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Lender Toolkit and Reggora partner to streamline mortgage underwriting

Housing Wire

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.

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Free Webinar: Components of AMC Training by Josh Walitt

Appraisal Buzz

Certain states require AMC staff to receive training to ensure they understand valuation independence regulations as well as other statutory requirements. Josh : I am a compliance and valuation consultant based in Colorado. Josh : The Annual Compliance Training is designed to meet requirements of clients and regulators.

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Freddie Mac launches 9th STACR series offering in 2022

Housing Wire

The STACR-DNA series is designed for reference-pool mortgages with loan-to-value (LTVs) ratios ranging from 60% to 80% while the STACR-HQA series is designed for high LTV loans (80% to 97%), according to the agency. million.

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Clear Capital Promotes Jason Legare to Executive Vice President of Technology

Clear Capital

During his tenure, Legare also helped to bridge gaps between Clear Capital’s SaaS platform and valuations platform by identifying and leveraging shared services between the two. property through our field valuation services and analytics tools, and improve their workflows with our platform technologies.

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The appraisal industry’s hidden hand

Housing Wire

But they did not become key players in the home valuation industry until the recent housing bubble.”. The outcome was a settlement, the Home Valuation Code of Conduct, or, as appraisers swiftly dubbed it, havoc. That’s at least what the AMC trade group, the Real Estate Valuation Advocacy Association , contends.

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Cybersecurity Concerns Appraisers Should Know

Appraisal Buzz

In 2019, Australian bank customers experienced a massive industry-wide data breach that was tied directly to a property valuation firm, potentially impacting anyone who had home appraisals conducted by the company between 2015 and 2018. When these breaches do happen, they can be alarming to say the least.

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BREAKING The New York State AMC Law Is Now In Effect

Miller Samuel

After years of AMCs chipping away at the public trust, the New York AMC law was designed to protect the consumer. A similar proposal was introduced by the New York Department of State in 2015. Even worse, they stole the economic livelihood of the actual market valuation experts and replaced them with form-fillers. No, it isn't.

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