Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

At its core, real estate appraising involves the due diligence necessary to form a credible opinion of the market value of a particular property. This requires a deep understanding of the appraiser’s local real estate market, as well as of the physical, legal, and economic factors that influence property values in it.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2021

would give the brokerage a “fully diluted market value of $12.5 Reuters and other outlets Tuesday morning pegged Compass’s hoped-for market value at $10 billion. It would appear that Compass is positioning itself as a technology company and not merely a brokerage. billion market value.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

As such, we are transitioning to a range of options to establish a property’s market value, with the option matching the risk of the collateral and the loan transaction,” Fannie Mae states in its release. The process encourages the use of emerging technologies to capture property information, imagery, and floor plans.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

At 50 years old, there appears to be little evidence that the law’s intention of lowering settlement costs has ever occurred, and new marketing technologies and reforms since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act have rendered it obsolete and costly with few consumer benefits,” he said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2021

The answer lies in evolving valuation technology. In the last year, limitations of in-person valuations during the pandemic, coupled with technological advances, have accelerated wider acceptance of alternative valuation products, including automated valuation models (AVMs).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

Budnick replaces Chris Stuart, who took a job as president of Place , a real estate technology platform for both brokers and agents. a company with a market value of nearly $700 billion. Last week, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices , a hulking network of franchisee brokerages, named Budnick its CEO.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

The Mobile “Must-Haves” Reshaping Mortgage Technology. This white paper looks at the mobile technology must-haves helping lenders streamline consumer experiences, improve workflow efficiencies, enhance partner collaboration and ultimately execute successful digital mortgage strategies. The company now has a $4.2

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

Underlying the strong results is the ongoing effort on continued cost improvements, driven by technology […] and traditional process improvements across both forward and reverse servicing, as well as lower advances on our legacy book, which have decreased 14% year over year.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2022

Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon is famously no fan of crypto, the bank dove into the enigmatic world of blockchain-based finance in 2020 with the launch of Onyx , a business unit devoted to exploring and expanding the use of blockchain technologies. . also recognize the industry-changing potential of blockchain-enabled technology. .”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Joshua Ernst, CEO of Backflip , to talk about the challenges of flipping real estate in today’s market and how the right technology can unlock opportunities in a country full of older homes. SW: What differentiates your technology?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The report found that homeowners who didn’t protest their property taxes had an average market value that was 1.58% higher than those who did. This isn’t Ownwell’s only headlining partnership with an online mortgage technology platform.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2021

That share price would have given the company a roughly $10 billion market capitalization (a figure arrived at by multiplying the $23-$26 share price by the total number of publicly available and non-public shares, which is about 400 million). The price reduction docks Compass’s target market value to around $7 billion.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2023

Fee pressure was followed by appraisal management company (AMC) requests for revisions (28%) and technology fees (26%), a category that was not included in 2022 survey responses. It’s] essentially redlining — neighborhoods of predominantly people of color are given lower market value,” said one non-appraiser respondent.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

According to the filing, after the franchisees signed a contract, the defendants then required franchisees to adopt KWRI’s present market cap, which is the fee agents pay their market centers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

“There’s been a decades-long process by which the traditional appraisal has been, in some cases, augmented, in many cases, replaced by technology,” said Weiss. Their model allows investors to get lists of all houses discounted below market value due to condition factors.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value? That can have a big impact on market value.

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Housing Wire

JULY 13, 2021

With the recent increase in market volatility, lenders cannot afford to wait until month-end or quarter-end to understand what is happening with their servicing portfolios. If you don’t understand what different parameters drive servicing values, you’re not going to price loans correctly and incentivize production that you actually want.”.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JULY 6, 2022

Interestingly, some appraisers don’t like using the term inspection when describing our walking thru a home to observe things like its condition, layout, and other aspects of the home that impact market value. Using this technology is a form of data collection. That’s really one of the beautiful aspects of this new technology!

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2023

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. However, it was deemed as too challenging technologically so it languished. Both are excellent uses of the technology to save time. So how can real estate agents be so cavalier about their job?

