Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

From an appraiser shortage to turn-time challenges amid record-breaking volumes, the past few years have been a whirlwind for the appraisal industry. HousingWire recently sat down with Jaro Managing Director Gareth Borcherds to learn what steps housing professionals can take to speed up appraisals.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose , CIO at Class Valuation , to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. What’s changing there? This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2022

With tech solutions and automation dominating more and more of the mortgage experience, the appraisal process can feel a bit dated, often causing significant slowdowns. HousingWire: Why should lenders consider appraisal modernization and how can it benefit borrowers?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

With recent developments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pursue a more digital appraisal process that could both speed up the process and remove any unconscious bias from it, it is important for industry professionals across the space to stay at the top of their game. Appraisal Modernization: What’s the end game?”

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AmeriMac

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Home appraisals are the perfect way to get an accurate measure of your house’s value. Now if you want to gain approval for a mortgage, you are going to need a good home appraisal. From the seller right down to the buyer, an experienced real estate appraiser is an essential part of the overall home purchasing process.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Appraisal turn times have historically been a pain point in the mortgage process and in boom times, when transaction volumes soar, turn times tend to be one of the first casualties. In 2020 and 2021, for example, some markets saw appraisals take as long as three to six weeks. What’s going on?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Fortunately, many of the tech solutions that were born out of the pandemic are here to stay, including desktop appraisals which the Federal Housing Finance Agency recently announced will become permanent. . “On With desktop appraisals now a permanent option, we should expect to see some of the traditional pressure on turn times alleviated.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke to Chris McLain, division president of Valuations for Consolidated Analytics , about the current appraisals market, AI innovation in valuations and valuation products for HELOCs and second-lien mortgages. HousingWire: How is the market for appraisals changing in 2024? Then we did more of the same.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

You know what you do, but how do you explain it in such a way that a buyer understands your value, the required agency forms and everything involved to make it to the closing table? The more you know, the better job you’ll do finding them exactly what they’re looking for. Top 10 ways to get homebuyers to work with you 1.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 29, 2024

This article is featured in the 2023 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Some other features we have in our magazine include Buzztoon comics, as well as crazy stories from appraisers and readers like you! If you want to make sure you are receiving the print version of the Appraisal Buzz magazine in your mailbox, sign up HERE.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2024

Typically, the fees are lower than those for new loans and no appraisal is needed. Raunaq Singh wanted to capitalize on that opportunity and founded Roam , a platform that helps buyers and sellers with the assumption process. Importantly, the mortgage assumption process is riddled with hurdles. Raunaq Singh About $8.5

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The Appraiser Coach

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Different types of appraisals call for different needs. As an appraiser, you are the most qualified to make choices regarding an appraisal. What about in regards to comp photos? With the advent of the hybrid appraisal, it seems that the need for comp photos has become obsolete. How long have you been appraising?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2021

What’s the difference between a home inspection and an appraisal? Before you get overwhelmed, take comfort that critical milestones of home inspection, appraisal and closing processes are all great ways to get more acquainted with your prospective new home. An appraisal is a valuation of a property by a third party.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

One of the key and often overlooked areas where we see lenders losing money is surprisingly in their accounting processes, specifically in the ways that they track collect, reconcile and distributed appraisal fees,” Kodikara said. “One Why is this so important right now?

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Fannie Mae announced on January 19, 2022 that they will be accepting desktop appraisals for eligible loan transactions. The team at Fannie Mae were the first to announce requirements lockstep with their Regulator that desktop appraisals will become a normal part of the appraisal product landscape. Appraisal Labels.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

When it comes to innovative appraisal tech, there’s no denying that Reggora continually has its finger on the pulse. With first hand knowledge of how complex and time consuming appraisals can be, Reggora is motivated to streamline and modernize the process, benefiting appraisers, lenders and buyers themselves.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For lenders to successfully manage their portfolios, they need to provide borrowers with a seamless mortgage process from start to finish. It’s for this reason more lenders are starting to integrate automation, like eClosing solutions and automated underwriting, to provide borrowers with more transparency and streamline the overall process.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The industry is buzzing with conversations around appraisal modernization — for good reason. Appraisal modernization reduces origination cycle time, bolsters appraiser capacity and helps lenders deliver a more seamless and transparent borrower experience. Today is a different day.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2022

The truth is that the processes lenders put in place over the past decade are working really well. Professional risk managers have learned what levers to move and what knobs to push to effectively mitigate their risk. When it comes to the appraisal report, there are five primary risks lenders are working to mitigate.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 6, 2022

