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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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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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From Forms to Reports: A Look at the UAD Overhaul

Appraisal Buzz

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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ACE + PDR: What does this mean to you, and what’s the future for appraisal data collection?

Appraisal Buzz

I provide short and long-term consulting services related to valuation, education, review, and investigations. Freddie Mac and individual lenders are requiring data collectors to receive training regarding property characteristics, materials, components, and issues or concerns that should be identified when visiting properties.

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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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The Cost of Non-Compliance: Valuation Independence Training

Walitt Solutions

Issues can be from simple one-off human errors that are easily corrected, to organizational weaknesses, such as lack of required procedures, non-compliance with state requirements, and lack of training and documentation. One failure identified recently at an appraisal management company was the lack of training. In short, no.

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Opinion: Beware of the hidden losses of real estate mergers and acquisitions

Housing Wire

Since the seller’s market for brokerages has passed for the moment, valuations have taken a hit. I suspect we will see more walkovers and big teams also making moves as they seek to improve their take on each transaction which creates even more uncertainty in valuations. Or do you have more to generate for them than they got before?