Appraisal Buzz

MAY 6, 2024

Does the cost of homeowners insurance affect the price of a home? In recent years, insurance companies have pulled out of some markets altogether after sustaining massive losses due to wildfires, flooding, and other climate-related disasters. In some markets, the answer is increasingly yes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

Better.com, which offers mortgage, real estate, title and homeowner insurance through its digital platform, has entered an agreement to merge with Aurora Acquisitions Corp., billion in title insurance and $1.4 billion in homeowners insurance. valuation appeared first on HousingWire. The company generated $24.2

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Buyside’s new feature enables the millions of homeowners who are currently receiving a Home Valuation Report from Buyside, to now see a personalized Home Equity Dashboard. The post Buyside launches a new home valuation pages feature appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

White label title insurance franchise Proliant Settlement Systems announced Friday the acquisition of Great Northern Title Insurance Agency (GNTIA) in Michigan as a franchisee. ” This was appealing to GNTIA owner Neville Nofar, who also counts Great Northern Tax and Great Northern Insurance Agency as part of his portfolio.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2021

ServiceLink, which is backed by Fidelity National Financial, meets the unique needs of wholesale lenders by providing title insurance, appraisals, flood certificates and closing services. ServiceLink’s unique tech-enabled mortgage services include valuations as well. Brian Pidgeon, Vice President.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2023

Additionally, the proposed guidance would describe the risks of deficient residential real estate valuations and how financial institutions may incorporate ROV processes into established risk management functions,” the announcement notes. The proposed guidance is available on the CFPB’s website.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This includes financials, organizational documents, agent productivity reports, operating metrics, vendor contracts, lease agreements, employment agreements, insurance documents, and more. From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract.

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Appraisal Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As a subject expert in property valuation and appraisal services in Toronto, I want to guide you through the importance of professional real estate appraisal and how it can benefit you. Fair Property Taxes and Insurance: Accurate appraisals ensure you’re not overpaying on taxes and insurance. By engaging Appraisal Hub Inc.,

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2023

Six federal agencies have requested comment from the public on a newly-proposed rule that is designed to “ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations.” Department of the Treasury ; and the Federal Reserve System.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data — including construction permits, climate risk, rental rates, flood insurance costs, remodel potential and valuation — in one place. It pulls information from more than 30 data providers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

RealReports is a real estate platform that gathers property data — including permits, climate risk, rental rates, flood insurance costs, internet providers and speeds, crime statistics, solar potential, liens, zoning details, remodel potential and valuation — in one place.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

In the past few months, ICE launched other products, including a mortgage insurance center on its Encompass loan origination system to improve management functionality and enhance rate-quote comparisons.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Yellen told lawmakers that bank regulators are working to address risks tied to rising vacancy rates and lower valuations for office buildings in major cities. Although commercial mortgage debt is propelling these concerns, the possibility of failure for a federally insured bank has implications for the residential mortgage sector.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The nation’s second largest title insurer , First American , as well as some of its subsidiaries, remain offline as of Wednesday morning in the wake of the title firm’s Dec. The First American Financial umbrella includes First American Title Insurance and First American Title Guaranty , as well as nearly two dozen subsidiaries.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The platform helps to differentiate from the competition with real-time and augmented property valuation estimates, unique AI-driven property search, personalized market intelligence, valuable real estate agent connections, potential savings and rebates*, and more. Find their dream home faster. Evaluate properties instantly.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) sent a letter to regulators on Monday warning of the “unintended consequences” of new quality control standards for automated valuation models (AVMs). Department of the Treasury ; and the Federal Reserve System.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2023

According to a recent report , the GSE is currently considering a pilot program that would bypass traditional title insurance and would grant certain mortgage lenders a waiver on title insurance requirements for loans sold to Fannie Mae — with a possible rollout scheduled for this spring.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Company Name Company Website Markets Served Company HQ LoanLogics loanlogics.com/ Loan Origination, Servicing Jacksonville, FL Avanze Tech Labs avanzetechlabs.com Loan Origination, Servicing, Secondary, Title, Closing Orlando, FL Denim Social denimsocial.com/ Loan Origination St.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2023

At the top of the list of housing issues the Bureau will aim to address is a rule related to automated valuation models (AVMs). Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke soon afterward about the need to address the impact AVMs may have on homeownership prospects for certain Americans.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Less than one month after launching operations , the private holding group StoicLane – the backers of Interfirst Mortgage – has acquired control of the appraisal management company Lender’s Valuation Services (LVS). ” How do remote valuation solutions benefit appraisers? Presented by: Incenter.

