Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Rocket Mortgage has faced other legal activity over the last year. In June, HUD charged the lender, two appraisal companies and one appraiser with allegedly issuing a biased valuation and denying a refinance loan to a Black homeowner in Denver.The Department of Justice followed suit in October.

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AmeriMac

JANUARY 30, 2024

What is a Reverse Mortgage Appraisal? A reverse mortgage appraisal is an evaluation of a property’s value to determine how much money can be borrowed through a reverse mortgage. The appraisal is important because it helps lenders assess the risk associated with the reverse mortgage loan.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 29, 2024

One important aspect of the reverse mortgage process is the appraisal, which determines the value of the property and plays a crucial role in determining the size of the loan. Meeting these eligibility criteria is the first step in applying for a reverse mortgage.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 28, 2024

The technology has been drifting into mortgage lending reliance for more than a decade because it has been marketed as having the ease of “pushing a button.” The driver behind this final rule was to eliminate potential bias in valuations by replacing appraisers with AVMS. To read more, Click Here My comments: Worth reading.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

Some appraisers may want to become data collectors or do desktops. My first appraisal job was updating data records for an assessor’s office, converting to computerized valuation in the mid-1970s. Some AMCs may use appraisers for data collection at a reasonable fee instead of Uber drivers with 3 weeks of training.

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