Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Modernizing systems, filling data gaps, and harmonizing across different federal insurance programs can help attract more lenders to this vital market. The creation of a more robust secondary market would give lenders more confidence in beginning to make home-only loans. first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This legislation is an important first step towards broad modernization of VA appraisal processes and could make veterans’ home purchase offers more viable in today’s competitive housing market.”. The post House passes bill to modernize VA appraisals appeared first on HousingWire. Dan Sullivan of Alaska, awaits passage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

By doing so, ICE helps its clients cut down on mistakes, speed up workflows, and offer a modern lending experience that works better for both borrowers and industry professionals. ICE also helps clients reach bigger markets through its large network of connected business partners.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Californians deserve a reliable insurance market that doesnt retreat from communities most vulnerable to wildfires and climate change , Lara said in a statement. My Sustainable Insurance Strategy is focused on addressing the challenges we face today and building a resilient insurance market for the future.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) on Thursday released a new white paper , which argues that Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) is in need of reform and modernization to better reflect “today’s highly-regulated mortgage market.” It was originally overseen by the U.S. “At

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Modern-day redlining persists, and it’s costing lenders millions in legal fees. Right now, the market is facing a unique alignment of regulatory focus, community need, and opportunity. Taking the first steps into an untapped market may be risky, but the rewards are great. More recently, Patriot Bank paid $1.9

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Luxury real estate auction house Concierge Auctions has entered a co-marketing partnership with proptech startup Luxury Presence , announced today. As part of this partnership, the two companies will collaborate on marketing initiatives to promote exclusive, co-branded campaigns and resources.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) on Wednesday released a plan that it says would “modernize” Ginnie Mae , the government-owned company that manages the securitization of government-sponsored loans. This undermines Ginnie Mae’s ability to run a market-driven program.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2023

Appraisal modernization is generating a lot of buzz in the real estate lending industry. Most would agree (me included) that the appraisal process is long overdue for modernization — a 2022 Fannie Mae survey showed 94% of lenders are in favor of appraisal modernization. However, is appraisal modernization on its own enough?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kenon Chen, executive vice president of strategy and growth at Clear Capital , to talk about appraisal modernization and how technology is just part of the solution. Kenon Chen: The challenge that’s in front of everyone continues to be the market itself, and then housing affordability.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

When it comes to offering an opinion of ‘good or bad’ on HR 7735 — the VA modernization bill — and its ultimate ability to create a better appraisal process for veteran and active duty borrowers, it’s simply too early to tell with too little information being shared on exactly what changes we should expect.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

However, a year after the GSEs announced new appraisal modernization solutions, as they’re more widely adopted, questions arise. A look into GSE appraisal modernization efforts The GSEs have each offered appraisal waivers on eligible loans for several years. How do the solutions work? Why do we need them? The winning recipe for most?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

From enhancing curb appeal to modernizing accents, these simple yet effective tips will elevate your listing and help you sell it faster. Add final touches with modern enhancements 13. Changing out the old hardware and other dated fixtures is a quick way to modernize a home. As the agent, you know the market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The key points of this report indicate that the Federal Reserve has overlooked the housing market for years. The existing home sales market does not align with their dual mandate of ensuring stable personal consumption expenditures (PCE) or consumer price index (CPI) prices, as these measures account for rent. We will soon find out.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

By integrating Restb.ai’s technology into Certainty, we are taking a leap forward in appraisal modernization. “Our goal has always been to provide clients with the most advanced, efficient and reliable tools available,” ClearValue CEO Don Juhl said in a statement. “By general manager of valuations, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Cash buyers dominate the market, accounting for 42% of home purchases. Insurance market freefall Florida’s property insurance crisis has reached catastrophic levels with average annual premiums jumping 60% since 2019, Cotality reported. New York remains the top feeder state for Florida at 18% of all incoming residents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

” Eichler homes are mid-century modern homes built in California in the 50s and 60s by Joseph Eichler. Maybe they’re considering a mid-century modern home and encountered the term “Eichler.” Lastly, an agent could publish a market analysis of trends related to this term. You must focus on what users want.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

The recent Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles have eradicated thousands of residential properties, leaving both physical and financial damage to Southern Californias housing market. The fire devastation will certainly cause a tight housing market to get even tighter, Hardy told HousingWire. billion in value.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2025

