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Collateral Risk Network Names Jeremy Staudenmaier 2022 Valuation Visionary

Appraisal Buzz

The Collateral Risk Network (CRN) announced today that Jeremy Staudenmaier, director of product management at ACI , a leading provider of workflow solutions for the valuation industry for nearly 40 years and a member of the First American family of companies, has been chosen as the CRN 2022 Valuation Visionary.

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From Forms to Reports: A Look at the UAD Overhaul

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The original forms were designed before the digital age, to be completed on typewriters. Appraisal software companies have innovated the process of “filling out “these forms, but they are still constrained with the original typewriter design. These forms became fixed in the mortgage industry and have remained the standard for decades.

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AI could improve racial equity in homeownership, but there’s work to be done

Housing Wire

Policymakers and the mortgage industry must reckon with historical and present-day barriers that lock would-be homebuyers of color out of the market altogether,” according to the report published on Monday. “It must first, however, overcome the biases and inequities already embedded into the data it analyzes.

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Is the GSE’s “Appraisal Modernization” Really Just Mass Appraisal?

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It is presented as part of the GSEs “Appraisal Modernization” initiative, which aims to streamline the mortgage appraisal process. Despite its roots in a methodology designed to support appraisers, Value. The most recent statistics show Value Acceptance accounts for up to 40% of all mortgage approvals.

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CFPB wants lenders to disclose reason for denial of credit

Housing Wire

Presented by: Mortgage Coach. The designers historically have been unwilling to tell lenders all the factors used and how they are weighted,” Kully said. The government watchdog in February also announced a potential clamp down on the use of automated valuation models by lenders and appraisers.

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Opinion: Real estate agents can flourish in an AI-flooded market

Housing Wire

Here is just one example among many: Proportunity helps would-be property owners to get a fair and up-to-date valuation of residential real estate. The world yet has much use for real estate agents, and indeed the advent of realty-focused AI presents more opportunities than threats for those who are willing to change with the times.

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Lines of Defense in Real Estate Collateral Risk Management

Appraisal Buzz

As we all know, the home valuation is an integral part of the lending process that helps Americans in their journey to homeownership. The first includes development and use of processes to ensure regulatory and policy requirements are being upheld by the business unit originating mortgage products. The Appraisal Review.