article thumbnail

Reconsideration of Value and Appraisers

Appraisal Today

Excerpts: Suggested protocols for responding to Reconsideration of Value requests. Click here to listen to Tim Andersen, MAI’s podcast, “Reconsiderations of Value: Satan’s Own Seed, Right?” What Is a Reconciled Value? Excerpts: What does the appraiser do with the three different values that may be developed?

article thumbnail

A View on Risk: Desktop Appraisals

Appraisal Buzz

In turn, appraisers developed, supplemented, and maintained practices to ensure the data provided to the appraiser did not result in a misleading appraisal. Inspection relief was successful as lenders and appraisers developed appropriate processes. Lenders rely on regulation and policy.

Appraisal 435
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

New appraisal bias protections apply to reverse mortgage program: FHA

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week announced a new policy enabling mortgage borrowers to “request a re-assessment of the appraised value of their property if they believe that the appraisal was inaccurate or biased.”

article thumbnail

Appraisal bias plan promises barrage of actions in the near term

Housing Wire

The Department of Housing and Urban Development ’s long-awaited action plan on appraisal bias outlines administrative actions the federal government will quickly take to address mis-valuations. One challenge in assessing the scope of appraisal bias is rooted in the informal process of challenging an appraised value.

Appraisal 381
article thumbnail

HUD settles with JPMorgan over appraisal bias case

Housing Wire

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that JPMorgan Chase has come to an agreement with a Black homeowner who claimed the bank’s mortgage division – relying on a valuation done by an appraiser – valued her home at an amount lower than its actual worth because of her race.

article thumbnail

Why Appraisal Workfiles Are Important

Appraisal Today

They alleged that the appraiser had taken into account their race in his valuation of their home in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act and other laws prohibiting discrimination. Significant developments have occurred in the case. The second development in the case is that on March 22, 2024, the attorneys for Drs.

article thumbnail

New Homebuyer’s Guide To Appraisals

Birmingham Appraisal

Basically, an appraisal determines the value of a property, and the home inspection reports the home’s overall condition as well as that of the different systems. Appraisers develop an opinion of value for the subject property for various reasons including mortgage underwriting.