Real-estate brokerage Redfin announced that it has appointed Daryl Fairweather as its new Chief Economist. Fairweather comes to Redfin from Amazon, where she served as a senior behavioral economist, leading...
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Struggling Neighborhoods and Property Taxes
...area, or a TIF district, through "earmarking" the anticipated property tax revenue increases from increases in real estate values in the district. In theory, TIF generates new property tax revenue...
Read More »Are Owners in Sync With Appraisers on Home Values?
...an average of 2.88 percent appraisal value than what was expected. "The variance in the HPPI across the country perfectly illustrates just how localized the real estate market is and...
Read More »Where Does America’s Housing Value Stand?
Across the U.S., real estate wealth tends to be unbalanced, landing mainly in large metropolitan areas. In a study from LendingTree, researchers looked at which of these cities hold the...
Read More »The Industry Pulse: Updates on a360inc, Xome, and More
...record of success in the real estate market. She is a strategic thinker with operational savvy who is uniquely qualified to leverage technology, tools, and intellectual property to expand Xome’s...
Read More »Fannie Mae Roundtable Explores LGBT Fair Housing Protections
...of the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP). (Brown also serves as Vice Chair of the AMDC, partnering with Chair Kathy Cummings of Bank of America.)...
Read More »How Can Mortgage Professionals Promote Diversity?
...Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP), PennyMac, The Trevor Project, and U.S. Bank. After opening remarks from Derek Templeton, Executive Director of the AMDC, and Kathy Cummings, SVP, Consumer...
Read More »Renters vs. Buyers—Who Creates More Wealth?
...price increases, these numbers provide additional evidence that housing markets around the country are slowing, resulting in many to opt for renting,” said Ken Johnson, Ph.D., a real estate economist...
Read More »NAR Unveils New Logo and Brand
...will be, a people-focused business,” said Elizabeth Mendenhall, President of NAR and a sixth-generation Realtor from Columbia, Missouri, and CEO of RE/MAX Boone Realty. “The evolution of the Realtor brand...
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...prefer to manage their finances via cell phone whenever possible.” __________________________________________________________________________________________ A federal jury in Texas has awarded HouseCanary, a provider of real estate valuation and assessment tools, $706.2 million...
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