Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday announced a final rule designed to expand support for housing counseling services within Native American tribal communities. Tribal members have long been underserved in the housing market.” The rule will go into effect on July 12, 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

housing market remains challenging for prospective buyers as concerns over mortgage rates , home prices and affordability persist in 2025. HomeLight, for example, raised $20 million in 2024 for its AI-powered Buy Before You Sell product, designed to streamline financing options for homebuyers.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The space shuttle program finally came to an end in 2011, primarily due to its outdated design, aging technology, and its inability to meet the evolving goals of the organization. The primary reasons for this decision are its outdated design, aging technology, and inability to meet the evolving goals of the organization.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

It is also training machine learning models to get better at responding to users’ queries in “human-like sentences.” “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.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Freddie Mac recognizes that effective housing solutions should not follow a one-size-fits-all approach. The team is focused on addressing limited access to credit, housing inequalities, creation and preservation of affordable housing supply and advancement of homeownership education.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

Computershare Loan Services , a global mortgage services provider, delivers complete end-to-end fulfillment services that help lenders manage overhead with highly trained processors, underwriters and closers. The right partnership starts with technology that is designed to play well with others. The housing market is cyclical.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

This process is designed to capture detailed property characteristics, floor plans, and high-quality photos. Additionally, Opteon engages trained third-party data collectors, comprised of appraisers, agents, and home inspectors, who adhere to stringent requirements, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the collected data.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

A closer look at Zurple’s features IDX lead generation websites Zurple’s all-in-one system is designed to automate real estate lead nurturing with timely, personalized communication with your leads. Training resources & marketing tools Zurple also offers users downloadable training resources and marketing tools.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2021

Peitz has also written and spoken for the Inman Group on personal branding and visual marketing resources. Peitz has a background in real estate, working at Arizona Best Real Estate as a Realtor, director of training and brand manager.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Mortgage Champions founder and CEO Dave Vermillion will be speaking on a panel covering operational strategies in the current market at HousingWire’s Spring Summit on March 4. The focus of the Spring Summit is The Year-Round Purchase Market. Vermillion is a trainer, speaker, consultant, author, consumer advocate, and philanthropist.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

The housing market has shifted. We need inspired home-building that includes universal design. We need Realtors trained in matters of aging-in-place, who are committed to guiding senior buyers into buying decisions that will provide housing security for the long-term.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 20, 2024

This confidence, according to Toby Schifsky, Kaplan’s VP of Real Estate Education, may stem from agents’ training and experience in negotiation, though he cautions that the challenges ahead could be more formidable than anticipated. This adds volatility to an already uncertain housing market.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. That’s where reverse purchase financing comes into play, the funding option specifically designed for older Americans.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Today’s housing market has many looking for ways to cash in their equity, especially older homeowners. Unlike HELOCs, reverse mortgages and jumbo reverse mortgages are designed specifically to help seniors manage their cash flow. However, the standard HELOC isn’t the right choice for everyone.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Christian Mills, head of Financial Advisor Relations at Reverse Mortgage Funding, about the ways a reverse mortgage can create a stable cash flow for homeowners in the midst of a volatile housing market. CW : At Reverse Mortgage Funding , education has always been a number-one priority.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2024

By offering consumers more affordable options and greater flexibility, these models have expanded access to real estate services, particularly for individuals and families navigating an arguably more difficult housing market. However, as Homie’s recent announcement shows, the path to innovation is never without its obstacles.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2022

There’s no question that 2022 has seen serious changes to the housing market. Between significantly fewer refinances, rising mortgage rates and housing inventory nearly cut in half since 2020, loan officers (LOs) and brokers face a pivotal time where adaptation is a must for success.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, a mortgage lender must have scalability in its operation, an ability to pivot quickly to meet changing market conditions and client needs, a well-designed technology stack and, above all, a keen sense of what its customers and the marketplace truly want from them.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2022

David Peskin: As we all know, the housing market is booming right now. For lenders unfamiliar with reverse mortgage products, RMF makes it easy to get into the business with its technology platform, training, marketing assistance and industry-leading support.

