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How to price homes properly in a volatile housing market

Housing Wire

High-volume home sellers are in a bit of a pickle in today’s market thanks to rapidly rising mortgage rates last year. We’re just trying to move inventory quickly,” said Lee Kearney, a Tampa, Florida-based real estate investor who has an inventory of between 15 and 20 homes for sale at any given time. “If

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Offerpad lands $600M more in credit to power iBuying

Housing Wire

The new facilities are revolving, and we borrow only what we use to add inventory, where we continue to apply our disciplined approach to underwriting homes,” a spokesperson said. “In billion market value. The company plans to expand into additional markets in 2022.

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How auction buyer data foreshadows housing market shifts

Housing Wire

This data shows early signs of a slowdown in the retail housing market in June that was anticipated by real estate investors buying properties at foreclosure auction in March. The as-is market value is typically based on a drive-by broker price opinion or external-only appraisal given the properties are usually still occupied.

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Off-the-grid deals: Distressed property trends and market insights

Housing Wire

It’s very, very market dependent right now. I’m still focusing on those markets with very low (retail) inventory. Meanwhile, the average winning bid relative to after-repair value has been rebounding nationwide after a short-lived dip at the end of 2023 — both for foreclosure auctions and for REO auctions. in Q1 2023.

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3 Ways Agents Can Help Appraisers to Be More Accurate

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

We also use the MLS to analyze the market trends and to make market-based adjustments for things such as changes in sales prices, as well as features of a home that have a major impact on market value, like finished square footage, bedroom, and bathroom count, lot size and so on.

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The Housing Market Has Become Like the Pymatuning Spillway

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

So many visitors have stopped by over the years, that they renovated the area to make it more visitor friendly, with better parking and a nicer observation area. This fish phenomenon reminds me of the housing market today. There is a lot of demand out there, with very little inventory. It is free to visit.

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What Size Dumpster Is Normally Needed for A Kitchen Demo and Remodel?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Having had our kitchen gutted and remodeled a couple of years ago, I can honestly say that I had not thought about this question before our renovation. Also, if you are planning on doing a complete gut renovation of your kitchen, it is best to go for a larger dumpster, as the amount of debris generated will be significant.