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The End of Lender Appraisals?

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In a truly Orwellian move, mortgage giant Freddie Mac recently announced its intent to censor an arbitrary collection of words such as “desirable,” “safe,” “well-kept,” “student” and “crime” when they appear, in any context, in the hundreds of thousands of appraisal reports it relies on in mortgage underwriting.

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Appraisers and Property Data Collectors

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4 Myths About Property Data Collection By McKissock Excerpts: Myth #1: PDC is the same thing as property appraisal As a professional appraiser, you know very well that what a property data collector does is not the same as what you do — even if your clients don’t always understand the difference. Trainees can do them.

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Weird Real Estate Agent Photos for Appraisers

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Caption for Photo Above: That way, you can still work on the garden even if it’s raining! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on USPAP Update Mistakes on Bias, Real Estate Market analysis, the FED raises interest rates, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Markets are changing.

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CubiCasa – Home Measurement From Inside A House

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In less than a day, the sketch was sent to me via email, and it was awesome! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Retirement, real estate market changes, ANSI, Appraising luxury homes, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. =. My comments : Is your lender business slowing down?