Peter G. Miller, Author at Think Realty

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Opportunity Zones: Boosting America’s Distressed Neighborhoods?

Peter G. Miller | 28 Oct 2019

A lot of small communities are expanding their job base, but what’s happening in these leading towns with between 50,000 and 75,000 people is not true everywhere. We increasingly have… more

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How Fewer First-Time Home Buyers Threaten the Real Estate Market

Peter G. Miller | 10 Jul 2019

You can’t have home sales without buyers, and the most important buyers of all are first timers. While it might seem that a sale is a sale, that’s not the… more

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Why Mortgage Applications Have to Change

Peter G. Miller | 13 Jun 2019

Ah, the continued plight of the American mortgage system. While each year millions of homeowners finance and refinance real estate with few problems, the system is increasingly fraught with new… more

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GSE Reform: Housing Finance Savior or Looming Disaster?

Peter G. Miller | 27 May 2019

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in play and with them the financial heart of the real estate marketplace. As they evolve – if they evolve – transactions worth trillions… more

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The New Solar Economy: A Hazy Path Toward Harnessing the Power of the Sun

Peter G. Miller | 24 May 2019

With the ongoing certainty of sunrise, the use of renewable energy is becoming cheaper, more attractive, and more common. The promise of free fuel coupled with better technology is changing… more

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Will AVMs Create a World Without Appraisers?

Peter G. Miller | 28 Mar 2019

The real estate market has had a good run during the past few years, but for one group the story has been different. Appraisers are facing tough times. Their job… more

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