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Revive launches AI-powered listing tool for real estate agents

Housing Wire

This AI-driven tool uses computer vision technology to evaluate the current condition of a property and provide a detailed assessment of its current market value and potential value post-renovation. It also uses Revive’s recommendation engine to offer renovation estimates supported by local contractors.

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Opinion: Pass the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

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The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (Neighborhood Homes) would begin addressing these challenges by developing or renovating 125,000 affordable homes in economically distressed communities. This cost gap all-too-often prevents the renovation of affordable houses that need a great deal of work.

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Portrait of a pre-foreclosure peacemaker

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Helping the seller understand the true market value of the home given the condition can also be a challenge. After-repair value is the estimated market value of a property in fully repaired condition. That means the buyer will need to pay in cash or use non-traditional financing such as a hard money loan.

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How to price homes properly in a volatile housing market

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The same analysis of 435,000 distressed property dispositions shows that 72% of properties that were renovated and resold after being purchased at foreclosure auction ended up in the hands of owner-occupants. By comparison, the retail REO sales sold for 73% of estimated “after-repair” market value.

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Offerpad lands $600M more in credit to power iBuying

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billion market value. Bair has maintained that Offerpad possesses the operational logistics to accurately value homes as well as provide renovation services that prompt a house to resell for a profit. The company plans to expand into additional markets in 2022.

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Restoration of historic Frank Lloyd Wright home complicated by reverse mortgage

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An historic home in Chicago ’s Austin neighborhood designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903 is in serious need of repairs and renovations, but an existing reverse mortgage loan is complicating the process of initiating the work.

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Real estate on the ballot: Here’s what passed at the state level

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The “yes” vote also means that inherited homes not used as principal residences may be reassessed at market value when transferred. The “yes” vote also helps Habitat for Humanity itself, allowing the company to save on operating costs while funneling money toward renovation projects, and adding to the local tax revenue.