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Fannie Mae approves six vendors for controversial new valuation initiative

Housing Wire

Fannie Mae has approved six firms to handle its new valuation initiative, which cuts traditional appraisers out of the process and potentially represents the biggest shift in the valuation space in years. Our appraisal, property inspection, title and closing technologies are designed to plug into any digital platform.”

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Is A Cubicasa Scan an Inspection?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

In this article, I thought I would share my thoughts on this and whether scanning a property with Cubicasa is considered to be an appraisal inspection. WHAT IS AN APPRAISAL INSPECTION? I think it’s important to understand what an appraisal inspection is. The attorney questioned my use of the word inspection. ”). .”

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Incenter Appraisal Management and McKissock Learning Form Desktop Valuation Training Partnership

Appraisal Buzz

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. Click here to register.

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Incenter Appraisal Management’s RemoteVal solution keeps appraisers in full control of the inspection

Housing Wire

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. The RemoteVal solution leverages the technology that homeowners and agents have with them already – their Apple or Android smartphones.

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Are borrower-assisted inspections here to stay?

Housing Wire

In most cases the in-person inspections required by GSEs, FHA and VA policies can continue per policy; however, adjustments to policy compliance are often needed to get the loan underwritten. When inspections are safe and feasible, appraisers are wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks, gloves and shoe coverings.

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Incenter’s virtual appraisal solution brings “arms-length” photos back to the remote inspection process

Housing Wire

As many real estate professionals saw firsthand, the valuation process was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. With social distancing and lockdown orders, inspectors and agents struggled to determine a home’s value without being there in-person. The remote BPO’s and remote inspections keep the process going, even during a lockdown.

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Gridiron Capital acquires Class Valuation

Housing Wire

Private equity firm Gridiron Capital has acquired Michigan-based appraisal management company Class Valuation from another private equity player, Narrow Gauge Capital , the firms said in a statement on Friday. It would appear a good fit with Class Valuation, a fast-growing AMC with a technology bent. Gridiron , which closed a $1.35

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