9 pro tips for expert-level circle prospecting 3 circle prospecting tools What is circle prospecting? There are numerous tech tools available to agents to help with prospecting.

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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. The Loan Officer Leadership Podcast hosted by Steve Kyles offers strategy and tools to help LOs grow their business and leadership, with the goal of helping them close more loans in less time. Take Action.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is launching a voluntary review of its mortgage data collection — a key tool in bringing redlining cases — to assess its effectiveness in detecting discrimination. The HMDA data is a crucial tool for the CFPB in constructing redlining cases.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

It’s a high-functioning customer relationship management (CRM) tool with robust features, integrations and automation. We looked for features like task automation, pipeline management and integration with other commonly used tools. What’s the secret to nurturing leads and turning them into loyal clients?

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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! My advice to those using Zillow as a tool for finding comparable sales is to understand what Zillow is reporting and then compare their home consistently. I miss writing and I miss you!

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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

MARCH 24, 2025

One of the hallmarks of a competent professional appraiser is the ability to use the proper tool(s) to get the job done correctly and on-budget the first time, without any do-overs. This article defends the need for a time adjustment (when the market supports one). This monograph assumes the 2024 ed. 2025 Timothy C.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 26, 2024

This article is featured in the 2024 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Read all these articles and more in the latest edition HERE. But the concept is contributory value , which I’ve included in the title of this article. Multivariable regression is a valuable tool used across the spectrum of scientific inquiry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

We love their study tools —including flashcards, simulated practice exams, audio review guides, and a readiness assessment to help you ace the Georgia real estate exam on the first try. Modern Real Estate Practice Prelicensing Package $299 Required 75 hrs. Modern GA Real Estate Practice w/ Exam Prep $338 Required 75 hrs.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

When you looked at your email today, you no doubt received a post indicating a new article was out entitled “How Remaining Economic Life Works” So, funny story… I just started working on that article. I do hope it whets your appetite for this future article. High-Impact Home Upgrades for Any Budget.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Below, Polinori answers questions about the housing industry: HW Media: What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? Originators need to be better prepared for the ebbs and flows of our industry and this article serves as a great starting guide. HW Media: What is your most useful tech tool?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

A recent Wall Street Journal article noted that in Florida some homeowners have seen their homeowner premiums triple in the last five years and in some communities these premiums are now higher than their mortgage payments. LERETA is developing tools and resources to make it easier for servicers to create a plan to support this approach.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

While that number may seem high to some, in the context of lending and property complexities, that is a 54% improvement in performance cited earlier in this article. Additionally, the tools available to both appraisers and appraisal reviewers have undergone iterative process changes and users have advanced further up the learning curve.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Worse, because we are not yet leveraging the power of big data in our industry, for reasons we will discuss in this article, most of the technology deployed on the front end is not being well adopted and utilized and its effects on the back-office have been negligible. Here are two concrete examples: 1.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Resources & study tools: Study tools include digital flashcards and an extensive (and very helpful) real estate glossary. Study tools: All online courses include a real estate glossary, digital flashcards, and a study schedule for an interactive learning experience that helps you retain more information.

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Appraisal Partners Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

This article will delve into the various technological tools and platforms that are modernizing the appraisal process, exploring the benefits, challenges, and future trends that are defining this evolution. These tools reduce the need for handwritten notes and allow data to be seamlessly integrated with other platforms.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2022

News just broke that private equity investor LLR Partners announced strategic investments in two mortgage technology companies — Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang ( click here for article ). In 1995 Clayton Christensen and Joseph Boyer published an article in the Harvard Business Review about disruptive innovation. By Clayton Collins.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In this article, you will learn about the goals your LOS should help you reach, as well as discover three ways to tell whether the LOS you’re using today is next generation or not. You don’t get adoption with outdated tools. What does it take to deliver a next-generation LOS platform? The most critical goals of the lender’s LOS.

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Appraiserblogs

APRIL 23, 2024

“FNMA’s collateral underwriter tool has a line item adjustment it makes on every comparable called Census Block Grid.” The underwriter revealed that the tool uses a ‘Census Block Grid’ adjustment (CBG) to evaluate comparable property values. Related Posts: The One-Mile Rule: Prudent Policy or Modern Day Redlining?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Plus, they offer a ton of learning tools online such as a progress tracker and goal setting for your studies. Colibri Real Estate will definitely be appreciated by those who prefer a modern, visually-appealing online platform. It is organized in an intuitive, clear way that makes finding what you’re looking for as simple as can be.

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