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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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Opinion: A unified approach for reducing appraisal bias

Housing Wire

There is no single silver bullet that will rectify the pernicious impact of bias in residential real estate valuations — it is a complex problem that requires a multifaceted solution. But there is the promise of a better future on the horizon. Some researchers point to appraisal methodology as a culprit.

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The hybrid appraisal is here. Who benefits?

Housing Wire

The company, which employs about 17 people, was founded in 2015, and is one of those approved to provide the Freddie Mac data report for its new remote inspection program. At $50 to $100 per inspection, according to ProxyPics, it’s certainly less expensive than sending an appraiser. The State of Appraisals in 2022.

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AmeriHome plans to go public – Let’s look at the numbers

Housing Wire

from 2015 to LTM Q2 2020, positioning us as the third largest correspondent producer.” from 2015 to LTM Q2 2020, positioning us as the third largest correspondent producer.” billion valuation in the fourth quarter.

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BREAKING The New York State AMC Law Is Now In Effect

Miller Samuel

A similar proposal was introduced by the New York Department of State in 2015. The criticism seems like a weird attempt at fogging since this law is protective of USPAP and the public trust, something that has been forgotten in the attempt to "modernize" the appraisal industry. inferring this law was flimsy and easily overturnable.

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The fate of HUD

Housing Wire

As some independent mortgage banks have found out, a modern-day redlining allegation does not need to prove intentionality. Part of its effort to modernize its outdated technology systems, the FHA Catalyst program, hit a snag last year. FHA has had gaps in loss-mitigation oversight of servicers it approved.

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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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