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Survey: Cluttered Yards and Neighbors’ Junk Can Slash Home Values

Appraisal Buzz

It might go without saying that a junk-cluttered yard does a home seller no favors—in fact, six in 10 real estate agents estimate that an unkempt front yard decreases a property’s value by 20% or more. What if a neighbor is the clutter-collecting culprit—could the adjacent property take a home-value hit?

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Sellers Listing Their Homes … But Buyers Aren’t Biting 

Appraisal Buzz

Home sellers are returning to the market, but buyers are hesitant, according to a recent Zillow market report. Rate lock’s hold seems to be loosening—homeowners who may have put off listing their homes are done waiting. Home values are up from year-ago levels in 46 of the 50 largest metro areas. in April to 0.8%

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RealScout launches seller lead nurture features

Housing Wire

Our customers for many years have said, ‘I also work with sellers, can we nurture them as well?’” According to Flachner, despite initial hesitancy for fear of biting off more than they could chew, RealScout began “peeling back the layers of the onion on seller nurture.”

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Urban home values growing faster than ‘burbs in Midwest

Housing Wire

A Zillow report released Thursday shows urban home values in Midwest cities — namely, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, Columbus and Indianapolis — have risen faster than suburban home values over the past several months. Today, both sellers and buyers expect to handle a majority of the process online.

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Home Seller Profit Margins Slide in Q3

Appraisal Buzz

The nationwide investment return ticked downward as home-price spikes that had buoyed the housing market during the spring of this year flattened out, leaving the U.S. median home value virtually unchanged at approximately $360,000. The post Home Seller Profit Margins Slide in Q3 first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Market Correction or Seller Panic?

Appraisal Buzz

Therefore, it begs the question: what will happen to home values? To answer this question, we must consider the historical correlation between interest rates and home price appreciation. Since 1976, mortgage interest rates and home price appreciation have had a positive, but weak relationship.

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Where home seller profit margins are shrinking

Housing Wire

This is the first decline in home prices in almost three years, down from 57.6% in the second quarter, with median national home values dropping 3% quarterly to approximately $340,000, the report said. Despite this drop, investment returns for home sellers is still up from 48.8% Metro results for home sellers.

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