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Former AI president discusses legal traps to avoid
Posted Date: Monday, September 17, 2018
At the 2018 Appraisal Institute (AI) conference in Nashville, former AI president and current litigation appraiser M. Lance Coyle addressed the audience on several legal maneuvers.
Coyle indicated appraisers should be aware of many legal matters when on assignment.
Valuation Review was in attendance. Read on to find out what we were told.
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Fannie alerts appraisers to CU updates, other items
Posted Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Valuation Review attended the 2018 Appraisal Institute conference in Nashville where a Fannie Mae representative discussed residential appraising in the era of Collateral Underwriter (CU).
Day 1 Certainty, and appraisal waivers were also discussed.
Read on to find out what we learned.
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AI unveils ‘Property Use Classification System’
Posted Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The Appraisal Institute (AI) unveiled an information system that classifies and describes property uses.
AI also detailed how this will assist real estate analysts and others with their property use data storage and analysis.
Read on to find out more about this system and hear what the AI president had to say.
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AI elects commercial appraisal exec as 2019 VP
Posted Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2018
BBG announced that the Appraisal Institute (AI) has elected one of its executives to the position of vice president, beginning Jan. 1, 2019.
How will this appointment enhance the AI commercial programs for appraisers?
Read on to find out who will be AI’s new VP and hear both from the appointee and the CEO of BBG.
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Appraisal Lane welcomes automotive expert
Posted Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Commercially speaking, there is an announcement within the automotive industry.
The Appraisal Lane announced it has hired the former director of enterprise sales for Hearst Autos.
Read on to learn this person’s identity and how this hire enhances commercial transactions regarding automobiles.
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Wipro Gallagher, Mercury Network offering loan platform
Posted Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Wipro Limited and Mercury Network announced an agreement to jointly offer appraisal management platform systems to customers in the financial services space. Read on to learn what this merger means for appraisers.
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Leadership changes coming at Freddie
Posted Date: Monday, September 24, 2018
Freddie Mac announced a series of changes to its leadership team. Read on to find out who is in and who is out at the company.
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CoreLogic adds appraisal features
Posted Date: Monday, September 17, 2018
CoreLogic announced the integration of geospatial and appraisal data validation into the parcel identification process. Read on to learn more about this tax valuation product.
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Survey finds renters at greater risk during disaster
Posted Date: Monday, September 24, 2018
Renters are three times more likely to need financial assistance to evacuate during a major disaster than those who own their own homes.
This is according to the new 2017 American Housing Survey released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Read on to learn more.
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Report: Owner, appraiser perception of values remains steady
Posted Date: Monday, September 24, 2018
Homeowners’ perception of their home values was consistent from July to August.
The numbers stayed nearly even with how appraisers viewed home values, according to the National Quicken Loans Home Price Perception Index.
Read on to learn the numbers from this report.
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Mortgage rates step back, Freddie Mac says
Posted Date: Monday, September 10, 2018
Freddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey showing that mortgage rates decreased slightly for the second consecutive week. Read on to learn more.
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CoreLogic expands Oklahoma City office
Posted Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2018
CoreLogic announced an expansion of its Oklahoma City office to better serve its global client base which includes more than 9,000 mortgage banks and lenders, 300 Wall Street firms, 500 P&C insurers, one million real estate professionals, and over 20 federal agencies. Read on to learn more.
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Freddie: Housing affordability challenges slowing growth
Posted Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Ongoing supply and demand imbalances and weakening affordability conditions, particularly in markets out West, are expected to keep a lid on home sales growth through the rest of the year, according to Freddie Mac’s August Forecast. Read on to learn more.
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Major efficiencies from new tech on the horizon
Posted Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
What's trending in technology appraisers should be aware of?
BBG Technology Information Director Patrick Walsh reached out to Valuation Review to share his thoughts about what technology trends appraisers will be dealing with soon.
Read on to find out what he told us.
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Long & Foster launching portal to promote market listings
Posted Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Long & Foster Real Estate will offer a “Coming Soon Portal” to all its agents, allowing its associates to share properties that are not yet on the market with their network of 10,000 and more peers. Read on to learn more.
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