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Home prices accelerating in areas without mass transit

Housing Wire

. “For most people, the tradeoff wouldn’t have been worth it two years ago because of the hours-long commute into San Jose or San Francisco every day, either by train or by car. With remote work, buyers can prioritize the actual home above its proximity to transportation.”

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The obstacles to a digital mortgage are changing – Here’s what lenders need to know

Housing Wire

banking, shopping, transportation). They are willing to drive change across their operations and work with advisors, like Falcon, to develop a roadmap to integrate digitalization into policies, processes, and training. They also realize that if they don’t provide this experience, larger national retail lenders will.

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How to write creative real estate listing descriptions + examples

Housing Wire

miles from public transportation! Thesaurus.com is an excellent resource for finding alternative words; just dont use words you wouldnt use in everyday conversation. Example: New roof (2024) and HVAC system (2023) Unique features of the home. Example: Fenced-in backyard, abutting conservation land Neighborhood/area amenities. Example: 0.25

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Hope Through Housing uses MLK Grant to fund after school programs

Housing Wire

Additionally, in 2022 we launched CORE Academy, a workforce training program designed to introduce non-traditional candidates to the property management industry. We have just hired a new director of workforce development who is increasing resources and partnerships to connect our residents with job training and new career opportunities.

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Shaun Donovan is named Enterprise Community Partners CEO

Housing Wire

Drawing from his experience, Shaun understands the complex way promoting an affordable home intersects with transportation, workforce training, health, and the environment. He’s able to view the full picture of how these factors come together – and will bring that to bear at Enterprise.”

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Customer Story: Ohio Department of Transportation

GoForrmz

Challenge Completing over 700 projects a year, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) needed a more efficient and reliable means of completing and storing the extensive paperwork accompanying each project. . ” — Janet Treadway, Project Business Administrator & Electronic Delivery Lead, ODOT.

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Increasing Diversity in Appraisal Profession.

Appraisal Buzz

While there are some supervisors that do not want to train their competition, the main concern is will it be economically feasible to bring on a trainee. In the past, financial institutions were a viable training ground. Perhaps one neighborhood may have easy access to public transportation versus one that does not.

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