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Revolutionized financing: How Zillow empowers home shoppers with innovative tools

Housing Wire

Potential homeowners should be able to handle this confusion in a world where technology and digital tools rule customer service. The lender offers innovative tools and technology to make the home buying process more accessible, transparent, and personalized. Fortunately, home buying doesn’t have to remain confusing for new buyers.

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Homebuyers are taking more risks in an obstacle-filled market

Housing Wire

Property insurance premiums and property tax hikes have also added financial strain, particularly in disaster-prone regions like the Southeast and West, where insurance carriers are passing on higher costs to homeowners. But AI-driven lending tools have raised concerns about bias.

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Valon partners with VIU by HUB on instant home insurance quotes

Housing Wire

Insurance brokerage platform VIU by HUB has partnered with mortgage servicing company Valon to provide homeowners with streamlined insurance options amid rising costs. Through the partnership, Valon customers will have access to instant insurance quotes from multiple carriers along with guidance from licensed agents.

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

Housing Wire

We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Market Leaders advanced newsletter automation tool can help. In this article, weve compiled 49 compelling real estate newsletter ideas and subject lines. Lets dive in!

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Fannie Mae: Policymakers should look elsewhere to improve affordability

Housing Wire

The paper argues that while mortgage costs — including mortgage insurance, guaranty fees and loan-level price adjustments — are often the focus of policymakers looking to address affordability, other costs make up most of the overall cost of housing. An FHFA spokesperson declined to comment on the research.

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Customer Satisfaction With Servicers Improves 

Appraisal Buzz

On the surface, mortgage servicers’ efforts to elevate their digital tools and customer service are offsetting challenging market conditions,” said Bruce Gehrke, Senior Director of Lending Intelligence at J.D. But digging a little deeper, the data shows early signs of potentially serious challenges for servicers in the future.

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How reverse mortgages could improve financial stability for older homeowners

Housing Wire

CM : Firstly, reverse mortgages, whether government-insured or proprietary, are non-recourse loans. Also, an independent appraisal during the loan process locks in the property’s market value at the time the reverse mortgage loan is funded. Not tax advice. Consult a tax professional. †

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