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Appraiser, market specialist gives his March analysisMonday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Hecht, a Certified Residential appraiser in Missouri and ChE Chartered Economist at McKissock, recently put together a market analysis for March in his installment of The Full Measure.
After studying his findings, Valuation Review sat down with Hecht for an in-depth picture surrounding the March 2024 housing market insights, plus key takeaways for residential appraisers.
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Voxtur releases financial numbersMonday, May 13, 2024 Voxtur Analytics Corp. recently announced its financial results for the three months and year ended Dec. 31, 2023.
ATTOM: Best time for homeselling is first half of yearMonday, May 13, 2024 Property data curator ATTOM released its annual analysis of the best days of the year to sell a home, which showed that based on home sales over the past 13 years, the months of May, February and April offer the highest seller premiums.
FHFA finalizes fair lending final rule, codifies UDAP complianceMonday, May 13, 2024 The Federal Housing Finance Agency released a new final rule codifying the agency’s fair lending oversight requirements for the secondary mortgage market. The rule is the culmination of the GSE progress since 2022 on policies to ensure all borrowers and renters have access to fair, sustainable and equitable housing opportunities, according to an agency press release.
A conversation with the new NAN chief appraiserWednesday, May 8, 2024 Veteran appraiser Bill Waltenbaugh sat down with Valuation Review for his thoughts and insights on the appraisal profession.
Waltenbaugh recently accepted the position of chief appraiser at Nationwide Appraisal Network.
Read on for Part I of this exclusive feature.
Reactions come in on HUD announcement concerning appraisal bias, ROV policyWednesday, May 8, 2024 On May 1, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, through the Federal Housing Administration, announced a new step in the department’s work to protect borrowers from racial or ethnic bias in home appraisals.
Valuation Review reached out to appraisal organizations and others for their comments on this decision.
Read on to hear what they told us.
CFPB report finds ‘a la carte’ style fees lead to higher costs for consumersWednesday, May 8, 2024 While the real estate industry adapts to the structural changes coming its way, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Research conducted laboratory experiments to investigate the effects of price complexity on market outcomes.
Results indicated consumers paid more when costs were split into sub-prices, and the more complex the pricing, the worse the buyers fared.
Read on to learn more.
HUD approves Pennsylvania housing complaint agreementWednesday, May 8, 2024 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced it approved a conciliation agreement under the Fair Housing Act between the Metropolitan Management Corp. and Lancaster Court Associates and a family of former tenants.
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