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How to reduce appraisal turn times and improve the borrower experience

Housing Wire

As the appraisal industry struggles to meet demand, Voxtur has developed a solution to streamline the process. For appraisers, we have developed an end-to-end, encrypted, AI-driven platform to streamline scheduling, manage payments, and facilitate direct, real-time communication between stakeholders.

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GSEs Seek Input on Duty to Serve Plans

Appraisal Buzz

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Additional initiatives that Freddie Mac noted included the financing of more than 46,000 manufactured homes titled as real property from 2018-2023, providing more than $6.7 Census Bureau, the nation’s manufactured housing market provides affordable housing to nearly 6.7

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WFG reduces time and cost in real estate transactions

Housing Wire

By focusing on its clients and their processes, WFG helps compress the time required to close a loan and/or transfer real property ownership. WFG develops solutions in direct response to industry concerns solicited through regular engagement with its Executive Roundtable (ERT) of C-suite lending executives. properties.

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Navigating the Appraisal Process – What You Need to Know

Simonson Real Estate

An appraisal is an objective, impartial, and unbiased opinion about the value of real property prepared by a State Licensed or Certified professional appraiser. Appraisers assemble a series of facts, statistics, and other information regarding specific properties, analyze this data and develop opinions of value.

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How should appraisers approach short-term rentals?

DataMaster

. — also known as short-term rentals (STRs) — to claim STR income as part of the borrower qualifications side of the lending decision. However, the GSEs did not make a parallel change to the property qualification side of the lending decision. This is creating significant friction in the lending environment.

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Advisory Opinion 16, a Game Changer?

Appraiserblogs

Advisory Opinion 16 is Fair Housing Laws: Avoiding Bias in Real Property Appraisal and Appraisal Review Development and Reporting. The Appraisal Foundation has issued an exposure draft for Advisory Opinion (AO) 16. Unlike other exposure drafts, the text of the AO opinion has been rewritten.

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Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Review: Essential Handbook to a Necessary and Influential 2nd Opinion

The Robert Weiler Company

And, the commercial real estate appraisal review process is not just a second opinion or a survey to friends or even colleagues; it is a required, in-depth analysis by industry experts. As per the above list, there are several motives for a commercial real estate appraisal review; however, what does a real-world scenario look like?