Housing Wire
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is the latest stakeholder to examine how racial bias may creep into property valuations. But when the FHFA hunted for examples of racial bias by keyword searching the free-form commentary section in millions of appraisal reports, it found thousands of references to race and ethnicity.
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 28, 2020
“The comments we receive will inform how we will modernize appraisals to improve both loan quality and the origination process.”. At the onset of the pandemic in March, the FHFA began easing standards on property appraisals that allowed drive-by and desktop valuations in certain circumstances.
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Appraisal Buzz
AUGUST 1, 2022
As a minimum basis, a real property appraisal report written for the government sponsored entities (GSEs) and agencies are what USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) refers to as Appraisal Reports. Standard 2 is the specific standard that addresses the reporting of appraisals.
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
I hear these phrases quite often when it comes to product and software development, but I think they apply very well to solving complex problems like transforming the property appraisal process to work better for every stakeholder. And we absolutely should not compromise on that end result.
Appraisal Buzz
MAY 24, 2021
These properties are not for owner occupancy. Because multifamily homes serve a different purpose than single-family properties, appraisers have yet another factor to consider before presenting a number to the bank. Reproduction refers to how much a replica would cost to build. That’s where possible hurdles can arise.
Appraiserblogs
MAY 15, 2023
CU-2)i this always dubious product of Fannie Mae is increasingly being referred to by some, if not many American Appraisers as The Fraudulator / Underwriter 2.0 (FU-2). Dear representative, waiving/eliminating property appraisal for lending purposes is wanton recklessness.
Appraisal Buzz
APRIL 15, 2024
The new data set is all encompassing for every property type (residential) that were traditionally divided into 12 separate forms. The appraiser will be led through a process, defined by the scope of work. This scope of work is determined by the type of property and the characteristics of the property.
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