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Contracts for deed are under federal mortgage protections: CFPB 

Housing Wire

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday released an advisory opinion stating that contracts for deed are under federal home lending rules and should provide consumer protections. Mancini – who is testifying during a CFPB field hearing on land contracts on Tuesday in St. among subprime loans.

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Alexander brothers, Official Partners face breach of contract suit from Side

Housing Wire

District Court in San Francisco, Side alleges that Tal and Oren Alexander, as well as Official Partners, have breached contracts held with Side. In a suit filed Friday in U.S. The complaint states that in mid-April, Side and Official Partners executed an amended and restated secured promissory note.

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Consumer watchdog releases criteria for evaluating buyer agency agreements

Housing Wire

CFA has already shown that some revised contracts are very anti-consumer while others are much fairer to buyers.” The criteria consist of 15 factors real estate leaders should consider when creating a buyer representation contract. The criteria are primarily focused on the form and content of the contract.

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Pending home sales rise slightly but continue to muddle along

Housing Wire

A reading of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun attributed the modest uptick in contract signings to improved housing affordability due to lower mortgage rates. … However, contract signings remain near cyclical lows even as home prices keep marching to new record highs.”

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Real estate’s strong 2023 housing market finish: Altos

Housing Wire

We have more homes going into contract each week now than we did a year ago — supply and demand are climbing together. New homes under contract When we look at all the homes in the contract pending stage, we’ve crossed a growth threshold there too, finally. There are now 258,000 single family homes in contract.

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How to track housing data to know what’s coming next

Housing Wire

Weekly pending contracts Now that we see how sales can grow with mortgage demand and purchase applications, let’s look at how it tracks into our weekly pending contract data. We have observed that pending contracts improved when mortgage rates dropped to around 6%.

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Pending Home Sales Climb to Highest Level Since March

Appraisal Buzz

increase in the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a measure of future home sales based on contract signings, to 75.8, The amount of contract activity in 2001 is represented by an index of 100. Year-over-year, contract signings grew in the Northeast and West and were unchanged in the Midwest and South. September saw a 7.4%

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