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

Also, an independent appraisal during the loan process locks in the property’s market value at the time the reverse mortgage loan is funded. This means that the homeowner (or their heirs) won’t owe more than the home is worth when the loan is repaid.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2023

While all data collectors are held to similar minimum requirements, some may be equipped with enhanced technology to capture data. For example, Class Valuation , one of the nation’s largest AMCs, provides its data collectors with imagery technology that creates a digital twin of the property.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2021

A qualified appraiser will compare recent sales of similar local properties, market trends and conduct a visual inspection of the home’s interior and exterior to determine the property’s fair market value. For example, an appraiser will check the condition of the walls, roof, floors and the structure’s overall integrity.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 6, 2021

With wide-angle lenses and amazing camera technology, a good photographer can make a room look more attractive in a picture than in person. HOME VALUES AND OVER-PAYING. Some buyers are paying over market value for their homes. It’s one thing to pay more than market value for a home because of being in a bidding war.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

But there’s growing evidence that non-appraisers can perform high-quality data collection that ultimately empowers the appraiser to focus on what they do best: analysis, research, and determining market value. Real estate agents in particular understand local properties extremely well.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 2, 2024

billion in market value as of June 30, 2024. We are proud to have constructed one of the most durable and high-quality portfolios of MSR in the market and this partnership will allow us to benefit from Rocket’s industry-leading servicing capabilities and retention rates.

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GoForrmz

JANUARY 16, 2025

Stay competitive in 2025 with essential digital tools for construction businesses The construction industry is projected to reach a global market value of $14.4 trillion by 2030, driven by technological advancements and increased demand for infrastructure. Yet, despite this growth, up from $7.28

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

An automated valuation model (AVM) provides an estimate of market value for a subject property at a specific point in time. To determine a value for the subject property, the most common AVM method is the use the prices of comparable properties that were recently sold.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 15, 2025

Understanding Appraisal Management In real estate, determining a property’s fair market value is crucial for transactions. Clear valuations are essential for informed financial decisions in the dynamic real estate market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

The property is then listed, typically below market value to generate interest in the listing. We are glad we felt that something fishy was going on and that our technology partner, CertifID, verified those feelings for us.” Then, posing as the property owner, the scammer contacts a real estate agent to list the property.

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Appraisal Partners Blog

JANUARY 20, 2025

Whether you’re buying, selling, or refinancing, an appraisal plays a vital role in determining the true market value of a property. Final Value Conclusion: The appraiser will provide a conclusion as to the fair market value of the property. The appraisal report will justify which approach was used.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Ultimately, this raises questions about whether the technology these companies utilize is robust enough to match the ever-evolving housing market. However, there’s a definite market need for iBuyers since people need to sell because they face financial distress or immediate moves. Why iBuying’s Future is Unclear.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Cheaply made shoes may fall apart rather quickly compared to high-quality running shoes that are made with better materials and technology. The appraiser agrees to come in “low” They achieve this by using sales that do not reflect the market value of the property. The market value is what it is.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Using technology Modern circle prospecting often involves the use of technology. May I ask, have you thought about selling your home, or are you curious about its current market value?” My advice is to use technology to your advantage. I just sold a home in your area at [price], above the asking price.

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Realtor

MAY 15, 2023

“In these instances, a hybrid appraisal is to determine the home’s fair market value but also to confirm the true condition before the home goes into a short sale or foreclosure scenario,” says Alvaro Moreira , owner of the Georgia mortgage company Moreira Team. Is a hybrid appraisal accurate?

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Clear Capital

MARCH 1, 2023

For more than a decade, HousingWire’s Tech100 program has identified and recognized the most innovative technology companies serving the mortgage and real estate industries. The 2023 Tech100 Mortgage winners are continuing to bring innovation to the mortgage process – from origination to closing, and servicing to secondary markets.

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Boston Appraisal

JUNE 24, 2019

One of the key technologies that embody this growing shift towards sustainability is Photo Voltaic (PV), otherwise known as solar panels. Property owners are often surprised when the time comes to estimate the fair market value of their green building.

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The Robert Weiler Company

APRIL 12, 2023

In addition to auditors completing their physical reviews, in recent years, the State also gets a boost from technology. There are three main approaches for commercial real estate appraisals: Cost approach: This technique equates the property value to the cost of constructing a replica.

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