Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

to integrate computer vision technology into its broker price opinion (BPO) process. By incorporating Restb.ais image analysis technology, AssetVal seeks to reduce discrepancies and improve the reliability of BPOs. AssetVal , a provider of real estate valuations, has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) company Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

HomeVision , a collateral underwriting and appraisal review platform, has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Restb.ai to integrate computer vision technology into real estate valuation processes. As the industry continues to leverage automation, accuracy, and efficiency in appraisal reviews, our partnership with Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

The efficiency and reliability of property appraisals are the linchpin to the success of a steady flow of mortgage transactions. Opteon, a leader in the appraisal and property valuation industry, utilizes their tech-enabled service fulfillment to streamline and enhance the appraisal process.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 31, 2025

By combining Mr. Cooper and Rocket, we will form the strongest mortgage company in the industry, offering an end-to-end homeownership experience backed by leading technology and grounded in customer care. Rocket projects $400 million in pre-tax cost savings from streamlining operations, corporate expense, and technology investments.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2025

In the modern mortgage industry, lenders are not just setting themselves apart on who has the best Super Bowl ad or the biggest branch footprint, but increasingly also on their approach to technology. Today, technology is driving differentiation across the customer experience, loan officer experience, and overall operational efficiency.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The survey questioned recent homeowners, the majority of whom were first-time buyers, a series of questions about their experience during the mortgage application and closing process, including their perceptions on the use of technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and automated communications. appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Dark Matter Technologies is breaking into the mortgage servicing market with the launch of its Dark Matter servicing platform. Strategically aligning theservicing product with Dark Matter strengthens the firm by enabling it to provide a more holistic product line-up while continuously enhancing the servicing platforms innovative technology.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The space shuttle program finally came to an end in 2011, primarily due to its outdated design, aging technology, and its inability to meet the evolving goals of the organization. In 1986, five years after the launch of the first space shuttle, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac introduced the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) form.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Appraisal technology company Accurate Group announced this week that it has acquired Voxtur Appraisal Services , an appraisal management company (AMC). Voxtur primarily serves real estate finance providers and specializes in broker-price opinions (BPOs), alternative valuation methods and traditional appraisals.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket said the the transaction is expected to generate $100 million in additional pre-tax revenue from higher recapture rates and attaching its title, closing and appraisal services to Mr. Coopers existing originations. Mr. Cooper did about $23 billion in originations last year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance data.

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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. SW: How do you think about technology and prioritizing what to do next?

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Property Data API: RES.NET is now an approved technology provider for Fannie Mae—integrating the FNMA Property Data API with the RES.NET Valuation Portal. This The Property Data API facilitates the use of emerging technologies, such as automated data capture and analysis, improving the overall collection process.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 10, 2025

Respondents attributed blame to rental platforms (40%) and landlords (23%), urging better technology to prevent fraud. Proposed Industry Solutions The report advocates for: Secure Technologies: Tools like identity verification, secure payments, real-time property viewing, and photo verification to deter fraud.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Streamline your workflow with cutting-edge technology and expert support. Offering appraisal management companies, a comprehensive solution for the entire valuation process, Connexions offers robust appraisal management software and full management of appraiser panels. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

CoreLogic announced on Thursday the launch of “ScanToSketch,” an augmented reality (AR)-based property measuring and sketching tool to create home appraisal reports. Developed using CoreLogic’s appraisal software brand “a la mode,” the tool has been used to complete roughly 20,000 property sketches.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

Jaro is the only end-to-end appraisal platform on the market that is painstakingly designed for lender and AMC workflows to serve every party in the valuation process. The platform’s integrations are highly adaptable, offering a wide range of options to meet needs across the appraisal space.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The company continues to work with the industry to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and offer more opportunities to get qualified borrowers into homes they can afford with improvements to its automated underwriting system, appraisal waiver expansions, and advancements in the down payment assistance space. Borrowers have now saved over $1.63

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The platform is intended for housing professionals in various sectors, including 5 million loan officers, appraisers , servicers , underwriters , developers, agents, brokers, attorneys and regulators. Through Araya, CoreLogic will give customers access to the data and analytics of nearly all U.S. properties on one platform.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 26, 2025

