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White House marks one year of PAVE appraisal bias action plan

Housing Wire

The White House also says that it is aiming to change the nature of the appraisal profession itself, “taking steps to remove unnecessary educational and experience requirements that make it difficult for underrepresented groups to access the profession and to strengthen anti-bias, fair housing, and fair lending training of existing appraisers.”

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Free Webinar: Components of AMC Training by Josh Walitt

Appraisal Buzz

In 2015, I designed the Market Machine, a technological tool used by appraisers and other valuation professionals. Josh : The course is taken by staff of lending institutions and appraisal management companies and centers on the need for companies to meet or exceed clients’ and regulators’ minimum training requirements.

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Why Agents Should Share Their CMA With The Appraiser

Birmingham Appraisal

While agents and appraisers cannot discuss value we can talk about the property and why they may have priced it at what they did. One tool the agent uses to price the property is the Comparative Market Analysis or CMA, and by sharing this with the appraiser they can better understand what went into the agent’s pricing strategy.

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Getting Appraisers to Reconsider Value—Do’s & Don’ts

Portland Appraisal Blog

The purpose of this blog post is to lend some insight into what an agent should do and not do during the third stage. Usually this is done via a document known as a “reconsideration of value” (ROV for short). What is a Reconsideration of Value? In short, a reconsideration of value is another appraisal.

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2022 Appraisal Outlook: Appraisers Cast Optimistic Eye On Coming Year

McKissock

Appraisers should consider learning more about desktop appraisals and the hybrid/bifurcated appraisal process and using remote inspection tools such as RemoteVal ,” she advises. It’s likely that the task force’s recommendations will be adopted by most of the major players in the residential mortgage lending arena. Paul, Minn.).