Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Servicing teams must manage shifting delinquency rates, regulatory demands that may pivot with each new administration, and ever-increasing operational costs while keeping their fingers on the pulse of the modern consumer and advancing technology. What strategies are you implementing to mitigate risk?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Use a comparative market analysis to ensure you price the property right. Seamlessly blending historic elegance with modern luxury, this 5 bedroom 3.5 Source: 43 Market St, Newburyport, MA – listed by Wilson Group, Keller Williams Realty Dont miss this fabulous renovated home in beautiful Marblehead, 0.6

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 8, 2025

These organizations are on the cutting edge of serving the mortgage, real estate, or housing markets, providing technology or software designed to serve those markets. And this is what will make mortgage modernization possible at last. Phoenix Burst changes that.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

Two complex factors are set to transform the rental market in 2024, creating new challenges and opportunities for property managers. The second is a more competitive rental market, driven by record-high construction of multifamily rental properties. At the same time, the data suggests several benefits for early adopters.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 11, 2023

Appraisal modernization is a hot topic right now, but updating the appraisal process is easier said than done. In the current market , where volume has decreased, this is less of a concern. ACE+ PDR fits right in line with our approach to collateral valuation and appraisal modernization. If we can check those boxes, we succeed.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Save time with pre-written newsletters from Market Leader Don’t have time to write three or more newsletters every month? Lets dive in!

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

This strategy gives lenders room to market offerings such as credit cards, auto loans, and depository accounts to clients with that theyre already connected with. Revenue can also skyrocket, as well-trained staff with the right servicing software can service 700 or more loans individually.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

In his new role, Banosian said he will be leveraging his success as a top producing loan originator to help other Rate LOs grow their business and take market share. And nobody understands the modern day law officer better than I do, because I’m one of them. It’s also really hard to get an offer accepted in most markets.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is calling for policy changes that would help alleviate the difficulties for homebuyers using Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans when competing in tight markets. mortgage market in 2023, up from 14.3% of the U.S. in 2022, according to HUD. ”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

They will even know the specifics of how things work in your local market. reAlpha Founded in 2020, reAlpha went public in October 2023 on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol AIRE. But unlike reAlpha, Modern Realty is much newer, having officially launched only three months ago. The company has two service tiers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2023

The dashboard presents a modernized user interface and offers customization options for both users and associations. It provides industry information such as market data trends and news articles, while enhancing interactivity for user convenience. Art Carter, CEO of CRMLS, expressed confidence in the transition to the new dashboard.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

As Chief Operating Officer at First Guaranty Mortgage Corp , Sarah Gonzalez has modernized the FGMC brand, recruited top talent and implemented operational efficiencies that significantly reduce the cost per loan across all production channels. Part of that investment is in training. HW: Growing new leaders is critical to any business.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In the modern mortgage landscape, quality control (QC) stands as a critical pillar supporting the industry’s integrity and stability. As market conditions fluctuate and regulatory scrutiny intensifies, lenders must adopt a comprehensive approach to QC that goes beyond compliance checkboxes. Click Here

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GoForrmz

MARCH 25, 2025

Here are a few reasons why adopting mobile forms and smart digital solutions can better serve your business needs: User Familiarity (No Re-Training Required) One of the key advantages of GoFormz is its ability to convert existing paper forms into intuitive digital formats, eliminating the need for extensive employee training.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Kenon Chen, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Clear Capital, about desktop appraisal adoption and appraisal modernization. Kenon Chen: We have discovered an incredible amount of willingness from appraisers to adopt desktop appraisals, even before the market slowdown.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

Amanda Hill: Lenders see appraisal modernization as a top priority by Maria Volkova. They had a young executive team who valued fresh ideas and were not afraid to train inexperienced novices like me. HousingWire: What do you think will be the big themes for the housing market in 2022? To become an HW+ member, click here.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 8, 2024

We all have seen the buzz phrases: appraisal modernization, bifurcation, data collectors, desktop and hybrid appraisals, and observation (rather than Inspection). There are also the economics of training new appraisers and the numerous and disparate state laws and lender prohibitions. Some of these have been around for many years.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Ohio-based mortgage lender Lower imposed a round of layoffs last week due to market conditions, affecting 6% of its workforce, according to a spokesperson for the company. The Fed has increased the federal funds rate by 300 basis points so far this year to control surging inflation, resulting in a “ reset” of the mortgage market.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Users can complete a schematic 2D floor plan using just a smartphone, with no training or cost required. To continue to modernize the valuation process and achieve its goal of drastically increasing the number of floor plans in the U.S., Users have the ability to leverage CubiCasa’s technology without prior training.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2023