We wanted to recognize outstanding appraisers and firms and others in the industry from around the country. Host Hal Humphreys chats with the winner of the Appraisal Software of the Year. They’ll be discussing the impact of their technology, its evolution over time, and the future of appraisal software amid UAD changes.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced on Friday that it has updated the Electronic Appraisal Delivery (EAD) module of its Catalyst software platform, following initial agency efforts to require appraisal submissions on the platform before it walked them back. A new mandatory use date has not been issued.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Reggora CEO Brian Zitin said his company is looking to help mortgage lenders by removing the need to manually underwrite most appraisals. Appraisal management software company Reggora is adding a repurchase and loan-level price adjustment (LLPA) warranty to its appraisal review solution. decline from Q1 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

Fannie Mae updated its Selling Guide on Wednesday to include more options for property valuations, saying that they are “moving away from implying that an appraisal is a default requirement.” Those options include value acceptance (formerly appraisal waivers), value acceptance plus property data and hybrid appraisals. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

With AI’s capacity to perform complex reasoning and manage autonomous operations, it is critical to explore how this technology can reshape industry standards, enhance operational efficiency, and how we as an industry manage its inherent risks. One prevalent myth suggests that AI will replace human appraisers entirely.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Now in its 13th year, the Tech100 program serves as a trusted resource for housing professionals, providing a definitive list of the industrys top technology providers. These companies are at the forefront of solving the biggest challenges mortgage professionals face every day. Check out the full list of this years honorees below.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Adding to this challenging financial reality, the “ COVID ” vintage of loans has led to brutal repurchase costs for lenders, significantly driven by appraisal defects. Data from the most recent ACES Mortgage QC Industry Trends Report shows a year-over-year increase in appraisal-related defects.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CoreLogic ’s Image Analytics is an innovative solution in the appraisal review space. Image Analytics is a fully automated solution that evaluates the content of appraisal photos, highlighting errors and allowing lenders to reduce time, effort and costly manual mistakes within their operations.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 20, 2025

For lenders, this provides an opportunity to tap into technology and increase offerings that buyers indicate they want to see. The post Homebuyers Reveal Generational Trends & Preferences first appeared on Appraisal Buzz. Lenders also should focus on education and increasing transparency to meet the current needs of todays buyers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Rexdat — a technology firm offering a subscription-based, cloud-powered, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform—powers the new tool. With this update, independent MLSs, brokerages, agents, appraisers and affiliates can access auto-populated data without the risk of data duplication.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Servicing teams must manage shifting delinquency rates, regulatory demands that may pivot with each new administration, and ever-increasing operational costs while keeping their fingers on the pulse of the modern consumer and advancing technology. Providing guidance and support during this process will be crucial for servicers in 2025.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2024

A policy designed for lenders to review and respond to borrower-initiated reconsideration of value (ROV) requests for appraisals — originally scheduled to be implemented between Aug. These include “improvements to the process by which borrowers may request an ROV if they identify a problem with the appraisal,” the original ML said.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 10, 2025

Together, we will improve the experience by connecting traditionally disparate steps of the search and financing process with leading technology that removes friction, reduces costs and increases value to American homebuyers. The post Rocket to Purchase Redfin for $1.75B appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

E-closing technology is a game-changer for mortgage lenders in optimizing their secondary market strategies, a research report from Snapdocs shows.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In this monograph, we discuss the absolute necessity of developing more than one skill set as part of becoming a competent and professional real estate appraiser. At its core, real estate appraising involves the due diligence necessary to form a credible opinion of the market value of a particular property.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Brokers that are equipped with Acra Lendings non-qm products, technology, and team can serve borrowers where traditional lenders simply cannot. How Acra Lending sets itself apart in the non-QM market When describing how Acra Lending sets itself in the non-QM lending space, three words come to mind: people, processes, and technology.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 13, 2025

Roughly one-quarter (24%) of homebuyers plan to sell in five to 10 years, while just 8% plan to sell in three to five years and 7% within the next three years, according to the survey conducted for the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Homeowners Say They Will Never Sell Their Home appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 27, 2025

Lets support the next generation of appraisers by stepping up as mentors or supervisors. This article is featured in the 2024 edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine. Some other features in our magazine include funny Buzztoon comics, industry trends, as well as crazy stories from appraisers and readers like you!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kenon Chen, executive vice president of strategy and growth at Clear Capital , to talk about appraisal modernization and how technology is just part of the solution. SW: How are appraisers adapting to some of these challenges, including new rules on valuations from the GSEs?

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