Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) on Monday issued a statement outlining examination principles related to valuation and appraisal discrimination or bias in residential lending. FFIEC is a federal interagency coalition consisting of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

The post Housing Market Nears $50T Valuation Milestone first appeared on The MortgagePoint. The post Housing Market Nears $50T Valuation Milestone appeared first on Appraisal Buzz. As the U.S. Click here to view the report in its entirety.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Property Data Collection (PDC) Services:  USRES is now an approved service provider for the Value Acceptance + Property Data valuation option offered by Fannie Mae. Property Data API: RES.NET is now an approved technology provider for Fannie Mae—integrating the FNMA Property Data API with the RES.NET Valuation Portal. This

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Dallas, TX – October 31, 2024 – ClearValue Consulting , a leading provider of innovative solutions in the valuation industry, today announced a strategic partnership with Restb.ai to integrate its advanced computer vision technology into ClearValue’s comprehensive valuation review platform, Certainty. valuation services at restb.ai/customers/appraisals-inspections.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

An appraiser’s valuation directly impacts a home’s value, and that valuation stems from elements like keywords, neighborhood history, square footage, etc. Jaro gives every lender the tools to offer fair valuations to all buyers. Worse yet, appraisers often rely on automated reporting tools that can’t flag bias.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 12, 2025

How should appraisers account for climate risk in valuations? Shell break down which regions are most at risk, how insurers and lenders are responding, and what the future holds for disaster-prone areas. Will we see mass migration away from high-risk zones? Tune in as we explore these urgent questions and more!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) back in June over an allegedly biased valuation of a home in Denver. Mykhailyna was the appraiser at the center of legal action by the U.S. HUD and the DOJ charged Mykhailyna, his company, Maverick Appraisal Group , appraisal management company Solidifi U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

to integrate computer vision technology into real estate valuation processes. Condition analysis: AI extracts property condition and quality scores to assess potential valuation errors. Tony Pistilli, Restb.ai’s general manager of valuation, said AI tools can improve efficiency while reducing manual appraisal work.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Title valuation , brokerage and consulting services firm Title Success, which is powered by Bowe Digital , announced Monday that it has launched a newly designed website. The new site offers a listing service for title companies looking to sell their operations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

Accurate, market-centric valuations are key to a healthy mortgage market , so it will be interesting to see how well appraised values align with market-driven sales prices throughout 2025 as the housing market continues to find its new normal.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The platform combines property data with replacement costs, valuation elements and natural hazard information to build an account of physical risk. These features use GPS data and CoreLogic property tags — called CLIP data — to help users identify sales prospects and uncover deeper insights on demand.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

The rapid rise in home valuations since the pandemic and stubbornly high mortgage rates have exacerbated the housing affordability crisis that began after the financial crisis. Rising property taxes add yet another layer to it and shut out buyers who might otherwise be able to afford a mortgage.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In this episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Mark Johnson, President of Ascribe and a familiar face to the valuation industry. Mark shares his journey from rocking the stage with his band at the Valuation Expo’s “Appraisers Got Talent” contest to leading transformative efforts in the industry.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

By applying these methods, appraisers can provide reliable, accurate valuations that reflect current market conditions and ensure the appraisal’s credibility and acceptance. This comprehensive approach ultimately leads to more accurate, credible, and reliable valuations that reflect current market conditions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

. “Many of them have worked with Incenter in one capacity, such as MSR trading , and are delighted with our full spectrum of solutions in other areas, such as servicing valuation and brokerage through Incenter Capital Advisors.” Before joining Incenter, Rose oversaw national valuation sales at Homegenius.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The 15 th edition of The Appraisal of Real Estate states the following: The term market area may be more relevant to the valuation process than either neighborhood or district for several reasons: Using the umbrella term, market area , avoids the confusing, and possibly negative implication of the other terms.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Servicing Digital offers servicers a way to help customers tap into that equity potential via a new integration with Validate , ICEs property valuation tool. In fact, ICEs Mortgage Monitor data found that as of November 2024, the average U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

regulators announced on Wednesday that they have approved a final rule that requires mortgage originators and secondary market issuers to impose quality control standards for their automated valuation models (AVMs). In June , the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ”

