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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. One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to stay top-of-mind with clients and prospects is by consistently delivering value in an informative, helpful real estate newsletter. So, where do you start?

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Why title insurance is essential to the U.S. system of property rights

Housing Wire

system for the transfer of real estate is unique in the world. By contrast, many European countries have a centralized, government-managed land registration system, which requires government review before property transfers are effective. Among the many benefits of the U.S. But there are tradeoffs to our approach.

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Evernest acquires Poplar Homes and $15M in tech-focused funding

Housing Wire

By joining forces with Evernest renowned for their operational excellence were uniting more than two decades of property management experience, Greg Toschi, co-founder of Poplar Homes, said in a statement. We’re excited about combining the two companies local property management operations and robust technology products.

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homegenius offers 21st-century valuation solutions that take home price estimates to a new level

Housing Wire

With professionals from real estate agents and brokers to investors and lenders relying more and more on automation to accurately assess property data, Red Bell Real Estate, LLC, a homegenius Inc. Kade Clark, SVP of Digital Valuation Products and Sales for Red Bell Real Estate, LLC, a homegenius company.

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State and Local Property Tax Revenues Eclipse $700 Billion

Eyes on Housing

billion in taxes were paid by property owners in the four quarters ending Q2 2021.[1] 1] Four-quarter property tax revenues have climbed 13.2% Year-over-year growth of four-quarter property tax revenue has accelerated each of the past four quarters. NAHB analysis of the Census Bureau’s quarterly tax data shows that $703.5

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Supporting Market Conditions Adjustments: A Comprehensive Guide for Appraisers

Appraisal Buzz

Figure 2 A scatter plot showing sales price on the Y-axis and date of sale on the X-axis helps a real estate appraiser visualize the trend of property values over time. This line helps assess the average market behavior and can support adjustments for time differences between sales dates of comparable properties.

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FHFA’s RFI on appraisals is a critical inflection point

Housing Wire

One significant factor behind the lack of evolution in the appraisal industry is that the American housing market has grown at a much higher rate than the pool of licensed professionals that are legally certified to appraise residential real estate. Real estate agents in particular understand local properties extremely well.

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