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The Automated Appraisal: Tips for a Changing Appraisal Environment

Genworth MI Blog

There are big changes coming to appraisals, and they’ll have a huge impact on how the mortgage industry does business. When you hear automated appraisal, that refers to a computer doing the valuation without an appraiser. In some cases, it might be a person completing a desktop for the valuation. What does that mean?

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The Automated Appraisal: Tips for a Changing Appraisal Environment

Genworth MI Blog

There are big changes coming to appraisals, and they’ll have a huge impact on how the mortgage industry does business. When you hear automated appraisal, that refers to a computer doing the valuation without an appraiser. In some cases, it might be a person completing a desktop for the valuation. What does that mean?

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Nothing New Under the Sun: the varied face of appraisal

Walitt Solutions

My talk focused on Property Inspections, which – to an outsider – might seem to be a straight-forward topic. 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.

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2024 USPAP For Appraisers

Appraisal Today

unusual homes, mortgage origination FNMA Continued Effort to Get Rid of Appraisers By Jonathan Miller, Sept. Next month’s newsletter will have a lengthy article on the issues of the property inspector. Valuation By Comparison by Mark Ratterman, MAI Book Review. October 4, 2023) — Mortgage applications decreased 6.0