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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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Home Value Forecast

The Timeline of a Turnaround

In the U.S.

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Home Value Forecast

The Effect of Higher Loan-to-Value Ratios on Market Volatility

One theme that we have discussed in the past year in helping understand the home price “bubble” of…

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Following the Footprints of Institutional Investors in Atlanta Real Estate: Part 1 of 3, The Markets

Last year was the first in which major institutional investors (hedge funds) operated on a large enough scale…

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US average home prices versus mortgage rates 1990-2010

Home Value Forecast

Why have home prices in some markets been less responsive to low mortgage rates than would be expected?

James R. Follain, Ph.D., Norman Miller, Ph.D., and Michael Sklarz, Ph.D.

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Toms River, NJ Homogeneous Submarket

Home Value Forecast

The Argument for Risk-Based Appraisals

In today’s mortgage market, appraisals are used to determine a specific price point and market condition of a…

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Home Value Forecast

Negative Equity: Stage One of Distressed Real Estate Inventory

One of the most challenging issues in today’s housing market is how to develop public policies and business…

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Supporting Appraisal Modernization

Home Value Forecast

Rent to Value Ratio: The Economics of Rental Property

Lately there has been much news regarding the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) and other private REO-to-Rental programs.

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Real Estate Inventory Trends and Price: Home Value Forecast Monthly Market Update

The nationwide number of homes currently listed for sale is down approximately 21 percent from a year ago.

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