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Many baby boomers live in “time capsules” that need renovations to age in place

Housing Wire

Fifty-five percent of surveyed baby boomers plan to remain in their existing homes as they age, but less than a quarter of those surveyed have any plans to renovate their homes to more safely and easily accommodate natural changes that come with aging. The housing market is caught in a generational tug-of-war.

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Regions Bank places $1B bet on home renovation market

Housing Wire

Per a study from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, renovation financing is expected to increase 3.3% The post Regions Bank places $1B bet on home renovation market appeared first on HousingWire. EnerBank, a Utah-based subsidiary of publicly traded CMS Energy , has loan balances totaling $2.8

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What renovations should you make before selling your home?

Housing Wire

Are you considering putting your home on the market? Making these four renovations can help you do it successfully. A lot of buyers are shopping virtually these days, so any renovations that can make your home look better in photos is a good thing. Redoing your entire house isn’t necessary—especially in today’s market.

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Renovation loans get pandemic boost as homeowners want home offices

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Administration’s 203(k) rehabilitation mortgage insurance program is designed for borrowers to renovate when they purchase or refinance. For over 40 years with Section 203(k) of the National Housing Act, FHA has been protecting lenders with fully-insured mortgage loans even as renovations are underway.

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To Renovate or Not To Renovate Before You Sell

Keeping Current Matters

However, with so many buyers competing for available homes right now, renovations may not be as vital as they would be in a more normal market. A normal market has a 6-month supply of houses for sale, but today’s housing inventory sits far below that benchmark. There aren’t enough homes for sale right now.

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Sundae’s Homeowner Portal opens window to as-is purchases

Inman

While a number of companies have emerged to assist agents and their seller clients with renovating or updating a home before introducing it to the market, Sundae built its model on the opposite approach — helping consumers sell homes sell as-is to investors.

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DataDigest: iBuyers slide farther from hyped market disruption

Housing Wire

Offerpad is an instant buyer, or iBuyer, a company that gives sellers cash offers for their homes and attempts to resell the homes for a profit, sometimes after making renovations. “The largest, undisrupted market in the U.S.,” “Significant untapped growth potential,” touts a slide in an Offerpad Solutions Inc.

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