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Top 5 home improvement projects real estate agents should recommend to sellers

Housing Wire

These are the top five home improvement projects generating the highest ROI that real estate agents should be recommending to their selling clients: Kitchen refresh: 377% ROI Kitchens are often considered the heart of a home.

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Opinion: The time is right for origination modernization

Housing Wire

The industry is buzzing with conversations around appraisal modernization — for good reason. Appraisal modernization reduces origination cycle time, bolsters appraiser capacity and helps lenders deliver a more seamless and transparent borrower experience. Here’s a quick rundown of how this modernization can support your success.

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Opinion: The pros and cons of VA modernization bill

Housing Wire

When it comes to offering an opinion of ‘good or bad’ on HR 7735 — the VA modernization bill — and its ultimate ability to create a better appraisal process for veteran and active duty borrowers, it’s simply too early to tell with too little information being shared on exactly what changes we should expect. A fundamental change.

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Consumer advocate says policy changes are needed to help FHA buyers compete

Housing Wire

The FHA should critically evaluate and simplify inspection criteria, review the inspection requirements for FHA appraisals, and modernize criteria wherever possible “to help reduce homebuying hurdles over non-essential, smaller home repair issues,” the authors wrote. ”

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Real estate newsletters: The ultimate playbook (+ 49 topic ideas & subject lines)

Housing Wire

Real estate agents often make the mistake of believing their clients will remember them forever but they dont. Its up to us as agents to stay engaged and stay in contact with our clients. Many of the best real estate CRMs have built-in features to segment your contacts list and automate your real estate newsletters.

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The hybrid appraisal is here. Who benefits?

Housing Wire

Luke Tomaszewski, an appraiser doing home inspections in the aftermath of the housing bust, was traveling as much as an hour across Chicago just to snap exterior photos of bank-owned properties. At $50 to $100 per inspection, according to ProxyPics, it’s certainly less expensive than sending an appraiser.

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Class Valuation’s CIO on solving the appraisal conundrum

Housing Wire

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose , CIO at Class Valuation , to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Everybody is affected by the appraisal process.

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