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Free Webinar: Components of AMC Training by Josh Walitt

Appraisal Buzz

Certain states require AMC staff to receive training to ensure they understand valuation independence regulations as well as other statutory requirements. Our free webinar, “ Components of AMC Training ” will be held on June 10th at 2 pm with Josh Walitt as the host. Buzz : Why do AMCs need the training?

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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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The appraisal industry’s governance problem

Housing Wire

The appraisal industry’s “byzantine regulation structure,” according to the report’s authors — experts in fair housing, fair lending and valuation — has stunted the appraisal industry’s understanding of fair housing risk. The regime has limited its accountability and enforcement systems. That process varies from lender to lender.

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Why Agents Should Share Their CMA With The Appraiser

Birmingham Appraisal

The lender then obtains an appraisal to make sure that the property they are lending on, which is the collateral for the loan, is worth what they are paying for it. The sales can be considered during the development of the appraisal rather than after it is completed through a reconsideration of value which can delay the home buying process.

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HUD settles with JPMorgan over appraisal bias case

Housing Wire

The finance giant will also begin training home lending advisors and client care specialists in the reconsideration of value process and fair lending issues related to appraisals. Under the conciliation agreement , JPMorgan will pay the homeowner, a Black woman, $50,000.

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Reconsideration of Value and Appraisers

Appraisal Today

Excerpts: Suggested protocols for responding to Reconsideration of Value requests. Click here to listen to Tim Andersen, MAI’s podcast, “Reconsiderations of Value: Satan’s Own Seed, Right?” The post Reconsideration of Value and Appraisers appeared first on Appraisal Today. By Greg Stephens, SRA, AI-RRS.