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Fannie Mae pays $53M to settle recession-era discrimination suit

Housing Wire

After the housing crisis, the GSE’s portfolio of foreclosed, or “Real Estate Owned” properties ballooned. Our REO maintenance standards are designed to ensure that all properties are tended to and treated equally.”. Instead, investors bought the run-down properties in bulk sales.

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Housing Tech Rundown: Quantarium, Equifax and Ellie Mae

Housing Wire

Artificial Intelligence company Quantarium announced on Thursday its partnership with Valligent Technologies to launch a condition adjusted “Quantarium Valuation Model” for equity lending, broker price opinions and real estate owned valuations. It can also factor in the effects of local events like foreclosures and recent sales.

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How Do I Find an REO Buyer’s Agent Who Knows Bank-Owned Home Sales?

HomeLight

But then, it went into foreclosure and didn’t sell at auction, so now it’s listed as an REO, or real estate-owned property. A “real estate owned,” or REO, home is one that’s owned by a bank. Buying a bank-owned home isn’t the same as buying a house from a private homeowner. What’s an REO home?

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How do Foreclosure Auctions Work? How to Find Properties, Research, and Bid

HomeLight

With online foreclosure auctions, you submit your offer digitally during a designated day and time. An online option like a real estate owned (REO) property, you’re not spending any money into it,” says Durham. You’re not spending any money into it until after you’re under contract and based on your inspection.”.

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131 Real Estate Terms & Definitions Your Clients Expect You to Know in 2023

The Close

A contingency might be the buyer selling their current house, requiring certain repairs to be made, or obtaining a clean termite inspection. Don’t you love it when the co-borrower is the client’s dad who comes along on the inspection and is suddenly an expert on chimney engineering? Home inspection. Real-estate owned (REO).