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

AUGUST 1, 2023

From leading mortgage companies and real estate firms to spearheading groundbreaking initiatives and driving policy reforms, these honorees are making an indelible impact on housing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2022

The legislation would modernize the Department of Veteran Affairs ‘ appraisal requirements by allowing desktop appraisals, and in some circumstances, waving appraisals all together. The Mortgage Bankers Association supports the legislation. Currently, all VA appraisals must be performed in-house. Sponsored Video.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 15, 2024

UAD originated in 2010 and since then we appraisers are accustomed to using codes like “C4,” “N;Res,” and “1200sf0sfin” in our mortgage appraisal reports to communicate the results of our analysis. It all starts with the standard appraisal forms used in the mortgage process. Really, appraisers have always thought this way.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 10, 2021

We specialize in real estate valuations for the mortgage lending and financial services industries. Cultivating the highest levels of customer ethics, we serve as a trusted partner for customers across the mortgage and lending industries. RENO, Nev. — Clario Appraisal Network, Inc.,

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2021

During the Mortgage Bankers Association’s spring conference on Tuesday, FHFA Director Mark Calabria hinted that the power of attorney, verification requirements and condo project reviews would be wrapping, however, more likely “this summer.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 20, 2021

This general alignment matters a great deal as the FHFA, through their oversight of the GSEs, who have the vast majority of the market share, plays a key role in the conforming lending market being the de facto regulator. These entities make many other comments about technology, workforce options, modernization and the need for change.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As a financial technologist specializing in mortgage since long before “fintech” was a thing, I appreciate how tough market cycles force us to focus. For some individuals and companies, this is your first mortgage down cycle. Warm spots in the fintech & mortgage winter. Mortgage & fintech companies must focus.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2023

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Geographically aware marketplaces that link listings, lending and liquidity will unlock actionable information. Many industries began to deploy electronic supply chains in the 1980’s.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

Mortgage servicers are staying busy. Leveraging our own real estate data and analytics to amplify our broker- and appraisal-based valuation services, Clear Capital delivers highly-accurate information with rapid turn-times and a robust quality control process,” said Kenon Chen, EVP of corporate strategy.

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Clear Capital

AUGUST 17, 2021

Partnership enables ValueLink users to order Clear Capital’s broad range of valuation products including hybrid and desktop products. The valuation industry is currently undergoing major changes. A declining appraiser population coupled with a surge in origination volumes has accelerated efforts to modernize the valuation process.

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Clear Capital

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It’s an exciting time in the mortgage industry, especially for appraisals. Over the past few years, leading companies from across the industry have modernized and transformed how appraisals are manufactured to streamline the lending process and improve the borrower’s experience. What are the benefits of 1004 Desktop appraisals?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

When it comes to offering an opinion of ‘good or bad’ on HR 7735 — the VA modernization bill — and its ultimate ability to create a better appraisal process for veteran and active duty borrowers, it’s simply too early to tell with too little information being shared on exactly what changes we should expect.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 9, 2021

There are many facets to the appraisal business: lending, non-lending work, residential, and commercial work. Who even knew about desktop valuations or evaluations? Answer: the appraisers that paid attention to policy changes and the inner workings of the mortgage industry. Mortgage work is driven by interest rates.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2021

“Appraisal is one of the most time-consuming and inefficient parts of the lending process,” said Brian Zitin, co-founder of Reggora. “In In order to help the mortgage industry reach its mission of the ‘one-day mortgage,’ we’re hyper-focused on streamlining the entire appraisal process.”. Brian Zitin, Co-Founder and CEO.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

However, a year after the GSEs announced new appraisal modernization solutions, as they’re more widely adopted, questions arise. A look into GSE appraisal modernization efforts The GSEs have each offered appraisal waivers on eligible loans for several years. How do the solutions work? Why do we need them? But you already know this.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mark: I have 13 years in the AMC industry working with mid-sized and large mortgage lenders performing operations, vendor management, and business development at the C-Level. Mark: Incenter’s growth in the lending world includes some of the largest military-based and non-bank lenders in the country. We put appraisers in control!

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Both plans rely heavily on special purpose credit programs , which allow lenders to target lending to protected classes without violating the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. . “A Mortgage industry stakeholders, including the Mortgage Bankers Association , have also pushed for the adoption of special purpose credit programs.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 6, 2021

It had a large, fenced-in yard, modern appliances in an updated kitchen, a “man cave” for her husband, beamed ceilings, a massive master suite and was located in a good school district. How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. The home checked off every box on Linda’s list. Presented by: Altisource. “But

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McKissock

MARCH 6, 2023

On March 1, 2023, Fannie Mae issued Announcement SEL-2023-02, which addressed several different lending-related topics. Predictably, the appraisal online community reacted to this announcement in much the same way that a vampire in a low-budget horror movie reacts when shown a crucifix.