HOUSTON, TX (July 6, 2022) – Accurity Consolidated is once again turning heads and taking its place as the highlight of appraisal industry conversations. The company’s innovative team of appraisers continue to set impressive goals and break records that are simply unheard of among the competition.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

A Fannie Mae survey published in mid-May found that mortgage lenders see value in appraisal modernization, specifically in the implementation of non-traditional appraisals and inspection-based appraisal waivers. However, they have several more pressing priorities when it comes to what they’re investing in.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 2, 2024

This is critically important for mortgage lenders because our industry is always changing. Despite these challenges, lenders still have to make the loan origination process simple and understandable for the borrowers they serve, even in a fast-changing market. BLOG VIEW: In a fast-moving industry, being prepared is never enough.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 24, 2022

Are you ready to meet the new GSE requirement of a detailed floor plan for your desktop appraisals? Join us for our upcoming webinar on January 25th at 2 pm, “ The Future of Desktop Appraisals ” with Joshua Walitt and Mark Walser! Learn about all of the new features in RemoteVal – a free inspection app for appraisers!

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

MBA cannot control macroeconomic forces, but what we can do is make sure the actions of policymakers help our industry instead of hindering it at a crucial time,” Broeksmit said at the organization’s Compliance and Risk Management Conference this week in Washington, D.C. “MBA House of Representatives. The MBA also supported Rep.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I hear these phrases quite often when it comes to product and software development, but I think they apply very well to solving complex problems like transforming the property appraisal process to work better for every stakeholder. Have you heard this phrase before — “perfect is the enemy of good”? Or “perfect is the enemy of done”?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With no end in sight to the high demand for housing, the real estate industry faces a serious problem: a dwindling pool of appraisers. HousingWire recently spoke to Chris Knight, CEO and Gabriel Hern, President of Opteon , which consists of a partnered AMC and staff appraiser firm. I began my career as an appraiser in Australia.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

What should appraisers know before they sign the appraisal report and deliver their professional opinion of value? Many appraisers working in today’s marketplaces are about to find out how important this is. months less than what it was in 2019. Why inventory levels matter to appraisers. Is that true?

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Most appraisers are experiencing a significant slowdown in mortgage lending work due to rapidly increasing mortgage rates which are slowing down the housing market. So what can we do? Mortgage lending work is only one type of business where appraisals are needed. I think it’s important to have a website. GET A WEBSITE.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2022

What kinds of things can you expect? What to Expect When Undertaking These 4 Common Home Renovation Projects. Necessary projects can be costly and time-consuming, so it is important to know what to expect ahead of time. Read on for some pointers from Cleveland Appraisal Blog. I hope you enjoy it! Kitchen Remodel.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2021

As the appraisal industry struggles to meet demand, Voxtur has developed a solution to streamline the process. HousingWire: What can the industry at large do to support the work of appraisers right now? HousingWire: What can the industry at large do to support the work of appraisers right now?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

I kind of figured the end of this year or maybe after an appeal, but I am glad we at least now know what we are working on. We are in the process of putting together some white papers about how we think that the field should be rolled out,” Carter said. “We The timing was probably my biggest surprise,” NABOR President PJ Smith said. “I

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Most weeks I perform appraisals for divorce or a marriage dissolution. In recent years, on several occasions, I have been hired to appraise a property after a valuation service was provided for my client by another real estate professional. But then they had to hire me to perform an appraisal. That’s right!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Between a pandemic and record-breaking origination volume, the appraisal industry has never had to be as nimble as it is now. In an effort to keep homeowners safe while also still providing quality valuations, appraisers have been leaning heavily on technology for the past year and a half. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The great financial crisis (GFC) revealed a defective supply chain, metrics unable to assess local risk and markets incapable of answering Ben Bernanke ’s defining question – “what’s this stuff worth?” What functions are individuals and organizations allowed to perform including viewing, editing, printing, exporting and approving?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Kosta Ligris, CEO and co-founder of Stavvy, about how the mortgage tech journey has expanded beyond eClosings and is reaching all corners of the mortgage industry, from appraisal and valuation to internal workflows and processes. . It also significantly reduces the time needed to complete a transaction.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

When you’re trying to create a standout offer to buy a home, it’s important to consider the tools and tactics at a buyer’s disposal. Get pre-approved to show you mean business: Consider obtaining a pre-approval for a mortgage from a lender by the time you reach the offer stage, as this document can play a key role in the negotiation process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Purchasing a home is one of the biggest investments most people will make in their entire lives, but the complexity of securing a mortgage can be a grueling and fractured process for first-time homeowners. It is important to accept that digitalization is inevitable – customers are already hooked and there is no going back.

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