Housing Wire
MARCH 26, 2024
California-based loanDepot will pay an undisclosed amount and commit to improving its mortgage appraisal practices. The settlement requires loanDepot to implement enhancements to its mortgage appraisal policies and procedures within 120 days. But the company hasn’t admitted any fault.
Housing Wire
OCTOBER 21, 2024
loanDepot ultimately admitted no fault and the settlement contained an overhaul to its appraisal policies and procedures. The document states that loanDepot “should not utilize appraisers who have previously been found to have discriminated in an appraisal by a regulatory body of court of law.”
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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. 29 and Sept. 2 — has been pushed back to Oct.
Annarbor Appraisal
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
Lenders offer a formal “Reconsideration of Value” (ROV) process. If the value remains the same, then it is time to renegotiate or move on. Remember the appraisal is for the benefit of the lender to ensure there is adequate collateral for the property they are lending on.
McKissock
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Traut notes that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced in late October 2021 at the Mortgage Banker Association’s annual conference that banks and mortgage lenders will be able to use desktop appraisals in place of traditional appraisals for qualifying Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac backed mortgages.
Birmingham Appraisal
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
What is a Mortgage Appraisal? A mortgage appraisal is an appraisal that is done for mortgage lending purposes. Lenders, including banks and mortgage companies, require an appraisal to justify the loan they are making. Who is the Appraisal for? This is called equity.
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