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Flyhomes acquires Home Sale Assured

Housing Wire

Proptech firm Flyhomes has entered into an agreement to purchase Innovative Holdings, LLC’s “buy before you sell” platform Home Sale Assured. Founded in 2022 by Eric Meadow, Home Sale Assured produces a “Guaranteed Backup” options contract, which enables existing homeowners to buy their next home before closing the sale of their current home.

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3 unique mortgage products to get today’s homebuyer qualified

Housing Wire

Tom Davis, chief sales officer, Deephaven Mortgage Today’s market means that more borrowers have higher debt-to-income ratios, limited access to credit and are looking for alternative ways to get qualified for a mortgage. We offer training, webinars, and non-QM expert sales representatives who are advisors.

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Ballard Spahr’s Andreano: CFPB is open to “other approaches” to QM

Housing Wire

They’re centering on – there’s been a desire to move away from the so-called GSE Patch QM which is the Qualified Mortgage for loans that are held for sale to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that is scheduled for sunset on Jan. There are two proposals that came out in June. Q: What about the other proposals? I think the industry will focus on that.

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Builders rediscover a tool from the 1980s that keeps new home prices from falling

Housing Wire

This phenomenon becomes clearly apparent when compared to existing home sales, for which these buydowns are very rare. As shown in the chart below, existing and new home sales for the 19 largest home builders had roughly the same note rates until January 2022. As of July 2023, the gap had slightly narrowed to 0.8 2022 to Dec.

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Here’s the salary you need to buy a home in five of the largest U.S. cities

Housing Wire

In December 2020, Houston saw a 25% growth in home sales compared to the same month the previous year. Realtor.com’s 2021 Housing Forecast predicts home sales in Phoenix, Arizona will increase 11.4% The housing market in Houston is booming, with buyers paying high prices for average homes. . Median home price: $272,000. from last year.

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Buyer agency: a crucial historical shift in real estate

Housing Wire

Those too young to remember the wild west of real estate believe that real estate commissions have always been evenly split between seller’s and buyer’s agents, with each receiving a portion of the sale price. home sales—often attract buyers who are stretching their financial limits to achieve homeownership.

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CFPB delays QM compliance date to October 2022

Housing Wire

Extending the compliance date of the General QM final rule would also give lenders more time to use the GSE Patch, which provides QM status to loans that are eligible for sale to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.”. Amending the QM Rule has been a long process.