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Homeowners’ Renovation Spending Doubled Since 2001

Appraisal Buzz

The post Homeowners’ Renovation Spending Doubled Since 2001 appeared first on DSNews. The post Homeowners’ Renovation Spending Doubled Since 2001 appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. The remodeling industry has responded with shifts in scale and specialization, according to a study by Harvard’s JCHS.

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Veros acquires appraisal management company Valligent

Housing Wire

The parent company of appraisal software firm Veros Real Estate Solutions has acquired California-based appraisal management company Valligent Technologies. Valligent, founded in 2003 and led by Jeremy McCarty and Jeff Wickham, provides traditional, desktop and hybrid appraisal services to lenders, credit unions and others.

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Reindeer Standards As Unenforceable As Appraisal Code

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If you don’t like the 1997 version of the bylaws, there’s a 2001 version, a 2009 version and a 2013 version. Related Posts: Appraisal Standards Should Age Like Fine Wine Changes in Appraisal Standards?We The bylaws were approved at the first Congress of World Reindeer Herders on March 2, 1997.

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Kevin Palmer Promoted to Handle Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Business

Appraisal Buzz

Palmer has served at Freddie Mac in a variety of positions since 2001, most recently as senior vice president for Single-Family Portfolio Management. The post Kevin Palmer Promoted to Handle Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Business appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Clear Capital launches APIs to make adopting modern valuations solutions easier 

Housing Wire

As the industry continues its push toward appraisal modernization, including the adoption of desktop and hybrid appraisals, we want to make it easier for everyone involved to adopt the technologies behind this shift,” said Kenon Chen, executive vice president of corporate strategy at Clear Capital. “As

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FDIC finds banks violated RESPA on mortgage brokerage payments

Housing Wire

The CFPB inherited the responsibility to impose statements of policies (SOPs) created by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1999 and 2001. The same institution also stated that it initiated or ordered appraisals when it added borrowers’ information into a lender’s software.

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Clear Capital will lay off 27% of its workforce

Housing Wire

Established in 2001, the Nevada-headquartered company delivers solutions to modernize the appraisal process, which may take days to weeks to complete, or even longer during booming markets. That was followed by appraisers (22 in total) and customer support specialists (16 in total), the WARN notice shows.

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