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Robert Howerton joins Dovenmuehle as chief information officer

Housing Wire

Dovenmuehle Mortgage , a top mortgage subservicing company, has appointed Robert Howerton as chief information officer to oversee the company’s IT infrastructure, the company announced on Tuesday. His responsibilities will include maintaining and expanding Dovenmuehle’s current information technology (IT) infrastructure.

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Clear Capital’s Kenon Chen on appraisal modernization

Housing Wire

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kenon Chen, executive vice president of strategy and growth at Clear Capital , to talk about appraisal modernization and how technology is just part of the solution. SW: Is the end goal of appraisal modernization to replace appraisers?

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HUD proposes ‘modernizing’ servicer communications with defaulting borrowers

Housing Wire

In the proposal’s supplementary information section, HUD explains that the rule as currently enforced is simply outdated, and does not account for modern methods of communication that would comply with the protection of the involved parties’ personal information.

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Modernizing Appraisals: Collaborative Valuation

Appraisal Buzz

Our profession has been abuzz the last year or two with regards to the GSEs being mandated to modernize the appraisal profession. Why are appraisers essentially being excluded from the conversation about modernizing the profession? Collaborative valuation is a natural step in modern appraisal firms. Can it be abused?

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Reggora is on a mission to deliver shorter turn times with its modern appraisal management platform

Housing Wire

With first hand knowledge of how complex and time consuming appraisals can be, Reggora is motivated to streamline and modernize the process, benefiting appraisers, lenders and buyers themselves. As appraisal modernization continues to take shape, Reggora is uniquely positioned to lead its customers through the ever changing landscape.

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The homegenius family of companies offers a variety of modern digital solutions for real estate professionals

Housing Wire

The variety of modern digital solutions offered by the homegenius family of companies helps add a level of quality and efficiency to nearly every point in the home buying and selling process, all the way from search to close and beyond. For more information on homegenius and innovation you can trust from search to close, visit homegenius.com.

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Speed Regardless of Accuracy Under the Banner of Modernization

Appraiserblogs

Appraisers, something – comparing and contrasting – dawned on me last week, after reading another news release titled “Dean Kelker: Appraisal Modernization is Starting to Gain Momentum“, which is basically pushing an “Enterprise” singular ‘agenda’ of valuation speed regardless of accuracy. Under the banner of “modernization.”