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[PULSE] Black lives, Black families and Black homeownership matter

Housing Wire

The most abhorrent racist practices, such as redlining, are officially prohibited, yet bias creeps into mortgage lending in myriad ways. For example, many appraisers were artificially inflating home valuations to cover the assistance, driving housing prices to insupportable highs from which they eventually crashed.

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7 Excellent Real Estate Appraisal Podcasts Every Appraiser Should Listen To

McKissock

On the podcast’s website, Owen states, “My goal in this podcast is to help you to see real estate and valuations in a new light, and to understand a little more about real estate and valuation.” The podcast covers a variety of topics involving the real estate, appraisal, and lending industries.

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Data Collectors: Appraisers vs. Uber Drivers

Appraisal Today

Fannie Mae will end up creating more instability for the trillions in the bond market – investors will have to process millions of valuations with the physical attributes of the home collected by unlicensed, uninsured, and unprepared individuals getting paid $10-$25 per inspection. Mortgage lending is very, very cyclical.