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SingleSource’s new app to support to Fannie Mae’s Value Acceptance + Property Data program

Housing Wire

Fannie Mae’s value acceptance+property data extends an appraisal waiver provided the property data is gathered by a vetted and trained third party and a floor plan is delivered to a desktop underwriter. SingleSource has been providing valuation services nationwide since 2000 and nationwide field services and inspection services since 2006.

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Anna-Marie Ellison joins leadership at ARC Realty

Housing Wire

In her new role at ARC, Ellison will focus on strategic planning for agent and staff growth, as well as health and wellness initiatives, recruitment, and training across the Birmingham, Montgomery, and Huntsville markets. “My The future is bright, and I’m excited to see what we can achieve together.”

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Origins: From young country club caddy to reverse mortgage professional

Housing Wire

The company sent its trainees to the World Trade Center in New York for eight weeks of training. At his very first seminar in 2006, Bruser immediately met a reverse mortgage client. “I’m He wasted little time and joined Dean Witter Reynolds while he was still a college undergraduate, becoming a financial adviser and stockbroker.

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Recruiters turn to AI in their quest to lure top agents

Housing Wire

Launched in 2006, the Zillow Zestimate leverages public documents to provide estimates of value for every house in a given neighborhood. When labeled training data is not available (i.e., These types of consumer-facing products generated a lot of interest from investors. It’s not perfect.

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Like it or not, desktop appraisals are here to stay

Housing Wire

In a December 2020 request for information, FHFA highlighted potential benefits of desktop appraisals, including assisting training of new appraiser trainees, and alleviating appraiser shortages in rural and high-volume areas. There’s still some battle scars from 2006 to 2009 where appraisers were made to be the scapegoats,” Pyle said.

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Why home-price growth is still up 18% year over year

Housing Wire

This means all those men and women since 2012 who have been saying its housing 2008 all over again on their YouTube , Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets simply don’t have the proper training to talk about housing economics. I have documented the history of these housing price crash addicts for a decade now.

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Freedom Mortgage Wholesale Division offers brokers a comprehensive purchase and refinance product suite

Housing Wire

The company also provides extensive product, credit and technology training to ensure clients can take advantage of new product benefits and process enhancements. Les Acree is a renowned industry expert with over 37 years of mortgage experience serving as the EVP of Third-Party Originations at Freedom Mortgage since 2006.

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