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

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.

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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.

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Annarbor Appraisal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The appraisal is for their benefit, but at the same time, the appraiser needs to complete a fair and supportable valuation. There should never be any bias in favor of any party, or value. Even though the lender is the client, the borrower is by regulation, required to be given a copy of the appraisal report.

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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.

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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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