Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Describing the modern-day mortgage market as challenging would be an understatement, to say the least. The average rate throughout 2024 for 30-year fixed mortgages was 6.72% higher than it was during the 2008 market crash. It reflects another pressing issue of imbalanced supply and demand in the housing market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I always enjoyed beautiful and simple designs. 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. The design of a room or building must be based the function of the space.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 9, 2025

These organizations are on the cutting edge of serving the mortgage, real estate, or housing markets, providing technology or software designed to serve those markets. Xactus is committed to advancing the modern mortgage and leading the charge through innovation.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology aims to provide a flexible end-to-end solution for lenders in a modern market. Today’s housing market presents unique challenges. For example, it can now determine if a borrower qualifies for affordable loan programs from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

.” “Beyond easy-to-filter criteria like bedrooms and bathrooms, buyers are considering many other specific features that match their unique lifestyle,” Jenny Arden, Zillow’s chief design officer, said in a statement. “The future of real estate will be powered through AI,” Arden said.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

For real estate appraisers, this includes attending industry conferences and seminars such as The Valuation Expo and The Appraisal Summit , taking both online and in-person courses from reputable providers, and even pursuing additional certifications or designations. Generally, they are expensive and time-consuming to achieve.

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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. While appetite for refinance loans may drop in the second half of the year, a huge demographic wave of first-time homebuyers is looking to join the market — assuming they can find a house to buy.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Despite concerns from housing and mortgage industry trade groups, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Thursday announced the release of VantageScore 4.0 historic credit data, a step that is designed to ease the transition to new credit reporting requirements by the end of next year.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2024

However, in today’s tumultuous housing landscape , homeownership feels out of reach for many Americans — we need to make changes. The modern housing market presents challenges for homeowners, renters and prospective buyers alike, creating barriers to the benefits of homeownership unseen by previous generations.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

In the House, the bill is designated as H.R. Affordable housing is vital for families throughout Illinois and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit continues to be an important tool to drive investment in the affordable rental housing market,” said Rep. 3238 while the Senate version is S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. The result is that safe and affordable financing is out of reach for tens of thousands of credit-ready homebuyers looking to purchase a manufactured home.

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Appraiserblogs

MARCH 7, 2024

It is presented as part of the GSEs “Appraisal Modernization” initiative, which aims to streamline the mortgage appraisal process. However, a closer examination reveals potential drawbacks, raising questions about its efficacy and impact on the housing market. appeared on Appraisers Blogs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

With unique solutions designed to empower landlords, TurboTenant is becoming the go-to solution for landlords looking to take property management into their own hands. In a modern world, these old-school methods are time consuming, risky, and turn tenants away. TurboTenants impact is felt across the industry. Among those 10.6

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The typical house is now 39 years old — a far cry from the modern, move-in ready property that most homebuyers are looking for. As investors recognize the potential these older properties hold and the inventory and profits they could open up in such a red-hot housing market, demand for older, more distressed properties should increase.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In September, HUD announced updates to its manufactured housing construction and safety standards. It called these the most extensive updates of their kind in three decades as the department seeks to modernize the features of manufactured homes to drive demand.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 4, 2025

The build-to-rent market has grown substantially due to a combination of factors, including the need for space from remote workers, the desire of young families to settle down and find larger homes, the creation of strong jobs, and the increasing unaffordability of the for-sale sector.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2022

Between the recent rate hike from the Federal Reserve , the ongoing war in Ukraine and continued economic recovery following the pandemic, mortgage lenders across the country are managing a volatile housing market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

As these hurdles to homebuying collide with more Millennials entering the housing market, a focus on efficient automation and custom solutions could be the key to success in 2022. So, what should lenders be doing to thrive in the face of a post-pandemic housing market rife with new hurdles? Even as the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

The rollercoaster ride the housing market has been on for the last three years has ended. Instead of twists and turns, we believe the market will surprise us this year… simply by being boring. In a boring market, it’s more important than ever to stand out from the crowd. We want to show you how to do just that.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 15, 2024

The original forms were designed before the digital age, to be completed on typewriters. Appraisal software companies have innovated the process of “filling out “these forms, but they are still constrained with the original typewriter design. These forms became fixed in the mortgage industry and have remained the standard for decades.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

