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Class Valuation acquires AMC Valuation Connect

Housing Wire

Troy, Michigan-based appraisal management company (AMC) Class Valuation announced on Wednesday that it has acquired fellow AMC Valuation Connect , formerly a subsidiary of mortgage technology company Mortgage Connect LP. Class Valuation has been on an acquisition spree. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We metro markets.

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Data valuation transformed: How AVMs can power property valuations for home equity lending

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Lenders can tap into this trillion-dollar market by incorporating automated valuation models (AVMs) and digital property condition reports (PCRs) into their collateral valuation workflows. One of the highest home equity origination costs accumulated is for property valuations.

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Andrew Bough joins Class Valuation as COO

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Class Valuation , one of the largest appraisal management companies (AMCs) in the country, has tapped Andrew Bough as its new chief operating officer. Bough, who most recently served as executive vice president at Valuation Connect , a subsidiary of Class Valuation, has more than 30 years of experience in the appraisal and valuation industry.

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ICE unveils two new property valuation solutions

Housing Wire

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology introduced two new tools, Validate ROV and Validate Selector, to its growing suite of property valuation solutions, the company announced on Monday. Regulators are paying close attention to valuations for many valid reasons.

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Here’s how brokerage valuation works

Housing Wire

Valuation in the residential brokerage industry has some characteristics that are unique when compared to other industries and businesses. Given these characteristics and others, brokerage valuations are subject to what I call a, “What have you done for me lately?” As such, valuations have indeed been suppressed.

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Revive makes property valuation tool available to consumers

Housing Wire

Presale renovation firm Revive has made its artificial intelligence -powered property valuation tool available to everyone, according to an announcement on Thursday. Previously, the Revive Vision AI platform was only available to registered real estate agents.

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FFIEC issues statement of principles for examining appraisal and valuation bias

Housing Wire

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) on Monday issued a statement outlining examination principles related to valuation and appraisal discrimination or bias in residential lending. FFIEC is a federal interagency coalition consisting of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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