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McKissock

MARCH 6, 2023

On March 1, 2023, Fannie Mae issued Announcement SEL-2023-02, which addressed several different lending-related topics. Predictably, the appraisal online community reacted to this announcement in much the same way that a vampire in a low-budget horror movie reacts when shown a crucifix.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2020

AmeriHome on Thursday became the latest mortgage lender to file for a public offering, the latest to do so amid a coronavirus pandemic that has helped spur record origination volume this year. AmeriHome uses the bank Cenlar to subservice 99% of its mortgage loans. And the servicing portfolio – where it earns fees between 25 and 56.5

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 15, 2024

Unlike the standardized expectations of urban and suburban properties, rural properties often present unique characteristics that require a nuanced approach to valuation. It is not hard to learn the valuation factors. Is the GSE’s “Appraisal Modernization” Really Just Mass Appraisal? By Dallas T.

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Clear Capital

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Property valuation technology company Clear Capital is venturing into automated image analysis to help modernize underwriting. ” ClearCollateral Review is the company’s automated document review workflow, also a part of its efforts to lessen the lending industry’s dependence on manual underwriting tasks. .”

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Clear Capital

MAY 7, 2021

The modern appraisal embraces data and technology to gather data differently. Watch this Tech Talk from Mortgage Innovators Conference 2021 to learn how appraisal modernization can help unlock a better, faster, and cheaper appraisal process while closing the gap in unfair lending practices.

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Clear Capital

OCTOBER 27, 2021

National real estate valuation technology company well-positioned to experience continued growth in 2021. October 26, 2021 — Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, today announced it has hired more than 350 people so far in 2021, with 170 jobs currently open and accepting applications.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While the family’s income has been cut by almost half and inflation has increased their expenses, Wilen’s primary concern is his mortgage. mortgage for 12 months, and the county where he lives paid three months of his mortgage bill as part of an assistance program. He is afraid of losing his home.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 19, 2024

For too long, appraisers have faced sweeping claims that their valuations are biased against certain groups, despite appraisers’ ethical standards, rigorous training, and lack of financial stake in transactions. There are 12 principal forms used for a mortgage origination appraisal. bath, 5,258 sq.ft. Meet in person.

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Clear Capital

JUNE 28, 2022

Reno, NV — June 28, 2022 — Clear Capital , a national real estate valuation technology company, today announced the launch of two Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Property Valuation API and Risk Assessment API.

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Appraisal Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

Excerpts from the Summary: On August 1, 2022, the Veterans Affairs released Circular 26-22-13 announcing new procedures for alternative valuation methods, effective immediately. My comments : The big push to cut down on appraisal turn times because of the appraisal shortage is Very Old News since mortgage volume has plummeted.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

With a deadly combination of low housing inventory, reduction in refis and surging mortgage rates, consolidation in mortgage tech is expected. Businesses and entire industries tanked during the pandemic, but it created an ideal environment for mortgage tech companies, some of which rode the wave to banner years and historic growth.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Here it is: another article about appraisal modernization. The FHFA RFI responses to appraisal modernization are a treasure trove of insight into ideas and options for modernization from a wide variety of respondents. The changes will impact just about everything and everyone in the collateral valuation space.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Talk to any mortgage technologist about the future of the industry and two topics will emerge immediately: big data and smarter automation. Joe Camerieri, EVP Mortgage Cadence. Today, while the mortgage industry has the technology to support this, we’re still in the early stages of determining how it should be used.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post – Bias, Cost cutting, slow business, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. AMCs had taken over the mortgage-lending work. To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! Budget cuts. Retraction.

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Walitt Solutions

JULY 28, 2019

However, given current changes in the valuation space, nothing is further from the truth: valuation, specifically the collection of data that supports a valuation method, has never been one-size-fits-all. Are these “other” inspection-and-valuation processes appropriate for lending?

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2021

Accurately establishing a home’s value is not just an important factor in real estate transactions and mortgage lending, it is integral to household wealth creation, as homeownership continues to be one of the primary pathways for Americans to build wealth. So, what can be done to mitigate bias and inequality in the valuation process?

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Industry Insider Insight on Risk and Modernization. Bill Rayburn gave a rousing and lively explanation of exactly what quality means in valuation at a recent meeting. Joe Minnich, a condo risk consultant, spoke on how loans secured by an individual unit in a condominium project have greater risk than found in typical SFR lending.

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