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The Mortgage of the Future Will Be Designed for Digital Natives
By Manvinder Saraon of LendingHome The mortgage industry has finally begun to move from the Dark Age into the Digital Age. While technological innovations have re-imagined many other consumer financial services over the past few years, mortgages lagged behind. Now, with the recent introduction of the online mortgage (otherwise known as the... Read More »
Building a Better Home Value Mousetrap
By Clifford A. Lipscomb of Greenfield Advisors Introduction to Automated Valuation Models Property valuation is an integral part of the housing industry that is long overdue for disruption. Although much could be said on the topic of automated valuation models (AVMs), in this piece I explore the current state of the commercially available AVM... Read More »
Which Local Housing Markets Would Be Most Impacted by the GOP Tax Plan?
This post was updated Dec. 18, 2017, to reflect final updates to the bill, most notably the change in the cap for the mortgage interest rate deduction from $500,000 to $750,000. The Republican tax proposal unveiled last week includes two changes to the income tax structure that could potentially have significant impacts on homeowners, and by... Read More »
7 Habits of Highly Effective Home Flippers
Home flippers are getting squeezed by an increasingly competitive housing market where it’s harder to stick to the tried-and-true mantra for real estate investors: buy low and sell high. While it’s easy to sell the homes they are flipping, at often at a premium above asking price, the problem is finding properties to buy at a deep... Read More »
Where to Find Cash-Flowing Rentals
An ideal rental property is the opposite of a money pit; it produces income for its owner. Build a decent portfolio of these cash-flowing rental properties and you may just have enough income to quit your day job. But with home prices skyrocketing in many markets across the country, it’s getting tougher to find such cash flowing rental... Read More »