HW Media: What do you think will be the big themes for the housing market in 2023? Marketing teams can help their LO’s deepen those relationships by focusing on sticky factors in post-close marketing systems. Regulations around social media and video marketing need to be updated as well.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 10, 2025

Long, a Certified Real Estate Appraiser with an SRA Designation and California Real Estate Broker license, and Lane, a Certified Real Estate Appraiser licensed in multiple states, including California, Hawaii, Arizona, and Oklahoma, bring their vast knowledge and strong local connections to the San Diego market.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The results generated through this cutting-edge technology can offer insights into trending home features, popular designs, and even regional preferences. This data can be invaluable for appraisers, ensuring that renovations and improvements align with market demands.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 6, 2024

These homes can endure many of the climate risks very well and could transform affordable housing as we know it. According to Mehlomakulu, ICON’s homes are 350% stronger and are designed to outlive the traditional spec home by nearly triple their life expectancy. ICON houses have a two-hour rating for fire and reduce carbon emissions.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 3, 2025

These organizations are on the cutting edge of serving the mortgage, real estate, or housing markets, providing technology or software designed to serve those markets. Equators technology is designed to handle the entire lifecycle of non-distressed and distressed assets, from early-stage delinquency through disposition.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

Could you live in a tiny home? Or what about a skinny home? I’m talking where walls range anywhere from eight feet to twelve feet wide at their maximum. Well, let’s talk about a super thin unit that sold recently in Sacramento. Think Like an Appraiser Class: I’m teaching my favorite class on April 28 from 9am-12pm. We’ll […].

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Wilen’s case illustrates how some Americans have a lot to lose if policies designed to help mortgage borrowers don’t break right. Also, the DEO said it is implementing 20 projects to modernize its systems, and 97% of all eligible benefits requested before Oct.15 He is afraid of losing his home. The program prevented $8.3

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 29, 2024

This forum is designed to equip participants with the latest insights and strategies needed to navigate the ever-changing landscape of property preservation. With a focus on education, networking, and innovation, this event promises to deliver unparalleled value to its attendees. Here’s why you should attend: /*!

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Clear Capital

MARCH 2, 2023

Clear Capital Announces Universal Data Collection in Support of Fannie Mae Appraisal Modernization Policy Changes UDC data set provides lenders with immediate national scalability, interchangeability and less complexity for loan management Reno, Nev.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 10, 2022

After all, algorithms themselves are simply tools that enshrine the biases and ethical failings of those who design them. For all the value of technology, we would be wise to avoid mistaking these tools for the solution.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

To Ballard, 3D printing technology is evolving to solve a crisis in modern day America and the world: The failure to meet people’s demand for housing. The future will mean housing is abundant, affordable, beautiful, diverse, and exciting,” Ballard said.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 5, 2024

stars Released: March 14, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic not only disrupted our daily life, but it also posed an unprecedented threat to the economy, particularly in the mortgage and housing markets. Despite reforms after the 2008 financial crisis, the markets were unprepared for March 2020.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Any home renovation from home office design to whole roof replacement can involve processes you wouldn’t expect. Are foreclosures and short sales coming back to the housing market? Cleveland Museum of Art’s “Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection – Linda Feagler of Fresh Water Cleveland.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2021

I have always been good with numbers, and I enjoy looking at houses,” he said. But DeZarn was an independent contractor business of one, and he lost his clients in 2008 when the housing market imploded. But he repeatedly surfaces as the designated mouthpiece for AMCs. housing market. The evidence is unclear.

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Portland Appraisal Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Bordering the Willamette River, the neighborhood used to be dominated by warehouses and railroad yards but is now home to a variety of businesses, art galleries, and housing. Its modern persona is heavily influenced by the tenets of New Urbanism, which prizes mixed-use, walkability, diversity, human scale and conservation.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Conversely, in high-end homes, buyers expect the latest designs, features and finishes; and therefore, an outdated kitchen may be considered as functional obsolescence. When the inevitable happens and the overinflated housing market comes crashing down, the FHFA and its decision-makers will have no one to blame but themselves.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Congrats to Bradford Technologies for the most splendidly designed golf hole and to the following VE Open winners: 1. You might think games aren’t essential for a trade show, but they’re actually a brilliant, sneaky way to get folks talking without feeling like we’re formally “networking” — even though that’s exactly what we’re doing.

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