In the modern mortgage industry, lenders are not just setting themselves apart on who has the best Super Bowl ad or the biggest branch footprint, but increasingly also on their approach to technology. However, transitioning to a more modern, modular strategy has proven to be difficult and complex.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Despite a drop in overall profitability in the fourth quarter of 2024, FOA, one of the nations leading reverse mortgage lenders, remains optimistic about the total addressable market for home equity-based retirement products and will continue to develop its offerings in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 17, 2025

So one main difference between traditional lender appraisals and relocation appraisals is the forecasting aspect: whereas lender appraisals determine a current market value, relocation appraisals try to project what the sales price WILL be. The post Relocation Appraisals: The Power of Market Analysis appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

“This isn’t just a new coat of paint,” said Lisa Lausten, senior vice president of marketing at Lone Wolf. Marc Davison, chief creative officer at 1000 Watt, shared that the rebrand was a combination of honoring the company’s 35-year history while offering a modern approach. ”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Related articles 39 cutting-edge real estate marketing ideas for 2024 How to get listings in real estate — 11 proven strategies for 2024 Driveway & pathway upgrades From the moment buyers pull into the driveway to the instant they step onto the pathway to the front door, every detail matters.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2024

On Thursday, the firm announced that Forsythe was joining eXp as its new chief marketing officer. According to the release, in this role, Forsythe will be responsible for building the firm’s marketing strategies and global initiatives, working to expand the company’s brand visibility. “I’m absolutely thrilled to join eXp Realty.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

PACE loans are typically marketed via door-to-door sales by independent brokers who work with contractors who perform the modernization and enhancement work. Homeowners deserve to know just how much they are paying when they put their home and financial future on the line.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Should a large number of additional structures be burned in the coming days, it may become the worst wildfire in modern California history based on the number of structures burned and economic loss. This is already one of the worst wildfires in California history, Jonathan Porter, AccuWeathers chief meteorologist, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With high prices and still stiff competition, those looking to buy a home in today’s real estate market need to consider every opportunity, including the choice between new construction or a resale home. Renovating to modernize can add to the long-term cost of a resale home. Both options have their advantages and drawbacks.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Xactus Chief Marketing Officer Sasha Stair Fintech and verification solutions provider Xactus has announced the appointment of Sasha Stair as the company’s new Chief Marketing Officer. Having a Chief Marketing Officer who can seamlessly partner with our sales team and across all areas of the business is crucial for our growth.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

The company also touted its dominance in Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) and proprietary reverse mortgages, noting its 37% share of the total market while expressing a goal of doubling its monthly loan origination volume on a dollar amount basis in the months ahead.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

Jonathan Scarpati Jonathan has been at the core of driving reverse mortgage adoption and awareness in the industry for over 20 years, and were excited to extend his leadership abilities to accelerate performance as we modernize our brand and expand our reach, FOA President Kristen Sieffert said. Senator Cory Gardner to its board of directors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Figure Connects advantages include warehouse lines to manage cash flow, hedging to manage market risk and modern infrastructure that automates loan sales and deliveries, all on a public, transparent blockchain. Michael Dryden, partner and head of asset based finance at Sixth Street, echoed Stevens’ sentiment.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 3, 2025

Deploying Restb.ais property intelligence capabilities helps AssetVal deliver a new level of objectivity and precision to BPO analysis, modernizing the process while maintaining its trusted human foundation. Modernize BPOs With AI-Powered Visual Validation first appeared on Appraisal Buzz. The integration of Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2025

Looking at the repair and remodeling market by demographic, JCHS found that households headed by a person of color contribute more to the home improvement market. Immigrant homeowners also account for a growing share of the market, up from 8% of expenditures in 2003 to 13% in 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Now, with five weeks of data in front of us, we can say they have stabilized the market. This time the hit on demand is much more challenging as we are working from a savagely unhealthy rise in home prices since 2000, and mortgage rates have skyrocketed in the most prominent fashion in modern history.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2023

The housing market faced some serious obstacles last week as the 10-year yield broke over 4%, mortgage rates rose to over 7%, purchase apps fell again and we are still trying to find the elusive seasonal bottom for housing inventory. Last week we had a lot of action on the bond market just to end up exactly where we were the previous Friday.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The last two years of soaring mortgage rates and rising home prices have brought the fastest erosion in housing market affordability in modern history, and it’s hurt first-time homebuyers the most. Inventory remains one of the driving forces in this difficult housing market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

billion to buy and construct “purpose-built rental homes” to meet the needs of modern families. ” Pretium Partners manages more than $55 billion in assets across nearly 90 markets nationwide. ” Pretium Partners manages more than $55 billion in assets across nearly 90 markets nationwide.

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