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Market Value or Other Value?

George Dell

Market value, of course! Or is it? The great recession, and things like that, which come around every 12-15 years, all concur with the ‘accepted’ definition of market value, as written in the USPAP book Advisory Opinion 30. In short, the definition requires: Most probable price Competitive and open market Prudent and knowledgeable consumers No […] The post Market Value or Other Value?

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Latest housing starts data is good for mortgage rates

Housing Wire

How is today’s housing starts data , which beat expectations, good for mortgage rates ? Typically good economic data is bad for rates, especially in this environment, when a Fed member will come out and say building or buying homes is bad for fighting inflation. The answer is simple: The best way to fight inflation long-term is to add more supply. Destroying demand is a short-term fix, but longer-term supply is the natural economic way.

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Florida a rising MVP with the #2 most valuable housing market

Real Estate News

With the value of its residential real estate surpassing $3.6 trillion, Florida edged out New York but trails California among markets with the top home values.

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Real estate price cycles & getting bid up

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

I’ve got two things on my mind today. Price cycles and getting bid up during the first week. Well, and banks failing. And my 23rd wedding anniversary this week. And getting in shape. Anyway, let’s look at the first two things. UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 3/24/23 How to Think Like an Appraiser (at SAR) 3/28/23 Downtown Regional […] The post Real estate price cycles & getting bid up first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog | Real Estate Appraiser.

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Unlock The Blueprint: How To Construct A Better Payment Workflow

Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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Concrete Products Lead Building Materials Prices Higher

Eyes on Housing

After four consecutive declines, the producer price index (PPI) for inputs to residential construction less energy (i.e., building materials) rose 0.3% in February 2023 (not seasonally adjusted) follow a 1.1% increase in January (revised), according to the latest PPI report. Price growth of goods inputs to residential construction, including energy, gained 0.4% over the month.

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Who’s No. 1? See which companies held on despite the downturn

Real Estate News

T3 Sixty’s ranking of the top brokerage companies includes Compass, Keller Williams, Anywhere and other repeat leaders — plus a few surprises.

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Giving to Charity

The Appraiser Coach

I’ve talked about the importance of paying yourself first, and how living that principle will bless your life. Equally important, however, is its sister principle: pay 10% to charity second.

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NAHB 2023 “Priced Out” Estimates – State and Local Estimates

Eyes on Housing

NAHB recently released its 2023 priced out estimates, showing how higher prices and interest rates affect housing affordability. The new estimates show that 96.5 million households are already not able to afford a median priced new home in 2023 due to the fact that their incomes are insufficient to qualify for the required mortgage under standard underwriting criteria.

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Big banks to rescue First Republic with $30B in deposits 

Housing Wire

A group of 11 U.S. banks has agreed to make $30 billion in deposits at First Republic Bank to avoid another regional bank failure. The rescue comes after Silvergate Bank , Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed amid a liquidity crisis caused by a deposit run. “Today, 11 banks announced $30 billion in deposits into First Republic Bank.

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Need Curated Pre-foreclosure Lists to Generate New Real Estate Leads? Trellis Has the Data!

Trellis is a state trial court research and analytics platform that provides Real Estate Professionals (Buyers, Foreclosure, Loan Modification, etc.) with LEADS on Pre-Foreclosures, Lis Pendes, Distressed Assets and more — to help uncover **new** opportunities and grow their business. The process is quick and easy — and all in real time. Trellis will supply you with a link to the relevant dockets, a Leads sheet and access to its UI where applicable.

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More Latinos are becoming homeowners

Real Estate News

A new report from NAHREP found that Latinos formed more new households than any other demographic group in 2022 while also increasing their homeownership rate.

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Beagel’s custom offer management is more than it promises: Tech Review

Inman

Beagel aims to be a deeply integrated software partner leading with an in-browser open offer solution that allows buyers to bid on homes and agents to manage the process

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Single-Family Starts Remain Lackluster but Will Rebound Later This Year

Eyes on Housing

Single-family production remained at an anemic pace in February as builders continue to wrestle with elevated mortgage rates, high construction costs and tightening credit conditions that threaten to be exacerbated by recent turmoil in the banking system. Led by gains in apartment construction, overall housing starts in February increased 9.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.

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FHFA delays implementation of LLPA DTI fees

Housing Wire

Following a chorus of complaints from the mortgage industry, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Wednesday announced that it would delay the implementation of a new and controversial upfront fee on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac borrowers with higher debt-to-income ratios. The upfront pricing fee on DTI ratios of 40% or more – part of a larger series of changes to the Enterprises’ pricing grids – was slated to go into effect on May 1, 2023. “FHFA has decided to delay the effecti

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Making sense of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Real Estate News

The government took over SVB on Friday, while proptech leaders offered their support for the bank and expressed concern about the impact of its failure.

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‘All strapped in’: Luxury clients face whiplash as banking fallout unfolds

Inman

The sudden change in the global banking landscape has left luxury real estate clients hanging out "in the parking lot," Kofi Nartey said, as they wait to see where the remaining chips will fall.

