Appraisal Today

APRIL 19, 2024

For too long, appraisers have faced sweeping claims that their valuations are biased against certain groups, despite appraisers’ ethical standards, rigorous training, and lack of financial stake in transactions. In his private practice, Durbin focuses on complex residential valuation challenges. bath, 5,258 sq.ft.

Appraisal 68

Appraisal Contracts Valuation Design 68

Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Here it is: another article about appraisal modernization. The FHFA RFI responses to appraisal modernization are a treasure trove of insight into ideas and options for modernization from a wide variety of respondents. The changes will impact just about everything and everyone in the collateral valuation space.

Modernization 231

Modernization Appraisal HOA Valuation 231

Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

What’s the secret to nurturing leads and turning them into loyal clients? As your real estate business expands, nurturing your growing client base inevitably leads to a need for improved communication. It’s a high-functioning customer relationship management (CRM) tool with robust features, integrations and automation.

Real Estate 418

Real Estate Real Estate Agent Tools Agents 418

Walitt Solutions

JULY 28, 2019

However, given current changes in the valuation space, nothing is further from the truth: valuation, specifically the collection of data that supports a valuation method, has never been one-size-fits-all. Are these “other” inspection-and-valuation processes appropriate for lending?

Appraisal 28

Appraisal Inspection Valuation Lending 28

Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even the larger appraisal firms (with deep pockets) who’ve spent the last few years aggressively training and recruiting appraisers, acquiring small appraisal firms, and rolling up their competitors have rapidly changed their tone. They also fail to note the size of these under-valuations. Budget cuts. Retraction. AEI recent report.

Appraisal 52

Appraisal Architecture Valuation Business 52

Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on hybrid appraisals, business tips, UAD info from Freddie, Fannie modernization, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = They can tell their clients that their data collectors are qualified, as compared with their competitors.

Appraisal 52

Appraisal Business Contracts Real Estate 52

Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2021

But DeZarn was an independent contractor business of one, and he lost his clients in 2008 when the housing market imploded. 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.

Appraisal 402

Appraisal Valuation Business Contracts 402

Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Historical Properties and Their Unique Appraisal Approaches Excerpts: Appraising historical properties involves a complex interplay of factors, making it a specialized field within real estate valuation. Get the relevant date of value from the client or client’s attorney. I strongly recommend it.

Appraisal 80

Appraisal Contracts Training Architecture 80

Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraisal “modernization”, bias hearing, bad appraiser, USPAP, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == Appraiser pleads guilty in $1.3B billion tax fraud scheme. Right now, nothing compares to it.”

Easement 52

Easement Contracts Appraisal Inspection 52

Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Depending on how you were trained, at the beginner level you typically view appraisals as forms — forms with checkboxes to be checked or left blank. For as long as I have been appraising, lenders had special lists for the tough ones, or for a valuable bank client that borrows money from the bank and has large deposits.

Appraisal 80

Appraisal Law Contracts Business 80

Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2022

SW: We hear a lot these days about appraisal modernization. What does appraisal modernization mean to you? But I think that it’s going to help solve a lot of problems both now and in future as we move toward more modern valuation methods. I don’t know that we’ve stumbled upon any magic bullet just yet.

Modernization 370

Modernization Appraisal Valuation Technology 370

Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Then they dive into Freddie Mac’s long-anticipated research paper, “ Racial and Ethnic Valuation Gaps In Home Purchase Appraisals.” It’s also, to be clear, somewhat about revolutionizing and modernizing the appraisal process by enabling property data collection to be performed by non-appraisers. Kenon Chen.

Sellers 69

Sellers Agents Real Estate Buyers 69

Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Users can complete a schematic 2D floor plan using just a smartphone, with no training or cost required. To continue to modernize the valuation process and achieve its goal of drastically increasing the number of floor plans in the U.S., Users have the ability to leverage CubiCasa’s technology without prior training.

Technology 330

Technology Modernization Appraisal Process Training 330