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Interfirst, the phoenix of mortgage, lays off hundreds

Housing Wire

Interfirst Mortgage , the retail mortgage business he founded in 2001, had grown to $14.5 Interfirst’s ability to grow rapidly in a low-rate, refi environment but then struggle and contract when the market turns could be seen as a cautionary tale, even in an industry as cyclical as mortgage. 375% below the market.”

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Fannie Mae: No Appraisals Required? 3-10-23

Appraisal Today

But how do you contact potential clients and referral sources? Another student reported that in 2010 (after HVCC was void) a lender client told an appraiser they could not order appraisals directly with appraisers anymore…that they must use a third party. Then forward that answer on to the client/AMC. This is nothing new.

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Too many appraisers?

Appraisal Today

Recall the five forces of friction: practices, standards, education, regulation, and client expectation. The Inevitable Cyclicality of Mortgage Lending. Construction started in 2001 and took three years to complete with two bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a swimming pool. Loan applications are way down, the lowest in 22 years.

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VA Update for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

Communicating with non-lender clients: Very, very different than lenders!! Watch a video of an excellent McKissock podcast discussing market changes and many other very practical topics, focusing on residential lending appraisals. But purchase money lending will slip as well, by 3% to $1.53 percent, the highest rate since 2001.

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NAR Appraisal Survey 2022

Appraisal Today

Excerpts: Year Built: 2001. Excerpts: Lakeland engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by “redlining” in the Newark metropolitan area. An appraiser can easily lose a lender client because they were low on an appraisal. The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs increased to 5.36

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SFR with ADU or Two Units?

Appraisal Today

Some appraisers, a true minority, have been able to transition to private, non-mortgage-lending appraisal work, but that’s not as easy as some advocate. And many appraisers who only know how to do mortgage lending assignments are reluctant to market themselves outside that confined space. The GSEs started keeping track in 71.

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How to Reduce Appraisal Revision Requests

Appraisal Today

This strategy often backfires because parties involved in the lending process cannot find the specific information they are looking for in the report. I did this sometimes in appraisals for a local bank ;> Your clients hate them also. When I did my national conferences from 2001 to 2006 there were no tests. ==.