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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

MARCH 15, 2024

Title firms collecting and making use of advanced analytics and proprietary technologies can provide invaluable insights into housing market trends, property valuations, and risk assessment. CREs need not go it alone. They can be, in essence, the “boots on the ground” for investors and developers alike.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Our data marketing plus automation of client reviews, referral requests and listing agent marketing helps us hit that target. I trained vocally for 12 years and had big dreams. Life had different plans for me and marketing was definitely the path I was meant to be on. James Polinori : A rock singer or producer.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

I’m not downplaying the great leaps that the industry has taken in the origination space, especially when coupled with increased regulation, compliance oversight, and the ever-changing landscape of the housing market. It doesn’t have to be that way. The C-suite has to recognize the importance of adoption by providing the catalyst.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Ideally, an engineer designs a model of what they want on software, from an air duct to a prosthetic limb, and it is precisely printed out. There were, for example, prefabs shipped out by Sears Roebuck in the first half of the 20 th Century, as well as the balloon framed wood houses of the late 19 th Century. Part of the toolbox.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

According to Epoch research , “Since 2010, the amount of training computed for machine learning models has grown by a factor of 10 billion, significantly exceeding a naive extrapolation of Moore’s Law.” This data can be invaluable for appraisers, ensuring that renovations and improvements align with market demands.

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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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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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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 27, 2024

That’s how I was trained. Acres lot built in 1980 Completed in 1980, the imposing property was designed by renowned architect Ray Kappe and has not been available to buy since 1993, when it last changed hands for $1.2 Most housing market analysts expect mortgage rates to spend the year with a 6 handle. million. .

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 25, 2022

In the traditional “valuation process” the appraiser first picks comps based on their experience, training, and “knowledge of the market.” The competitive data set is defined from market behavior evidence, not opinion. Data science is rife with algorithms and logic designed specifically to this purpose.

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D Fritz Appraisals

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Home appraisers are trained to inspect and measure your property and perform comparisons that result in an accurate valuation for the current housing market. Functionality of design and layout. There are many reasons you may need to know the value of your property and for this, you need a home appraisal.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 12, 2024

It’s not just about acquiring designations but staying informed about market dynamics, industry changes and emerging trends. I was first trained as a scientist, starting with my high school biology class. Steel frame and expansive floor-to-ceiling glass, featuring pioneering design elements like smokey gray glass eyelids.

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Clear Capital

MARCH 2, 2023

. – March 2, 2023 – Clear Capital , a national real estate valuation technology company, today announced the launch of Universal Data Collection (UDC) , the latest in the Company’s suite of products designed to support appraisal modernization. Clear Capital is a leading provider of hybrid appraisals for mortgage origination.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 6, 2022

Over the 18 years of her real estate career, she has earned a plethora of REALTOR® designations and recognitions, including the industry recognition of 10 Best in Middlesex County for Client Satisfaction by the American Institute of Real Estate Professionals. Kelly joined the 2021 Lamacchia Realty President’s Club for the first time !

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The National Association of Realtors has rolled out a new, free interactive training platform designed to help combat discrimination in the real estate industry called Fairhaven. Fairhaven is a fair housing simulation exercise that will be offered directly to NAR members, brokerage firms and Realtor associations, NAR said.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 12, 2024

Why Doesn’t Anyone Want Tulsa’s Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Home? Acre lot, Built in 1929 With a nearly half-price discount, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Tulsa, OK, is back on the market. The 10,405-square-foot manse was designed in 1929 by the famed architect for his cousin, Richard Lloyd Jones. .

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Lamacchia Realty

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Over the 18 years of her real estate career, she has earned a plethora of REALTOR® designations. She will be offering her landscape expertise to her real estate clients as she used to own a landscape design company. Since then, she has taken off running and has helped her buyers and sellers reach their goals.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 7, 2023

She will be offering her landscape expertise to her real estate clients as she used to own a landscape design company. Paul is known for actively listening to his clients’ desires and preferences to help them find their dream home, and his design sense has helped sellers fetch high prices.

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