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Home inspector sees interaction from baby boomers, aging in place and reverse mortgages

Housing Wire

home equity based on different estimates its easy to see the potential impact that such a large cohort has on a variety of different businesses, including home inspections. But one impact that Cook has observed in his own business at least anecdotally is an apparent mistrust that older buyers have for new construction.

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Opinion: Don’t let red tape strangle city development

Housing Wire

I grew up in Houston, and I’ve seen the benefits and the pitfalls of real estate development in perhaps the most lightly regulated city in the United States — a place where developers don’t fret about complex building regulations, because such regulations simply don’t exist. The results are uneven, but can be inspiring.

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Florida Housing Sets New Bar With $285M New Construction Listing

Marco Santarelli

The Florida housing market is undeniably hot right now, making headlines with a record-breaking $285 million new construction home hitting the market. It's a development of a property that was initially purchased by former Manalapan mayor and developer Stewart Satter for $27.5 Absolutely not!

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Real estate newsletters: The ultimate playbook (+ 49 topic ideas & subject lines)

Housing Wire

We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Is a new restaurant coming to town? How about that pest control service you used for your clients termite inspection? So, where do you start? Lets dive in!

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NRMLA, MBA provide comments on HECM application, origination documents

Housing Wire

NRMLA and MBA also request changes to language in certain forms, including in the Compliance Inspection Report, so that the report can “utilize the documentation from a licensed and bonded person as required by the state to certify without additional costs to the borrower or mortgagee.” Following an announcement that the U.S.

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UWM rolls out construction-to-permanent loans

Housing Wire

The streamlined process and certainty One-Time Close New Construction loans offer is unmatched and will set brokers up to be the hero with builders, real estate agents and contractors, and get their borrowers in their dream home,” Mat Ishbia , president and CEO of UWM, said in a statement. UWM, which originated $33.5

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Low inventory creates challenging conditions in North Carolina’s housing market

Housing Wire

In addition to a lack of existing-home inventory, North Carolina is also struggling to grow its supply of new single-family homes. “We We have so much new construction happening. People are actually making repairs found in inspection reports. They are more moving laterally and paying more for that property.”

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