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The home inspection process: Should you skip it?

Housing Wire

People often confuse the home appraisal with the home inspection. Inspections, on the other hand, are designed to assess the condition of the home, and they’re 100% optional for the buyer. Are you considering skipping the home inspection? A homebuyer’s guide to a competitive housing market. Projects to avoid.

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Milestones VP of Marketing Shannon Baldwin on her mission as a marketer

Housing Wire

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders are open until April 30, 2024. While they have endured a rocky, rates-driven cycle, marketers in mortgage and real estate continue to play a pivotal role in lead generation, customer acquisition and retention differentiation that has helped to keep many organizations stay afloat.

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ICE unveils two new property valuation solutions

Housing Wire

As part of our overall mission to digitize the housing continuum, ICE is marrying technological innovation with our vast data assets to bring transparency and accuracy to a complex, often confusing market.” Consumers will supplement their requests with pictures of the property.

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Solving Burleson’s Drainage Dilemmas: The Role of Sewer Inspections in Home Maintenance

Realty Biz

This article will concisely explain the crucial role sewer inspections play in home maintenance and how they help to alleviate Burleson's drainage dilemmas. Understanding Sewage and Drainage Problems To fully grasp the importance of sewer inspections, it's vital to understand the different types of drainage issues residents might encounter.

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FAQs About Virtual Property Inspections with RemoteVal

McKissock

On April 12, 2023, McKissock Learning will host a FREE one-hour, non-credit Pro-Series webinar titled “Virtual Inspections with RemoteVal.” Plus, check out the FAQs below to learn some basic info about virtual property inspections with RemoteVal in advance of the webinar. Register now. What is RemoteVal?

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Opinion: Here’s the latest data on what Realtors are witnessing in the housing market

Housing Wire

The real estate market has shifted, and we are in a new housing paradigm. However, there are a number of attention-grabbing headlines, which unfortunately only compare today’s housing market to the very recent history of the last two years. However, in many areas of the country it does remain a seller’s market. Historically 2.5

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It’s a seller’s market: What does that mean for contingencies?

Housing Wire

The real estate market is hot right now, and bidding wars are the norm in many parts of the country. These contingencies are all designed to protect you as a borrower — to make sure you’re getting a safe and habitable property, that you have the funds to pay for it, and that you’re not stuck paying two mortgage payments at once.

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