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Leveraging Smart Home Equity – Options for More Profitable Lending 

Rather than refinancing out of low mortgage rates, many homeowners are turning to home equity loans or lines of credit…

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10 Hottest US Housing Markets

Home Value Forecast

Home Value Forecast: Affordability in Hot Housing Markets

Home Value Forecast’s top ten real estate markets this month are all out west, with five from California…

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Valuation Blog

Accuracy Means Efficiency: Limited Touches, Less Rejection: What to Look for in a Valuation Company

Accuracy means efficiency.

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Compliance Blog

TRID: TILA RESPA Integrated Disclosure Implementation

Efficiently and effectively implementing the changes needed by October 3rd will be a challenge.

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Home Value Forecast

Home Value Forecast: Months of Remaining Inventory – National and Local Trends

Months of Remaining Inventory (MRI) is a data point often analyzed by Home Value Forecast.

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Valuation Blog

SVI’s Network Brokers are Experienced with BPOs for REOs

TRUST BPOS BACKED BY THE SVI VENDOR NETWORK REOs, or real estate owned properties, are owned by banks…

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Home Value Forecast

2014 Year in Review – Home Value Forecast

This month’s Home Value Forecast looks back at trends over the past twelve months in a number of…

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Home Value Forecast

Housing Market Trends Across the U.S. — The Difference Between West Coast/East Coast Markets

From clothing and music to food and social norms, many of the trends that sweep across the U.S.

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Home Value Forecast

Houston Affordability and Changing Markets

Houston made our list of top ten metros this month, and for good reason.

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