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HOW AND WHY YOU WANT FHA CONDO APPROVAL
Source: Realty Biz News --- A condo might be perfect if you don't want to buy a single-family home. Though, if you want to use an FHA loan, you might find it more difficult as condos need to be approved. There are many things to know about buying a condo, and this is...
Thriving after being ‘thrown to the wolves’
Source: MPA Mag --- You think the economy is bad now for the mortgage industry? Try coming up like Michael Borodinsky (pictured) did back in the 80s. “I graduated from the University of Delaware in 1983,” he told Mortgage Professional America during a telephone...
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A 27-year-old real-estate investor who rehabbed 7 Austin properties last year is now targeting San Antonio, where homes can cost less than $100,000. Here are 3 reasons it’s the next big investor hot spot.
Source: Insider --- Austin real-estate investor John Crenshaw said he only worked for someone else once. For a brief spell, when he was 17 years old, he worked at a branch of H-E-B, the popular Texas grocery store. After that, he turned his passion for gaming into a...
Tennessee Housing Association Launches Virtual Marketplace for Manufactured Housing
The Tennessee Housing Association (THA) has launched an online virtual marketplace of factory-built homes available in Tennessee. The consumer platform allows Tennessee homebuyers to browse, select, tour, and shop Tennessee manufactured homes and modular homes for...
UK Proptech Firm Expands Into US with Focus on Affordable Housing
LandTech, the London-based proptech firm that claims to enable property developers of all sizes to identify and assess off-market development opportunities, has expanded to the US, with the goal of helping the country deal with its housing shortage, which it...
Should You Prepare For a Housing Market Crash in 2021?
Source: Go Banking Rates --- Will there be a housing market crash in 2021? A majority of experts think not. “People are saying we’re in a housing bubble, but I don’t think the term housing bubble is the right description,” said Tabitha Mazzara, director of operations...
Empowering Women in Real Estate holds 7th Anniversary celebration in Ashburn
Source: Loudoun Times --- Seven years ago, longtime Lovettsville resident and realtor Karen Cooper found herself searching for a support system among her network of female realtor friends. “We are surrounded by people every day, but many, if not most, offices are...
Op-ed: Real estate investment trusts may provide inflation protection for investors
Source: CNBC --- After being hobbled by the pandemic recession, real estate investment trusts are rebounding rapidly, and the economic recovery isn’t the only thing driving growth this year. Share prices are rising from demand rooted in investor concerns about...
Real estate agents can learn benefits of living shorelines
Source: Coastal Review --- Real estate professionals are encouraged to join next month a workshop on the benefits of living shorelines for waterfront properties. The free, online workshop is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 2 via Webex. Organizers ask attendees join 15...
The current real estate market isn’t for the faint of heart
Source: Herald Net --- Bidding wars, all-cash deals, 20 or more offers on a single home — that would be the real estate market here and in many places across the country. It’s been a wild, year-long ride, say local real estate agents. Last spring, the start of the...
Utah’s crazy housing market: Do you wait or do you buy?
Source: ABC --- Utah home values are skyrocketing and the housing market doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. “Will the bubble burst, or are the high prices here to stay?” This is the question at the front of everyone’s mind. Utah’s market is unlike any other in...
Think twice before waiving contingencies to score a home
Source: Standard --- While waving is generally a good thing, waiving is not. This is especially true when it comes to certain contingencies when writing an offer on a home. In a frantic effort to win a bid in a highly competitive market, we are seeing too many offers...
Seller Concessions: How to Get Your Closing Costs Paid For
Source: Credible --- Homebuyers are sometimes caught off guard by how much money they need to bring to closing. In addition to the down payment, you’ll need to pay a long list of closing costs — including an origination fee, title insurance, and more — before you can...
My girlfriend cosigned my mortgage. I paid the mortgage for 4 years, plus a $125,000 down payment. She paid the utilities. Now she wants half
Source: Market Watch --- Four years ago, I was downsizing and building a home while I still had a hefty mortgage on my first home. I couldn’t secure the loan on my own until the other house was sold. I applied for the mortgage with my girlfriend. I had a down payment...
How Reverse Mortgages Could Become a Vehicle for Real Estate Investment
Source: Reverse Mortgage Daily --- In spite of the reputational difficulties faced by the reverse mortgage product and the professionals in the business, the fact that the housing market is performing as generally well as it has been may end up leading real estate...
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