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Selling your home to a family member in 5 easy steps

Housing Wire

However, an off-market transaction between family members requires careful planning and transparent communication to avoid misunderstandings and ensure a seamless process. Selling your home to a family member is called a controlled transaction, while selling your home on the open market is referred to as an arm’s length transaction.

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Solve Bias with Market Analysis? Pt 1

George Dell

First, note that the time adjustment is core to market analysis. The change in: 1) the value of the dollar and, 2) market segment price levels. It is not about “comparing comps.” It quantifies two things.

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Portrait of a pre-foreclosure peacemaker

Housing Wire

That homeowner over the years has referred 10 refinancing opportunities to Sandoval. The sharks are circling now,” she said, referring to the predatory pre-foreclosure players who may try to buy at a lowball price or offer the homeowner a too-good-to-be true solution that leaves them worse off. “As

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Is Your “Crazy” Neighbor Lowering Your Home’s Value?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Could being located next to a property that is an eye-sore cause a loss in market value to your home? Part of our work as appraisers is to consider whether situations like this are influencing the market value of the home we are appraising. Of course, that’s not the same as market value.

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Opinion: Stranger than fiction: Eminent domain displacement

Housing Wire

Still, they seem particularly egregious when there is a low (or no) monetary offer because “just compensation” historically does not have to reflect the “fair market value.” ” Sadly, for some today (like these homeowners in Mississippi , Georgia , Georgia (again!),

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Zillow: Over half of our iBuying inventory is on the move

Housing Wire

But the division produced a $421 million loss before taxes, and analysis from KeyBanc and industry analyst Mike DelPrete as well as anecdotes from real estate agents indicated Zillow paid more than market value for homes. . The over 50% inventory being moved is more than half of the 18,000 number, a company spokesperson said Thursday.

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Ocwen improves overall reverse mortgage performance despite volume contraction

Housing Wire

“We also continue to dynamically manage our owned MSR portfolio to capitalize on differing views of market values amongst top market participants. As always, we remain flexible and committed to considering all options in this dynamic market to maximize value for shareholders,” Ocwen CEO Glen Messina said.

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