Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Automated mortgage technology provider Lender Toolkit announced this week that it has integrated with Reggora , an appraisal management software company that focuses on modernizing residential real estate valuations for mortgage lenders. That savings can be passed on to borrowers.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2023

Real estate valuation technology provider Clear Capital on Thursday launched Universal Data Collection (UDC), a product designed to support appraisal modernization. The UDC product provides lenders with tools for scalability, interchangeability and loan management, according to a statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Property services provider SingleSource Property Solutions has launched a new data collection solution for appraisal supported by SingleVue, its new mobile app, the company announced on Tuesday. This new suite of products will be of service to lenders for the Fannie Mae value acceptance + property data initiative.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 25, 2024

Mortgage point-of-sale (POS) solutions provider Floify has launched Lender Edition , a flexible per-loan pricing option for mortgage lenders. The post Floify Introduces Per-Loan Pricing Option for Mortgage Lenders appeared first on MortgageOrb.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Wells Fargo and information services company CoreLogic partnered on real estate tax processing operations to enhance risk management, compliance and customer experiences in the mortgage servicing sector. The data company’s clients include mortgage lenders, real estate brokers and property management companies.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2023

Government-sponsored enterprise Fannie Mae this week released new updates to its appraiser independence requirements (AIR), and also established new property data independence requirements (PDCIR) simultaneously. Lenders typically use appraisal management companies (AMCs) to transfer the compliance burden associated with AIR.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2023

Appraisal management software company Reggora announced this week the launch of its Appraisal Marketplace, which leverages data managed by the company in an effort to improve appraisal performance. With the Appraisal Marketplace, we’ve made getting an appraisal done as simple as ordering a ride from Uber.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

AURA integrates appraisal quality analytics driven by machine learning and photo AI into loan origination and order management platforms. Through the AURA API solution, technology partners can provide lenders with a consolidated version of all the necessary data to assess the risk associated with an appraisal.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

Apprasial management company Valligent , which was recently acquired by enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services provider VerosTM , announced today that it has integrated with the ICE Mortgage Technology platform Encompass.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 27, 2024

PERSON OF THE WEEK: Mortgage lenders are struggling in this challenging market. But how can mortgage lenders looking to tailor their offerings gain a more comprehensive view of their customers’ needs? They’re increasingly leaning into data and analytics to inform their strategic direction on portfolio management.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As rates continue to rise and lenders adjust to markedly tighter profit margins, the hunt is on for opportunities to improve operational costs. In light of that, HousingWire Content Solutions Managing Editor Maleesa Smith sits down with Sara Kodikara, Sr. Why is this so important right now? Nobody likes that.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 5, 2024

Appraisal defects edged up slightly in Q3 after declining in Q2. With the last years’ worth of defect data trending downward, it’s clear lenders have gotten a better handle on loan quality after the alarming spike observed in the third quarter of 2022,” says Nick Volpe, executive vice president for ACES, in a statement. “A

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Lenders that adopt artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) into the mortgage lending landscape want to see operational efficiency, Fannie Mae ’s mortgage lender sentiment survey showed. About 22% of surveyed lenders responded they started deploying AI or ML on a limited or trial basis, a jump from only 13% in 2018.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Modern-day redlining persists, and it’s costing lenders millions in legal fees. For example, since home appraisals consider trends in past property values, BIPOC neighborhoods may be considered “risky” due to historic segregation and the cumulative effects of chronic underinvestment. More recently, Patriot Bank paid $1.9

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In a statement, WFG said that it believes this addition will enable it to help its lender customers generate and convert more leads, and reduce the time and cost associated with loan transactions. This acquisition was not the only major addition WFG made this year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Acra Lending , a private mortgage lender, announced its integration with Tavant ’s Touchless Lending Collateral Analysis. It was designed to seamlessly integrate with existing lender systems, including CRMs, Point-of-Sales, LOS, and document management systems.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2022

This fall will make a year since the announcement that the GSEs would begin to permanently accept desktop appraisals for conventional loans. In light of this, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins sits down with Mark Walser, president of Incenter Appraisal Management, to discuss remote desktop appraisals and what the industry has learned about them.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