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East Coast Appraisal

JULY 27, 2023

Investors employ diverse real estate appraisal and valuation methods that offer distinct benefits. Understanding these methods is essential for effective commercial and residential real estate valuation. Learn about the most common property valuation methods.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 23, 2024

brands, including brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and technology. As the Chief Marketing Officer, she has overseen the brand development and strategy and helped Pacaso reach unicorn status with a $1 billion valuation in 2021. Whitney Curry , has propelled Pacaso to become the pioneer of co-ownership of luxury real estate.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

More than a week after it shut down systems to combat a cybersecurity incident , title insurance giant First American Financial says it has restored some key systems and “contained the threat.” “As of the date of this filing, the Company believes it has contained the incident. .”

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 22, 2024

She will also continue to oversee the valuation, title and closing operations along with the company’s administrative departments. Prior to joining CSS, Ashley was a consultant with Bain & Company where she advised companies in the medical, hospitality and insurance industries.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2021

Consumers, real estate agents, investors, mortgage lenders, insurance companies and other financial institutions need accurate valuations to inform their immediate decisions about investing in real estate and underwriting property. Todd Teta – guest columnist March HW Magazine. The rest of this content is for HW+ members.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Name Job Title Company Name Aaron VanTrojen CEO Geneva Financial Home Loans Abbie Tidmore Senior Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer Pennymac Adam Kessler CEO Academy Mortgage Baron Silverstein President Newrez Ben Madick Co-Founder and CEO Matic Insurance Bernadette Kogler Co-Founder and CEO RiskSpan Bill Rogers Founder and CEO Homeowners (..)

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2021

eMerge, a company that offers alternative valuation solutions, including broker price opinions (BPOs), will allow Accurate Group to increase its broker network and leverage property inspection technology, the company said. The acquired company will operate as a standalone division. This is the second acquisition for Accurate this year.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Title I program insures mortgage loans made by private lending institutions to finance the purchase of a new or used manufactured home.). One of the updates to the program is enhanced value determinations, which will now “use a sales comparison approach” and allow for qualified FHA roster appraisers to perform valuations, the FHA said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Amrock , a title insurance, property valuations and settlement services provider that is part of the Rocket Companies family, announced Wednesday that longtime CEO, Brian Hughes will be retiring later this month and Nicole Beattie, the current vice president of mortgage servicing at sister company Rocket Mortgage , will take over.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Legislation in Congress would try to solve for inconsistencies in appraisal underwriting, a lack of diversity in the profession, and the legacy of property valuation discrimination. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Rep. Once formed, the task force would “harmonize” collateral underwriting standards, the bill reads.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 25, 2021

HomeBinder reports that it has added new features and user interface (UI) improvements to its centralized home management platform that keeps homeowners connected with mortgage lenders, home inspectors, insurance providers, home pros, real estate agents, and other authorized professionals.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In this role, Migliazzo will manage the sales teams responsible for Lenders One membership and Lenders One solutions, including CastleLine risk management and insurance, Premium Title title and settlement, Trelix mortgage fulfillment, Springhouse appraisal and valuation offerings, and the Lenders One cooperative’s preferred vendor, preferred investor (..)

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Three of the “Big Four” title insurers — First American Financial , Old Republic and Stewart Title — released their second-quarter earnings this week. “Title Insurance continued to experience robust growth in premium and fee revenues as low interest rates and a favorable real estate market persisted.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Watch Now The challenge and power of updating your brand Speaker: WeiLing Jang, Chief Marketing Officer, CoreLogic.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2023

Best Practices for Affiliated Partnerships,” will examine the importance of aligning your brokerage with strong partners in mortgage, title, insurance and other services. Lykken will take the stage during DealMakers and the session, “Best Practices for Affiliated Partnerships.”

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Valuation Review

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Securent, a newly formed provider of comprehensive risk management and insurance programs for mortgage and mortgage-backed securities stakeholders, launched its insurance operations.

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