2022 Appraisal Process Contracts Modernization 
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Regardless of the size or complexity of a system or process, it is time to look at whether the impact it has on people is equitable. And the appraisal process is no exception. of the properties in Black neighborhoods receive appraisal values lower than the contract price versus 7.4% All people.
Appraisal Buzz
DECEMBER 27, 2021
There’s too little supply and too high a demand, a predicament that’s disrupted the housing and appraisal industries. Beginning in January 2020, 7% of purchase transactions had a contract price above the appraisal value. The appraisal industry faced a shortage of appraisers during the hot housing market.
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Housing Wire
JULY 12, 2022
It’s a model in stark contrast to that of inspections for traditional appraisals. It may also be viewed as revolutionary for an industry in which the most significant change to the appraisal process in the past few decades was the advent of appraisal management companies as an intermediary between lenders and appraisers.
Housing Wire
JUNE 14, 2022
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released voluminous plans last week developed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make the housing market more equitable, in part through changes to the appraisal process. Fannie Mae also included efforts to “modernize” appraisals in its equity plans.
Housing Wire
MAY 27, 2022
Likewise, a 2021 Freddie Mac study of more than 12 million appraisals dating back to 2015 found that appraisers’ opinions of value were more likely to fall below the contract price in Black and Latino census tracts. Some researchers point to appraisal methodology as a culprit.
Clear Capital
JANUARY 5, 2023
For the past few years — and amid movements around social injustice — conversations on the issue of bias in the appraisal process have been increasingly taking the spotlight as more homeowners stand up to tell their stories. The task force also proposed a set of policy changes to advance racial equity in the appraisal process.
Appraisal Today
JANUARY 20, 2023
Excerpts: Appraisers, I recently sent out a message asking appraisers to send me three data points comparing borrower-paid appraisal cost, and average AMC paid assignment fees in October, November 2021 and the same months in 2022 – for SFR assignments. Maybe the AMC’s will fade away along with the appraiser. . =
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