Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

Charleston, South Carolina-based real estate tech firm PunchListUSA , which calls itself the first platform digitizing national home inspection data , closed on a $39 million Series A funding round this week. . ’s largest home inspection services providers, to offer customers instant repair estimates. .

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Since starting his career in the real estate industry more than five decades ago, Dave Liniger , the co-founder of RE/MAX , has seen and experienced quite a bit of change and innovation. If you look at the last 50 years of the real estate industry, the rules around residential transactions have become very complex.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

To help mitigate these pain points, Incenter Appraisal Management is offering remote BPO and remote inspection capabilities paired with AVMs. Incenter’s Remote BPO and remote Inspections don’t require homeowners to download mobile applications and take pictures on their own. Mark Walser, President of Appraisal Management.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

The industry has a huge demand for appraisals but an ever-shrinking number of appraisers available to conduct them. Incenter Appraisal Management’s RemoteVal technology allows appraisers to cut out all physical travel and get more inspections done, in turn generating more orders per day that they can complete.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

COVID-19 brought many changes to the housing industry as stay-at-home orders forced companies in the space to re-think the mortgage process. The appraisal industry was no exception, creating hybrid or remote models to conduct an appraisal and home inspection without physically entering the home as COVID-19 cases rose.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

Lessons from California wildfires and other natural disasters Californias wildfires highlighted the chaos that natural disasters continue to unleash not just on homeowners, but also on the mortgage servicers tasked with supporting them and the insurance industry that covers the cost of rebuilding.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

JaroInspect JaroInspect is the mobile inspection tool in the Jaro suite of appraisal tools. JaroInspect is revolutionizing the industry as the first platform to enable direct field transmission of the 1004D. It is now introducing LIDAR floor plan technology to expedite the submission process. Get More Info

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

For decades, the housing industry has viewed climate risk as a fairly straightforward issue. However, the ramifications of climate risk are now being felt throughout the broader industry, especially as a larger and larger percentage of this damage comes in the form of uninsured losses. You build the home to code.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some popular real estate newsletter content includes: Market updates Featured listings Industry news Local news Community events Agent profiles Investment opportunities No matter what content you choose to include, your real estate newsletter should serve as a meaningful touchpoint that continuously builds your client relationships.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Tech100 Mortgage award recognizes the most innovative and impactful organizations driving the mortgage industry forward. Now in its 13th year, the Tech100 program serves as a trusted resource for housing professionals, providing a definitive list of the industrys top technology providers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Whether you’re looking to start a career in real estate, already have one or are involved in real estate transactions, you may find yourself wondering about industry terminology and job titles. The industry acronyms alone look like alphabet soup. So, let’s start with the basics: What is a real estate broker vs. an agent?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2025

Property inspections rank No. AI is also becoming more common for most startups beyond the real estate industry. Medium to large brokerages are most likely to adopt, scale and implement AI in their operations. Meanwhile, smaller brokerages are less likely to use AI on a large scale. 1 as the most common use case for AI.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

To help homeowners explore their home equity options, lenders, investors and others in the industry should consider leveraging tech-backed services. The AAR consists of an onsite property inspection completed by a local and licensed real estate agent or broker.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2022

During the course of the pandemic, mortgage professionals have seen origination volumes for refi and purchase skyrocket as they have simultaneously faced challenges of accessing properties and completing in-person inspections. Rick Hill Vice President, Industry Technology, MBA. Paul Doman President & CEO, Accurate Group.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2022

Tasks like scheduling, property inspection and driving comps adds a great deal of time to the process. Logistics and adoption are two main hurdles commonly discussed amongst industry participants. At ServiceLink, we partner closely with our appraiser panel to ensure they’re comfortable adapting to industry changes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Later, during the inspection period, the buyer hits the seller harder with a long list of repairs. However, in order for this to work for my client, we must have all the inspections completed by the 12th instead of the 14th. Example A buyer makes an offer on a property and the seller quickly accepts the offer.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

Jaro Jaro technology is transforming the mortgage industry by offering appraisers a more efficient way to deliver final inspections right from the field. JaroInspect is the industry’s only compliant software that generates a 1004D inspection from the field. Get More Info

