Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

PCV Murcor is one of the nation’s leading valuation management companies. The company provides appraisal management services to lenders, investment firms, community banks, servicers and anyone who needs a real estate valuation. After all, behind each transaction is somebody’s livelihood and a dream that they’re fulfilling.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

As of May 27, Iowa Workforce Development lists 49 layoffs at the Wells Fargo campuses in Des Moines and 34 employee reductions in West Des Moine. Layoffs included 17 associate loan servicing representatives and eight loan servicing representatives as well as senior operations processors and senior loan servicing representatives.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2021

The digital-only lender, whose loan officers don’t make commissions, capitalized on an incredible boom in refinancings. We found a kindred spirit in the team at Trussle who have developed a platform that we can work alongside to help every Briton own their own home.” The digital journey starts at acquisition.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

Blend announced Wednesday it has raised a $75 million Series F round at a valuation of nearly $1.7 This morning, Blend President Tim Mayopoulos (and former CEO of Fannie Mae ) told me that Blend didn’t necessarily “need” the funding but saw the value in accelerating its product development plans. Stay tuned for updates.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2022

HomeSmart has yet to give itself a valuation or declare how much money it seeks to raise in a public offering. Last Friday, HomeSmart filed an “ S-1 ” with the Securities and Exchange Commission , a document that conveys HomeSmart’s intention to sell company shares to prospective investors and the public.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

With so many people involved – including the appraisal desk, loan operations, loan officers, underwriters, the IT/product team, borrowers and appraisal vendors – there’s room for error that could negatively impact the home buying experience. There’s no denying the complexity of the appraisal process.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

After completing countless Veterans Administration (VA) mortgage loan transactions over the years, Chris Pascoe, a Marine veteran turned RE/MAX agent, has developed something of a system. Alex Naumovych, a loan officer at Draper & Kramer , has noticed similar trends in his work at a lender.

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Simonson Real Estate

AUGUST 24, 2020

According to the Federal Reserve July 2020 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices, “Major net shares of domestic banks tightened standards on all three CRE loan categories over the second quarter. Source: The July 2020 Federal Reserve Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 15, 2024

The concept of AMCs was developed in the 1970s but didn’t gain widespread use until after the financial crisis in 2007-2008. The crisis exposed significant flaws in the appraisal process, leading to the development of regulatory measures to ensure more accurate and unbiased appraisals.

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Genworth MI Blog

JULY 13, 2023

There is an on-site visual inspection of the property and a suggestion of improvements followed by the research, analysis and development that produces the appraisal report. For traditional products and hybrid, the accurate identification of physical features and location is paramount in the development of a credible value opinion.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 15, 2022

He previously served as enterprise director of business development for appraisal tech company Reggora and vice president of enterprise sales for Cloudvirga , a cloud-based point of sale system. Before landing at Appraisal Logistics, Savala was director of strategic accounts at enterprise experience management platform Experience.com.

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AmeriMac

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Instead, it is an independent entity that works with lenders and others who need valuation services. A Brief History of the Development and Use of Appraisal Management Companies. AMCs as a concept were developed in the 1970s. Federal lawmakers believe that inflated valuations contributed to the housing crisis in 2008.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2021

So much of life radiates from both the location and the valuation of the house a family occupies. The more you leverage your own data the better off your agents or loan officers will be because they’ll be able to identify, target and create better customer experiences. Of these, one stands tall: valuation.

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

If you were buying a home and the loan officer told you that they needed to get an appraisal this is what they were talking about. In the quest to provide faster and cheaper alternatives to banks and mortgage companies, Fannie Mae has developed alternative appraisal products for their customers.

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Birmingham Appraisal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Appraisers develop an opinion of value for the subject property for various reasons including mortgage underwriting. Other nontraditional uses for an appraisal include valuation for insurance companies, helping sellers arrive at a market value to list their home, estate planning, and tax appeals.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 10, 2024

These policies were the result of a collaborative effort between the GSEs, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The mortgage loan officer handling the loan? Was it the borrower? A Zillow Zestimate? Maybe the underwriter at the lender?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Worse, because we are not yet leveraging the power of big data in our industry, for reasons we will discuss in this article, most of the technology deployed on the front end is not being well adopted and utilized and its effects on the back-office have been negligible. In other cases, the loan officers didn’t trust the technology.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a client-centric, tech-focused family of companies in the title insurance and real estate settlement services industry. Now, at WFG’s 10-year anniversary, this vision holds even more relevance.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

Like many loan officers, Dicker was working nights and weekends, banging out refinancings and purchase mortgages at record-low rates for clients. In early June, luxury-focused Side , which has raised more than $200 million at a valuation of $2.5 The last two years have been good to Christian Dicker.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

My advice to agents and sellers is to really analyze the properties that they are using to develop their asking price. I also developed the replacement value, and I had comparable land sales from the neighborhood. Of course, most people don not read the appraisal report. They just look at the number. . Here’s a good example.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jimmy Kelly, president and CEO of Lone Wolf Technologies , to discuss the company’s development process and his vision for a connected real estate platform. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. And it will turn, so you have to focus on your business and be ready.

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Portland Appraisal Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While most participants in the industry will concede an appraisal is still the gold standard for collateral valuation, they increasingly see the appraisal as something to be steered around or avoided altogether. The industry is also turning its attention more and more to AVMs (automated valuation models).

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AmeriMac

JANUARY 30, 2024

The condition of the property has a direct impact on loan approval and interest rates, making it crucial to determine its overall state. An accurate appraisal report provides mortgage lenders with informed valuation insights, guiding them in the loan approval process. How does an appraisal affect the reverse mortgage?

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AmeriMac

MARCH 29, 2024

To be eligible for a reverse mortgage, homeowners must meet certain criteria set by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The reverse mortgage process typically begins with a borrower contacting a loan officer who specializes in reverse mortgages.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

In valuation we can either go out further in distance for comps or go back in time in the immediate neighborhood. Why are appraisers using older sales? For a balanced view of things, why not do both?

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Appraisal Today

MAY 12, 2023

Fannie Mae will end up creating more instability for the trillions in the bond market – investors will have to process millions of valuations with the physical attributes of the home collected by unlicensed, uninsured, and unprepared individuals getting paid $10-$25 per inspection.

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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.” To create new capacity for the industry, new approaches to valuation that are faster and better, and less prone to bias. Interview with Ribbon Co-Founder & CEO Shaival Shah.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Few things terrify lenders more than the arrival of a manila envelope from the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) containing a redlining allegation. And although Fudge has repeatedly vowed to bring banks back to FHA, recent policy moves could drive them away. Premium product.

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