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The current REO market requires an expansion of services for business growth

Housing Wire

Tiffany Fletcher, VRM Mortgage Services HW: What does the current market and demand for REO assets look like? Factors like location and condition of the property and the market demand for REO and other existing home sales, impact the current landscape for REO assets. HW: What are the risk management challenges for REO assets?

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How to price homes properly in a volatile housing market

Housing Wire

High-volume home sellers are in a bit of a pickle in today’s market thanks to rapidly rising mortgage rates last year. We’re just trying to move inventory quickly,” said Lee Kearney, a Tampa, Florida-based real estate investor who has an inventory of between 15 and 20 homes for sale at any given time. “If

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Arm’s Length or Another Type of Sale? The 7 Sale Types Explained

McKissock

As a real estate appraiser, whether you’re considering the current terms of sale or analyzing previous sales of the subject property or comparable sales, it is imperative to know whether a sale is an arms-length transaction or a different type of sale. Short sale. Court ordered sale.

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Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December

Calculated Risk Real Estate

Yesterday, in Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December I reviewed home inventory and sales. Asking Rents Decline Year-over-year Tracking rents is important for understanding the dynamics of the housing market. House Prices The Case-Shiller National Index increased 3.9% This is historically very low.

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A transparent foreclosure marketplace reveals hidden equity

Housing Wire

billion is the amount of surplus funds generated by foreclosure sales on the Auction.com platform between 2016 and 2020. Surplus funds are proceeds from a foreclosure sale to a third-party buyer that are above and beyond the total debt owed to the foreclosing lender. 36,000 Surplus per Sale.

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Definitions for Deal-Seeking Buyers: Short Sales, Foreclosures, and REO Homes

HomeLight

You may have heard that short sales, foreclosures, or bank-owned properties offer great opportunities for a steal , but what do these different terms mean, and how does the homebuying transaction work for each? What’s the difference between buying a short sale vs. a foreclosure, and where can the best deals be had?

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

Housing Wire

Instead, investors bought the run-down properties in bulk sales. After the housing crisis, the GSE’s portfolio of foreclosed, or “Real Estate Owned” properties ballooned. As part of the settlement, the GSE said it would, or already has, enhanced its REO maintenance and marketing activities.

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