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Builder Confidence Edges Higher in March but Future Outlook Uncertain

Eyes on Housing

Although high construction costs and elevated interest rates continue to hamper housing affordability, builders expressed cautious optimism in March as a lack of existing inventory is shifting demand to the new home market. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes in March rose two points to 44, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo.

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Mom-and-pop landlords stepping in as ‘mega-investors’ retreat from single-family market

Housing Wire

Single-family home purchase demand by investors remained steady in the fourth quarter of 2022, despite a dip in iBuying and larger investor demand, according to a report released this month by CoreLogic. The share of investor purchases of single-family homes fell to 21% in June of 2022, but rebounded to 26% in September and has remained stable since that point, according to CoreLogic economist Thomas Malone.

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Anywhere CEO sees opportunities, advantages of scale

Real Estate News

Ryan Schneider, leader of one of the largest real estate enterprises, believes the company will benefit from continued investments, even in a downturn.

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Keller Williams’ sales dip in US as agent count takes big leap overseas

Inman

Transaction sides fell 18.2 percent year over year for a total of $472.9 billion in sales in 2022, a 12.5 percent decline, according to a full-year earnings report released Monday afternoon by the Texas-based brokerage.

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[Video] Best Practices for Increasing Document Collection Speed & Collaboration

GoForrmz

Watch the on-demand webinar recap Over the past few years, businesses have been forced to change how they communicate and collaborate with clients, vendors, and employees. But due to outdated, pen-and-paper-based processes, many businesses still struggle with collecting real-time, error-free documents. How can you create an efficient process of capturing data for all parts of your business?

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Hispanic homeownership rate rose to 48.6% in 2022

Housing Wire

Despite affordability challenges, the Hispanic homeownership rate reached 48.6% in 2022, the eighth consecutive year of growth. Latinos added a net total of 349,000 homeowner households last year, which is one of the largest single year gains over the last decade, the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals ( NAHREP ) said in its 2022 state of Hispanic homeownership report on Tuesday.

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After a topsy-turvy week, mortgage rates drop

Real Estate News

In the wake of turbulence in the banking sector, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.6%, down from 6.73% a week ago.

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EXp Canada appoints veteran agent John Tsai as new president

Inman

EXp Canada has appointed veteran real estate agents John Tsai, Nadia Habib and Nathalie Goodyer to three C-suite positions, according to the company. Tsai joined the brokerage in 2017.

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AVMs… Garbage In, Garbage Out

Appraiserblogs

Garbage data in means garbage results out every time! It’s no secret that AVMs have been a thorn in the side of real estate appraisers since they first came out. Despite all their bells and whistles, these automated valuation models still rely on inaccurate public records and often come up with wildly inaccurate home values. Unfortunately, some consumers don’t realize this until it’s too late – when reality comes crashing down from a local real estate professional after they’ve already gotten t

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Fannie Mae appoints Michael Seelig to its board of directors

Housing Wire

Fannie Mae announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Michael Seelig to its board of directors, where he will serve on the audit committee. Seelig’s mandate is to “help Fannie Mae fulfill its mission to facilitate equitable and sustainable access to homeownership and quality affordable rental housing across America,” according to a statement from the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE).

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Real posts net loss for 2022 but sees a turnaround coming

Real Estate News

Despite a challenging real estate market, CEO Tamir Poleg expects the company’s EBITDA to turn positive in the second half of 2023.

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Guild Mortgage announces 3rd acquisition in as many months

Inman

The acquisition of Colorado-based Cherry Creek Mortgage expands Guild's retail branch network by 68 offices in 45 states.

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Permits Decline At The Start of 2023

Eyes on Housing

Over the first month of 2023, the total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date (YTD) nationwide reached 53,062. On a year-over-year (YoY) basis, this is 36.4% below the January 2022 level of 83,404. Year-to-date ending in January, single-family permits declined in all four regions. The Northeast posted a decline of 20.3%, while the West region reported the steepest decline of.

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Mortgage rates declined amid banks failures. What’s next?

Housing Wire

After increasing steadily for over a month, mortgage rates fell last week following a deposit run that provoked a liquidity crisis in regional U.S. financial institutions — and resulted in the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. But what is there to expect ahead for the housing market? Industry observers said that, at least in the short term, mortgage rate declines will support home prices but lead to a better outlook for the spring season.

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Back to basics: 4 tips for success in a post-pandemic world

Real Estate News

Agents are returning to tried-and-true ways of doing business, prioritizing relationships and embracing the tools and approaches that always worked.

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Coldwell Banker COO: ‘Traditional hard work’ is making a comeback

Inman

Coldwell Banker Chief Operating Officer Liz Gehringer told Inman a diversity push is helping grow the company even in a slower market. She also touted the return of international buyers as the pandemic winds down.

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Slew of Negative Reviews for Appraiser Miller

Appraiserblogs

Her Google & Yelp business pages have received a slew of negative reviews from people living as far away as New Zealand! As real estate appraisers, we understand the importance of accuracy and fairness in our work. We are expected to perform valuation services competently and in a manner that is independent, impartial and objective. We also know how important it is to uphold ethical standards in order to protect ourselves and our clients from potential legal action.

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