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

The general tumult in the housing industry necessitates the use of new and novel technologies, according to Zach Gorman, co-founder of RealReports. The industry is at a crossroads. “More than anywhere else, tech-forward Bay Area agents at SFAR are perfectly positioned to leverage RealReports’ power.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Fannie Mae’s program, which began earlier this year, is part of its ongoing efforts to modernize the valuation component of the mortgage industry. During the last refi boom, some appraisers were scheduling inspections as far as four to six weeks out, which was slowing down the entire loan transaction.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

But in the face of the ongoing epidemic and increasing volume impacting turn times, the industry will need to use technology to remediate these issues. Remote inspections have the power to make homeowners and appraisers more comfortable. They want to know what they’re inspecting and they want to be able to take the photos.”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Porch, a home services marketplace with partners in insurance, utilities, home inspection and moving, plans to use the cash to pursue acquisitions to seize the opportunity in real estate. They’ll also focus on the home insurance industry. “As a company, we were able to find our way, which is certainly hard to do.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

Fortunately for the housing industry, the record-low rates fueled a surge in origination volumes and a record-breaking year for the industry overall. The surge also highlighted the biggest challenge that the appraisal industry is facing is of capacity constraints due to ever declining number of professional appraisers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

This explains that damage inspections may be completed by “any FHA Roster Appraiser in good standing with geographic competence in the affected market.” The update also includes changes to a section about appraisals in presidentially declared major disaster areas.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

If you’ve been listening to the usual industry grifters—masquerading as experts—you might think so. As industry leaders, we’ve heard dire predictions and seen elaborate solutions. As industry leaders, we’ve heard dire predictions and seen elaborate solutions. The predicted Realtor apocalypse never happened.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

The standard loan application to originate a HECM currently includes Fannie Mae Form 1003, HUD Form 92900-C and Fannie Mae Form 1103, the latter of which is a supplemental consumer information form that has been adopted by the mortgage industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 21, 2024

We all know there are some significant changes happening in the real estate industry. The owner of the company said to me, “Well, you know, Debbie, when it comes time to do the termite inspection, you get in the way. I do the inspection. I will arrange the inspection. I’ll go do the inspection.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

According to industry experts, there is more to a home offer than just the price you are willing to pay. Use the home inspection as a bargaining chip: After the appraisal, getting the home inspected is another major part of the home-buying process.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Opteon, a leader in the appraisal and property valuation industry, utilizes their tech-enabled service fulfillment to streamline and enhance the appraisal process. Advanced data collection: The future of appraisals Data collection is a cornerstone of Opteon’s strategy to revolutionize the valuation industry.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

A Fannie Mae survey published in mid-May found that mortgage lenders see value in appraisal modernization, specifically in the implementation of non-traditional appraisals and inspection-based appraisal waivers. Currently, the appraisal process is the biggest issue facing the mortgage industry,” the mid-sized lender said. “It

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2021

The real estate industry is in a serious time crunch to get new housing stock together. I talked to a lot of industry professionals along the way and no one could explain the roadblocks to me. Construction has traditionally been slow to pick up new technology compared to other industries. Creating transparency.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A home inspection hasn’t yielded any problems, so nothing is standing in the way of closing, right? This includes foreclosed properties, flipped properties, distressed properties, commercial properties and industrial properties. You’ve found a house for your buyer or a buyer for the home you’re selling. Not necessarily.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Luke Tomaszewski, an appraiser doing home inspections in the aftermath of the housing bust, was traveling as much as an hour across Chicago just to snap exterior photos of bank-owned properties. At $50 to $100 per inspection, according to ProxyPics, it’s certainly less expensive than sending an appraiser.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

PunchListUSA , a real estate technology platform digitizing home inspection data, has named Stefan Pampulov as its chief product and data officer. The firm is growing rapidly to offer instant repair estimates and scale through process automation.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

First American offers an integrated suite of staff and network appraisal products and services, including standard appraisals, collateral inspection services and hybrid valuations through First American Mortgage Solutions’ Appraisal Management Company (AMC) and the First American Staff Appraiser Company.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

The mortgage industry faces numerous challenges related to the valuation process today,” Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, said in a statement. Regulators are paying close attention to valuations for many valid reasons.

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RIS Media

JUNE 27, 2024

A thorough home inspection can ensure a smooth transaction. Knowing what inspectors look for helps you address issues beforehand.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

While the report is another disappointing one for the real estate industry, there’s good news. Despite inventory being considerably higher than last year, the median home price rose 3.1% year over year to $416,700, although that is the slowest gain since September 2023. In the West, sales fell more modestly — 2.7% from the prior month and 1.4%

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