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Modernizing Appraisals: Collaborative Valuation

Appraisal Buzz

Our profession has been abuzz the last year or two with regards to the GSEs being mandated to modernize the appraisal profession. Why are appraisers essentially being excluded from the conversation about modernizing the profession? What is Collaborative Valuation? The old idea that many hands make lighter work. Can it be abused?

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Clear Capital’s Kenon Chen on appraisal modernization

Housing Wire

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kenon Chen, executive vice president of strategy and growth at Clear Capital , to talk about appraisal modernization and how technology is just part of the solution. SW: How are appraisers adapting to some of these challenges, including new rules on valuations from the GSEs?

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Reggora is on a mission to deliver shorter turn times with its modern appraisal management platform

Housing Wire

With first hand knowledge of how complex and time consuming appraisals can be, Reggora is motivated to streamline and modernize the process, benefiting appraisers, lenders and buyers themselves. While Reggora focuses on the future of appraisal and valuation, the founders understand that the best tech isn’t rushed.

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Black Knight’s Scout added to Fannie Mae’s new valuation options list

Housing Wire

The government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) approved six vendors following the roll-out of its new valuation initiative. The list includes some of the biggest names in the mortgage tech space — Solidifi, Class Valuation , Clear Capital , Mueller Services, Inc. Accurate Group and Black Knight ‘s Collateral Analytics LLC.

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The homegenius family of companies offers a variety of modern digital solutions for real estate professionals

Housing Wire

The variety of modern digital solutions offered by the homegenius family of companies helps add a level of quality and efficiency to nearly every point in the home buying and selling process, all the way from search to close and beyond. For more information on homegenius and innovation you can trust from search to close, visit homegenius.com.

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Restb.ai and Bradford Technologies announce appraisal partnership

Housing Wire

and Bradford Technologies announced their partnership at the Valuation Expo in Las Vegas on Monday. ” Modernizing the appraisal process has been a significant focus of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , and in March Fannie Mae updated its Selling Guide to include more options than traditional full appraisals on some properties. “The

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RealReports raises $2 million in seed funding

Housing Wire

TTV Capital , Moderne Ventures , Erez Capital and other venture capital firms led the round of investment. RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data , ranging from climate risk to valuation, in one place. Proptech company RealReports , formerly known as BHR , has successfully secured $2 million in seed funding.