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Pending Sales for Starter Homes Up by Double Digits 

Appraisal Buzz

Not only do you have young families and investors looking at starter homes, you also have buyers who have been forced to consider less-expensive options due to near-record home prices. The price growth for the intermediate and upper price brackets was 4.6% and 3.4%, respectively. In July, the average U.S. from the previous year.

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The complete guide to selling rental property in 2022

Housing Wire

If the renter doesn’t qualify for financing and/or doesn’t have a large down payment, you can offer seller financing. Roofstock Marketplace is a platform that brings together investors, both buyers, and sellers, who want to buy or sell property with tenants. This keeps you involved in the investment, but you’re on your way out.

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Is The House-Flipping Boom Over for Investors?

Listing Spark

In the past decade or so, buying a fixer-upper, updating it, and then selling it for a nice profit attracted seasoned real estate investors and newbies alike. Many professional and amateur investors wanted a piece of the quick-profit pie. Savvy investors should instead acquire more properties. And why not?

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Appraising Fixer Uppers

Appraisal Today

The degree and cost to cure becomes an issue to buyers and sellers, and a challenge for appraisers. Appraisers sought to bracket the subject using three comparable sales. We have learned how to address areas that tend to be sticking points for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, such as bracketing elements of comparison.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Avoid 9 Costly Mistakes Sellers Make. For certain parts of the economy, usually in the upper-income brackets, they didn’t carry a lot of debt and they couldn’t go out to spend their money. 2020 ended favoring sellers. KEY RESOURCES: Study Of How Previous Pandemics Affected The Real Estate Market. Do You Want To Buy A Home Now?

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An open letter to President-Elect Trump: A market in crisis

Housing Wire

Some stats: As recently as 2023, it is estimated that investors accounted for 27% of all single-family home purchases, up from the high teens in 2019. Contrary to popular opinion, most rental properties are not owned by hedge funds, but rather small and medium-sized landlords or “mom-and-pop” investors. That is a lot of front doors.

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The title insurance industry prepares for battle

Housing Wire

First American executives noted that refinance revenue had declined 68% compared to a year ago, on the firm’s third quarter earnings call with investors, while Old Republic International Corp.’s s president and CEO Craig Smiddy told investors on his firm’s Q2 2022 earnings call that refinance activity had “dried up.”.

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