A day after President Barack Obama outlined the direction of the country in his State of the Union address, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro took time Jan. 21 to give his thoughts and address questions via social media on the state of the housing market in a “fireside chat.” Keep reading to see why Castro called 2015 “a year of housing opportunity.”


When was the last time you thought about what placing a comp on the sales grid really communicated to your client?
When was the last time you, the appraiser, thought about what placing a comparable sale on the 1004 form’s sales grid really communicates to your