The appraisal process is complex and time-consuming. Lenders and appraisers need technology that will not only help them remain com-pliant, but also reduce turnaround times. Incenter Appraisal Management. Clear Capital. homegenius. The post Valuation Tech Solutions appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) on Monday issued a statement outlining examination principles related to valuation and appraisal discrimination or bias in residential lending. These standards can harm a residential lender beyond any identified violations, the statement explained.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One of the final hurdles to clear is the appraisal , and it has the power to leave a deal dead in the water. What is a real estate appraisal? A real estate appraisal is the assessment of a property’s value. Appraisals are required for homes financed with any type of mortgage. Why are appraisals important?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Surprisingly, accounting inefficiencies, particularly in the areas of tracking, collecting, reconciling, and distributing appraisal fees, are costing some lenders tens of thousands of dollars, sometimes even more, every year – dollars that could be going straight to their bottom line.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

A Fannie Mae survey published in mid-May found that mortgage lenders see value in appraisal modernization, specifically in the implementation of non-traditional appraisals and inspection-based appraisal waivers. One mid-sized lender echoed the opinion of others that appraisals still take too long.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 24, 2022

LOUIS — January 24, 2022 — With Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac accepting desktop appraisals beginning in March, Incenter Appraisal Management and McKissock Learning are partnering to help appraisers update their remote inspection skills in response. Additional webinars will be scheduled on an ongoing basis.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

For the next two months, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) will credit borrowers up to $600 for their appraisal costs, the lender said in a statement Wednesday. According to the Pontiac, Michigan-based lender, the credit will be available on all primary purchases, including jumbo mortgages. Sponsored Video.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, over the past year, my business has been changing rapidly as I shift away from lending work to non-lender work as my primary business. In the meantime, I had a chance to interview Anastasia Corjan, who is the Senior Marketing Manager at CubiCasa. Congrats on your Senior Marketing Manager promotion! Did I go dark?

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 10, 2024

Floify , a point of sale solution for mortgage lenders, now pre-populates loan applications for borrowers using data on file in Total Expert. The enhanced integration enables lenders to support a lending experience that reflects the acquired knowledge of a nurtured relationship, Floify says in a release.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2022

If you talk to a professional risk manager working in the home finance industry, they’ll tell you that risk is hiding everywhere. The truth is that the processes lenders put in place over the past decade are working really well. When it comes to the appraisal report, there are five primary risks lenders are working to mitigate.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2021

closed on the acquisition of appraisal management software firm Appraisal Now for approximately $30.5 Appraisal Now, better known as “ Anow ,” makes an automated appraisal workflow management platform for the global appraisal market. million, the company said this week.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

When it comes to innovative appraisal tech, there’s no denying that Reggora continually has its finger on the pulse. 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.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 2, 2024

Prior to joining Xactus, he served as senior vice president, business development at The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), where he was responsible for managing the team that supported TMC’s 70+ preferred partner relationships. Prior to that, he served in business development, operations, and training roles with several lenders.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2022

With the recent news about desktop appraisals, appraisal technology is top of mind for many. HousingWire recently spoke with Reggora co-founder and CTO Will Denslow about the role of technology in appraisal innovation. How will this affect appraisal technology moving forward? How can technology help mitigate this issue?

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

First American continues to innovate its valuation business by delivering instant access to property data; improving collaboration among appraisers, appraisal management staff and lenders; and implementing cutting-edge quality assurance tools.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2023

Nationwide Property & Appraisal Services LLC (NPAS), a pioneer in the real estate appraisal sector, announced on Tuesday the launch of its product line, Pinnacle Desktop Appraisals. By separating the data collection and valuation processes, potential bias is eliminated, ensuring that homeowners and appraisers never meet.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 4, 2022

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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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

The industry has a huge demand for appraisals but an ever-shrinking number of appraisers available to conduct them. Incenter Appraisal Management’s RemoteVal technology allows appraisers to cut out all physical travel and get more inspections done, in turn generating more orders per day that they can complete.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 15, 2024

By now, most appraisers are aware that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) have embarked on a complete overhaul of the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD). These codes, or language, make sense to appraisers but confuse uninitiated readers of our reports. It all starts with the standard appraisal forms used in the mortgage process.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The list can be leveraged to identify partners and solutions to the challenges that mortgage lenders and real estate professionals face every day. Now in its 12th year, the Tech100 program provides housing professionals with a comprehensive list of the most innovative and impactful organizations in the industry.

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