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Remote online notarization is the proper path forward for digital closings

Housing Wire

One area in the mortgage and real estate industry that has been evolving for nearly two decades is digital closings. E-mortgage volume spikes. During the first six months of 2020, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that the volume of e-mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spiked significantly.

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8 Common Violations Made by Appraisers

McKissock

In this article, I outline several examples of less serious breaches of development STANDARD 1 and reporting STANDARD 2—and a few other types of violations, too. Failure to disclose significant real property appraisal assistance is another common violation. Failure to disclose appraisal assistance.

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ANSI Square Footage Standards: What Agents and Appraisers Should Know

Empire Appraisal Group

ANSI doesn’t develop standards itself but provides a framework for setting them in a wide range of disciplines. Much of the information about property physical characteristics is obtained from public record sources that are usually developed by the county assessor. ANSI stands for the American National Standards Institute.

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