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HW+ Member Spotlight: Josh Mettle

Housing Wire

With over 20 years of mortgage experience, Mettle has dedicated his career to the mortgage industry. Prior to NEO Home Loans, Mettle served as senior vice president, director of physician lending at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. Josh Mettle: It’s a tie between Mortgage Coach TCA and BNTouch CRM.

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HW+ Member Spotlight: Eric Lapin

Housing Wire

Below, Lapin answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire : What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? Below, Lapin answers questions about the housing industry: HousingWire : What is your current favorite HW+ article and why? HousingWire : If you would have picked a different career, what would it be?

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Why Appraisal Workfiles Are Important

Appraisal Today

Public record updates at its own pace. To read more, Click Here My comments: The article also discusses bias. My office and home garage are filled up with paper files! We’ve all also heard ad nauseum that USPAP is a minimum standard. Still, all too many appraisers seek only to meet that minimum standard and little more.

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More Crazy Appraiser Stories!

Appraisal Today

My comments: We all have these stories ;> Divorce is the best non-lender option for residential appraisers. You will probably be going up against an MAI. Excerpt: Restraining Orders & Appraisals – Never a Great Mix. Eric VanderWaal. I was appraising a home for a divorce several years ago. The neighbor left and we went inside….

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Mortgage Pre-Approval: What Is It? Why Do I Need It?

PennyMac

Along with that excitement, you may also end up feeling overwhelmed or even intimidated, as the realization sets in on what a life-changing decision you are making. Enter perhaps the most important item on your homebuying preparation list: the mortgage pre-approval. You will have many questions: Where should you buy?

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What Do Appraisers Look For in a Sales Contract?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Fannie Update: UAD and New “Forms”, concessions, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. What Do Appraisers Look For in a Sales Contract? Why must an appraiser be given a copy of the sales contract?

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Appraiser Adjustment Tools

Appraisal Today

McKissock Survey Excerpts: Here’s a tally of the most popular answers—tools that were either selected or written in by multiple respondents. In addition to the top answers listed above, we received many other write-in responses. In addition to the top answers listed above, we received many other write-in responses. Very interesting.

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