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2021 Fair Housing Law Roundup Diversity, inclusion and fairness are key goals for today’s real estate industry. Biased appraisals thwart these goals. To help remediate the problem, California enacted Assembly Bill 948 on Sep. 28, 2021. Under the new law,…
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Ring In the New: Home Buying Trends for 2022
Will 2022 Be Better for Buyers? Home sellers did very well in 2021. There was just one rub. Most people who sell also want to buy. And homes were very expensive. Some boomers who would normally be downsizing now, and…
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Losing the Family Home to Partition Law
When Strangers Divide Inherited Land An Asheville Watchdog investigation, as reported by the Citizen Times, painted a very grim picture of partition law in North Carolina this year. Also known as the forced sale, the partition law in most states…
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The Rise of the Zero-Carbon Home
A Trend Whose Time Has Come The way we use energy at home can increase or limit greenhouse gases. As climate disruption is a pressing issue for everyone, “green” buildings and habits aren’t just nice to have—they’ve become essentials. Green…
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Virginia and New Jersey Property Owners Are DELETING Unfair Deed Restrictions
Doing Good Deeds Virginia has had enough. Starting in 2020, its lawmakers barred the recording of deeds with restrictive covenants that offend the Virginia Fair Housing Law. Virginia also supplied a way for owners to formally delete these restrictions from existing…
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Home Flipping Goes Virtual
There’s an App for That Responsible home flippers do things right. Today, they’re assisted by technology. Some investors rely on internet connections and real estate apps the whole way through. In recent times, doing business at a distance has generally…
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Wait, What Do You Mean I Can’t Build This Rock Garden?
Dealing With a Picky Deed Restriction A recent news report on The Villages, a well-known retirement community that spans three Florida counties, discusses a resident who moved back up to Wisconsin after the death of her spouse. The focus of…
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Bitcoin for Mortgages and Down Payments
Fannie and Freddie Weigh In The future is here. People now buy homes with bitcoin. Some of the most upmarket real estate listings accept top cryptocurrencies and even showcase blockchain-based digital art inside the home. (The art concept is pretty intriguing.…
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We Know It. We Denounce It. So Why Does Bias in Lending Persist?
Black homeowners have long faced extra obstacles when buying their homes. And in the turbulence of 2020, barriers to Black homeownership rose yet again. When the mortgage lenders tightened their approval criteria, it turns out that more minority applicants were…
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How Much of Your Overall Wealth Should Your Real Estate Be?
Investing in real estate to build wealth is a popular move. And because we all need to live somewhere, buying a house can be a doubly good decision. Our home offers shelter on our terms and becomes a store of…
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Pennsylvania Tells Companies: Hand Over Deeds to 285 Ripped-Off Renters
Where Are the Deeds? In a Allegheny County court ruling issued in November 2021, corporate landlords were ordered to deed 285 Pittsburgh-area homes to their renters. The companies are fighting the decision with an appeal. The South Carolina company Vision Property…
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Oregon Sued After Banning Buyers’ Love Letters
Free Speech Versus Fair Housing? It’s a tough market out there for home buyers. So, hopeful home buyers are coming up with ways to stand out from the crowd. Some — many, these days — are writing “love letters” that…
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Just 3% Down? Here’s How It’s Done.
Qualifying for the HomeReady®, Home Possible®, HomeOne®, or FHA Loan What’s the scoop on low down payments? The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA, a.k.a. Fannie Mae) offers the 3% HomeReady® loan. The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC, known as…
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Boomer Buyers Are Still Beating Out Millennials
For Now… A recent press release from Zillow® sports a catchy, controversial title: Baby Boomers and Millennials Are Competing for Homes, and Boomers Are Winning Is that so? Either way, the headline unmistakably points to millennials and baby boomers,…
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Deeds Scams Are Ruining Lives
Panic in Detroit Detroit should have had its moratorium on foreclosures a decade ago. Years of overzealous tax foreclosures has brought the city a decade of deed scams with no end in sight. And the wrongdoers are rarely apprehended for…