Three Distinct Quarters Tell the Story of a Resilient Housing Market

Differences Between Pandemic and Great Recession By: Steve Gaenzler, SVP, Data & Analytics, Radian One year ago, it would have been nearly impossible for prognosticators looking ahead to fathom what was to beset the U.S. in 2020. A worldwide pandemic with terrible human loss, record low unemployment rates flipped to record highs in a matter of weeks, 30-day mortgage delinquency counts shooting to a level higher than the peak of

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Popcorn Ceilings Are Bad

Easy Tips to Make Your House More Marketable By: Nicole Brungardt, Senior Account Manager, Property Masters Acoustic ceilings, or better known as “popcorn” ceilings, were first introduced in the 1930’s—can you guess why? The aggressive texture was easier and faster to apply, they were more cost effective, and they hid imperfections and muffled sound. Who cannot get behind that? Millennials—and I will tell you why. NOT INSTA-WORTHY First impressions are

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Completed Foreclosure Auctions Up 24 Percent to Six-Month High

Most auctions on vacant or abandoned properties exempt from moratoria Foreclosure sales rate at seven-year high, REO bids per asset at all-time high Building backlog of foreclosures could exceed 1.1 million by Q2 2021 By: Daren Blomquist, VP, Market Economics, Auction.com Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, released its Q4 2020 Distressed Market Outlook, which shows that completed foreclosure auctions in September increased 24 percent from the previous

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Surround Yourself with Great People

Everything in Life is Sales By: Danny Byrnes, Chief Revenue Officer, Nationwide Title Clearing When I was in high school, I started working at a technology company that developed and delivered an accounting software platform. Years later, that company was acquired by Microsoft. It was an easy job to get as my father owned the company. Growing up in the analog 70’s I became fascinated with the technology that was

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Realized Expands Its Popular Real Estate Investment Platform for Individuals

In an effort to help investors meet their income needs in retirement, manage their risk, and preserve their property wealth across generations—all while managing investment property wealth like they do other investments, Realized, a technology-enabled platform that provides Investment Property Wealth Management™(IPWM), announced the launch of Realized Direct. The new division enables direct investments in individual real estate properties and builds on the company’s existing offering that provides individuals with

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Offerpad Adds New Chief Growth Officer and Chief Legal Officer in Executive Team Build-out

As part of its strategy to advance its Real Estate Solutions Center and future business plans, real estate tech innovator Offerpad, based in Phoenix, Arizona, announced the expansion of its Executive Team. David Connelly, previously with Citigroup, joins Offerpad as the company’s new Chief Growth Officer, and from Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, Ben Aronovitch has been hired as its new Chief Legal Officer. “With the addition of David and Ben,

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