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The appraisal industry’s hidden hand

Housing Wire

He started contracting with home mortgage lenders to appraise the value of the property tied to a loan. “It But they did not become key players in the home valuation industry until the recent housing bubble.”. The outcome was a settlement, the Home Valuation Code of Conduct, or, as appraisers swiftly dubbed it, havoc.

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Rocket Companies’ Bill Emerson on HUD lawsuit: ‘We want the correct party responsible, not us’

Housing Wire

Per the Dodd Frank Act , back in 2010, appraisal independence is the rule, so a lender cannot get involved in the determination of value as it relates to an appraisal. We ordered this appraisal from a third party, who contracted the state-licensed appraiser. ” Its not the appraiser or Solidifi , the third-party appraisal company.

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From Forms to Reports: A Look at the UAD Overhaul

Appraisal Buzz

UAD originated in 2010 and since then we appraisers are accustomed to using codes like “C4,” “N;Res,” and “1200sf0sfin” in our mortgage appraisal reports to communicate the results of our analysis. Using the form structure, GSEs have been ingesting these eclectic abbreviations to develop a large database of residential valuation.

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Help for troubled borrowers is on the way. But will it come soon enough?

Housing Wire

To help the most vulnerable population, Tara Roche, research manager for the Pew Charitable Trust , said that HAF will be available to those who are using alternative financing, such as land contracts (agreements directly between sellers and buyers) and loans secured by manufactured homes.

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With All That PPP And Without All That Travel, The Appraisal Foundation Doesn't Need A Grant From ASC This Year

Miller Samuel

million in 2010 to $6.5 From 2010 to 2018, the nation’s licensed appraisers paid the 14-employee organization more than $6 million through the mandatory National Registry Fee. billion valuation) and, yes, the congressionally authorized Appraisal Foundation. Its war chest grew from $3.6

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The Proposed NYC "Pied-A-Terre Tax" Looks Catastrophic to NYC Real Estate

Miller Samuel

January: The closing of the $238,000,000 Manhattan condo sale in January (2015 contract). As evidenced by the 2010 census data in Wikipedia, there is a significant population difference between New York City and Buffalo. The market value of these properties will be based on a "comparable sale-based valuation method."

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Don’t Fall for These Real Estate Appraisal Myths

Birmingham Appraisal

If you had told me in 2010 that I would still be writing my appraisal blog 14 years later I would have said you were crazy, but here I am. Myth #2: Appraisals are the same as the Zillow Zestimate The Zillow Zestimate is a type of AVM (Automated Valuation Model) that takes information that is fed into it and uses it to spit out a value.