It is also training machine learning models to get better at responding to users’ queries in “human-like sentences.” “Beyond easy-to-filter criteria like bedrooms and bathrooms, buyers are considering many other specific features that match their unique lifestyle,” Jenny Arden, Zillow’s chief design officer, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We discussed the current market and ways the real estate industry is addressing this industry-wide issue. Chris Knight: The shortage of appraisers is not going to be remedied without focusing on the larger issue—the lack of focus on recruiting and training new appraisers. Since early 2020, we’ve trained more than 150 cadets.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

“That created inefficiencies so that one couldn’t send trains across borders,” Bowler said in an interview with HousingWire in Las Vegas during the recent ICE Experience 2025 event. Second, we want to be able to send the train back on those rails. meter gauge. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 24, 2025

Measuring and analyzing changes in market conditions are critical and fundamental elements in real estate appraisal. If the market has measurably changed over that period, that change means the appraiser should market-adjust the comps up- or downward, as the market demands. This rationale is mathematically correct.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Mortgage Marketing Radio. Mortgage Marketing Radio is a weekly podcast, hosted by Geoff Zimpfer, that covers “truth in mortgage marketing,” with interviews with top producers. Mortgage Marketing Expert. Art of Mortgage Marketing. Loan Officer Freedom. Loan Officer Leadership. The Loan Officer Podcast.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

By writing and maintaining all of the code along with investing heavily in putting together a world class modern IT infrastructure that efficiently leverages a mix of modern technologies like the public cloud and API based software architectures, UWM has been able to turn on a dime and stay well ahead of shifts in the market utilizing technology.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

In this executive conversation, Laura O’Connor, President and COO of JPAR Real Estate Affiliated Network shares her insights on the role of the modern real estate professional. We have both an opportunity and, I’d suggest, an obligation to show up for our customers instead of focusing our marketing efforts on showing off how great we are.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

To some degree, appraiser capacity issues can be mitigated by modern appraisal products like desktop and hybrid appraisals. Since the 1930s, appraisers have largely been trained the same way — the supervisor/trainee mentorship model. On January 1, 2021, PAREA became approved as an alternative way of gaining experience.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

When we started, the idea was to obtain exterior photos as fast as possible, at a time when Uber, Lyft and marketing technology was advancing, and anyone with a smartphone could get exterior photos,” said Tomaszewski, who worked to turn his idea into ProxyPics.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

year-over-year decrease in refinance volume and the rise of a purchase market. To succeed in a purchase market, lenders should track the following 10 metrics. Setting networking goals and strategically pursuing relationships with partners can generate a steady stream of business that is especially important in a purchase market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

There are other things that humans still need to do, but the more that companies can make those tasks “lower skill” and easier to train around, the more scalable and nimble the organization can be as the market changes. It is very easy to add steps to a process, and overwhelmingly difficult to subtract them.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the years the real estate appraisal workforce has experienced a shortage and has fallen behind to attract new entrants to replace those retiring due to high barriers of entry such as training, cost, and licensure regulations. HW: How does ValueLink technology modernize the appraisal practices?

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2021

Traditionally, a property valuation is conducted by a certified appraiser — a practice that appraisal industry leaders have recently acknowledged may contribute to bias and discrimination for certain borrowers and markets. The appraisal comes in $40,000 below market value, and, as a result, the home sells for a lower price.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

HousingWire sat down with Bell to learn about how the VA is working to revamp the image of the loans it offers, how it plans to modernize its appraisal processes, how it coordinates with other agencies, and whether its COVID-19 partial claim program will get an extension. JB: We just approved a brand new training department for VA.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A friend of mine is a successful real estate professional in a competitive market. We often discuss changing housing market conditions, and the pressure real estate agents are under to stay relevant in the wake of increased competition. He built his business on an existing strong sphere. Can you replicate it?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Servicing Gateway addresses today’s market demands by providing servicers with a single sign-on and consistent experience to access a variety of essential tools to service performing and nonperforming loans. “We We’re doing that by creating future tools within Servicing Gateway to improve servicers’ speed to market for mortgage resolution.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Modernization will either take root and flourish throughout every branch of the mortgage industry, or our industry could miss a critical window to introduce meaningful reforms. Navigating appraisal challenges in today’s housing market. Presented by: PCV Murcor.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Managing a profitable mortgage business can be challenging in the best of markets. Modern software automates investor reporting and compliance and creates a more efficient workflow, allowing servicers to effectively service loans in-house. But that’s not the only way loan originators are compensating for a more difficult market.

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