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

Atlas VMS , the appraisal and valuation company led by Erik Morin , announced this week the appointment of Joe Pravettone as chief appraiser. Joe’s unparalleled expertise and proven leadership will be instrumental in advancing our mission of delivering exceptional valuation management services to our clients.“ “I

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Velt: Valuations, I assume, have come down because of the market and the lack of demand? That would bring valuations down. What we’ve seen mainly is the activity is now at the local level between local brokerage companies. Murray: Almost every brokerage in the country has seen a decline in their profit.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 3, 2025

Artificial intelligence is beginning to play a positive role in the mortgage origination process from applications to verifications to valuations to closings and beyond, it is helping to speed processes and reduce the rate of error. But AI can be a double-edged sword, as there is also a rising risk of AI-driven fraud.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Late last month, the company partnered with ClearValue Consulting to offer computer vision to its valuation review platform, boosting efficiency, ensuring quality and reducing costs. Both tools will be available in early 2025. The new partnership is one of several made by Restb.ai Before that, Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2024

a provider of property data and valuation technology solutions. With the acquisition , Consolidated Analytics expands its valuation solutions, offering clients tools — from data and analytics to appraisals — to predict market value and access a more comprehensive selection of collateral assessment products, the company said.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 6, 2024

While the study excluded refinancing data due to lower refinancing activity in manufactured housing, it relied on purchasing indexes to provide a market-reflective valuation. The FHFAs methodology focuses on a repeat sale approach, analyzing price changes across multiple transactions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

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. Rocket Mortgage has faced other legal activity over the last year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

FDIC) — announced their approval of a final rule imposing quality control standards for automated valuation models (AVMs) used by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers. On Thursday, two U.S. regulators — the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

Last April, Erik Morin made a return to the reverse mortgage valuation space by joining appraisal and valuation company Atlas VMS. Morin founded Landmark Network in 2007, a company that quickly became a key player on the valuation side of the reverse mortgage space before being acquired by Class Valuation in 2018.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

Coordinating property inspections and updated valuations helps maintain collateral value, protecting long-term investment integrity. Compliance with state and investor guidelines, managing temporary payment suspensions, fee waivers and loan modifications, all ensure portfolio stability.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

HousingWire tracked 37 mergers, acquisitions, exits and bankruptcies involving originators, servicers, tech platforms, and appraisal and valuation companies in 2024. The deal is among the first M&A transactions in mortgage in 2025. This marks a steep decline compared to the 62 transactions reported in 2023.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2024

Clear Capital , a real estate valuation technology company, has broadened its collaboration with data management platform Cherre , the companies announced on Wednesday. Additionally, customers will be able to automate, standardize and validate data from multiple third-party sources.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Automated valuation model (AVM): Boosts client consultations by using its proprietary algorithms to accurately estimate home values. Visit Revaluate PropStream: Best for property valuation and market trends Starting at $99/month PropStream gives real estate professionals access to real-time property valuation tools and market insights.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

The changes include communicating to applicants that they have the right to request a reconsideration of value (ROV); explaining why an ROV is denied or the valuation is unchanged; and training its credit, valuation and customer service staff on the topic. But the company hasn’t admitted any fault.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At The Appraisal Buzzcast, we host weekly episodes with leaders and experts in the appraisal industry about current events and relevant topics in our field.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 10, 2024

Discover how HomeVision balances automated valuation models with human expertise, the challenges and opportunities this balance presents, and the future breakthroughs in AI for property valuation. Vince is joining us at Valuation Expo on August 19-21. We hope to see you there!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Cooper Group David Yu Chief Technology Officer Houseful David Callahan Chief Information Officer LoanCare Devon Yang Co-founder & CTO Vesta Diane Yu Co-founder TidalWave.ai

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