Housing Wire
JULY 28, 2022
With the acquisition, Xactus will offer flood zone determinations to its clients by using its proprietary flood data and technology products, the firm said Wednesday. MassiveCert will be rebranded as Xactus Flood Solutions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Up until now, Xactus obtained data from third parties.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 25, 2024
It is the work of a therapist and their client to carefully untie those knots. Of course, this applies to the work of real estate appraisal as well. Striving to look through the microscope of empirical thought, we must not forget that our subject is more than real property, it is real people.
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Appraisal Buzz
OCTOBER 11, 2021
In truth, human appraisers fill two vitally important roles today, (1) we collect information and (2) we analyze it so it can be presented to our clients. We should embrace that, even if most of the efficiency gains go to our clients while our jobs get more difficult, at least in the short term. We’ll have to do the same thing.
Cleveland Appraisal Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
The mate on the opposing side accused me of appraising the property at a value that favored my client. They felt my opinion of the market value of the marital property was too high based off of Zillow sales that they found. I recently appraised a home for a divorce. Of course, they didn’t accept my explanation. That’s okay.
McKissock
MARCH 17, 2023
Steps to become a supervisory appraiser Step 1: Meet the requirements Make sure you meet the minimum supervisory appraiser requirements outlined in The Appraisal Foundation’s Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria as well as any additional state requirements that may apply.
Cleveland Appraisal Blog
APRIL 11, 2023
With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value? Isn’t that all that appraisers do?
McKissock
JULY 29, 2020
As part of their appraisal modernization efforts, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) have issued test forms for Hybrid and Desktop appraisal assignments. These two terms are often used interchangeably by appraisers and clients, but under the GSEs’ new definitions, they are different types of assignments. Written by Dan Bradley.
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