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From consultation to closing: The definitive homebuying checklist

Housing Wire

Offers: Outline how making a competitive offer will work, including how price, contingencies, due diligence funds, and earnest money will impact how the seller views an offer. Clarify key steps like inspections, appraisals, and the importance of meeting deadlines and any impacts of missing them.

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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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Do the Due: A Complete Due Diligence Guide and Checklist for Homebuyers

HomeLight

As a buyer, that means you have to do your due diligence from both a practical and contractual perspective. What does due diligence mean in residential real estate? Some people just focus on a home inspection and that’s not enough. That’s why we’ve put together this guide to due diligence for a homebuyer.

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3 Properties That Need More Due Diligence Before Purchasing

Realty Biz

When you are buying a home there are three types of properties that need more research and due diligence. Types of Properties With More Required Due Diligence. Short Sales Require Patience and Due Diligence. Short sales become more prevalent when real estate markets shift from favoring sellers to buyers.

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Housing Market: 2025 is the Best Time for Homebuyers in Years

Marco Santarelli

Is it just me, or does it feel like the housing market has been a rollercoaster for the past few years? The talk around the water cooler (or these days, the virtual coffee chat) is that the housing market is shifting, and surprisingly, it's becoming the best time to buy a house in years. Yes, you heard that right! It was wild!

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Accurate property condition data is more important than ever – Here’s why

Housing Wire

is opening substantial opportunities across many housing sub-markets. All of these markets benefit from an accurate understanding of valuation and property characteristics, but the data sources that power them leave out a crucial component: property condition. The waning pandemic in the U.S.

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Opinion: The pros and cons of VA modernization bill

Housing Wire

To begin with, I applaud the flexibility of allowing desktop or drive-by appraisals, but at the same time this would seem to fundamentally alter the requirement of the appraiser to inspect the property to ensure Minimum Property Requirements (MPRs) are met.

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