The Nitty Gritty: Appraisal & Lending Updates - What Every Realtor Needs to Know

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What’s Changing in Real Estate—and What Realtors® Need to Know

The appraisal process is changing. Condo financing requirements are evolving. And affordability, incentives, and underwriting continue to shape today’s market.

Join us for an informative panel featuring appraisers and lenders as they break down the changes that can directly impact your transactions.

We’ll cover:

• The new appraisal report: What’s changing, how it affects valuation, and what agents should provide before the appraisal.

• Appraisals & reconsiderations: How to address discrepancies, renovations, comps, concessions, and appraisals that come in below contract price.

• Today’s lending landscape: What lenders are seeing with affordability, buyer qualification, incentives, and underwriting.

• Condo financing: What’s changed with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac requirements—and how reserves, insurance, inspections, repairs, and special assessments can affect financing.

• Avoiding closing delays: The financing issues that most often derail transactions and what agents can do earlier to prevent them.

• Navigating the transition: What agents, lenders, and appraisers should confirm as transactions cross the November appraisal changes.

• Practical takeaways: The advice Realtors® need to update—and the three things you should start doing differently right away.

Come prepared with your questions and leave with practical, actionable information you can use in your next transaction.