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Veteran presents dim view of technology, stats and data
Posted Date: Monday, April 29, 2019
Paul Chandler of Property Sciences addressed conference attendees in Chicago about how critical data is used to form opinions of property value.
How, though, with the complexity of assignments, can accurate expectations be met?
Read on to find out what Chandler told the audience.
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Misnomers, misunderstandings associated with change in profession
Posted Date: Monday, April 29, 2019
Adaptation, many would say, is a very important characteristic for all appraisers to possess if they hope to not only prosper within the profession, but survive in it altogether.
Valuation Review talked to veteran appraiser Crispin Bennett, chief operating officer at Allterra, who shared with us how appraisers must meet the challenges of professional changes head on.
Read on to find out what he told us.
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Knowledge key in determining ‘real’ works of art
Posted Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A recent story in the San Francisco Chronicle told of a school whose donated paintings appraised at almost $3 million, but later were discovered to be fakes.
When it comes to art work, how can appraisers distinguish the real thing from an imitation copy? Valuation Review spoke with a fine art expert who offered some tips as to how appraisers can avoid being duped at the time of sale.
Read on to find out what we were told.
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Arizona school announces online real estate course
Posted Date: Monday, April 29, 2019
The Arizona School of Real Estate and Business now offers an online real estate licensing course for students looking to become a licensed real estate professional in the state of Arizona. Read on to learn more.
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Clear Capital unveils active appraisal program
Posted Date: Monday, May 6, 2019
Clear Capital unveiled its Modern Appraisal Program, giving lenders turnkey access to the industry’s emerging bifurcation initiatives for origination loans. Read on to learn more about this program.
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Valuation firm appoints director
Posted Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Tiger Group announced that industry veteran Matthew Miller has joined the firm as senior director of appraisals. Read on to learn more.
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Fannie Mae appoints CEO
Posted Date: Friday, April 19, 2019
Fannie Mae recently appointed Hugh R. Frater as CEO. The position went into effective March 26. Read on to learn more.
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ASA to offer fine arts courses
Posted Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
The American Society of Appraisers is hosting a Fine Arts Connoisseurship class titled “Appraising Fine Arts Overview” at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston June 1-2, 2019. Read on for more details about these courses.
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Court denies LREAB en banc appeal
Posted Date: Monday, April 15, 2019
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has turned down the appeal by the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board (LREAB) for an en banc review.
This decision pertains to the LREAB case against the Federal Trade Commission.
Read on to learn more.
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Florida county appraiser wins constitutional challenge
Posted Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019
The Florida Supreme Court recently upheld lower court rulings entered in favor of Orange County constitutional officers, including Property Appraiser Rick Singh, that the county’s amendment requiring the nonpartisan election of certain officers was contrary to the state constitution. Read on to learn more.
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CoreLogic reports first-quarter financial results
Posted Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019
CoreLogic reported its financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2019. Read on to find out all of the numbers and hear what President and CEO Frank Martell had to say.
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Owner perception of home values dropped in March
Posted Date: Monday, April 29, 2019
Homeowners’ average estimate of their home’s value stayed consistent in March, while appraised values dipped – widening the gap between the two more than 50 percent since February.
In March, the average appraisal was 0.78 percent lower than homeowners expected, according to Quicken Loans’ National Home Price Perception Index.
Read on to learn more of the numbers.
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LoanLogics, VirPack form partnership
Posted Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
LoanLogics has formed strategic partnership aimed at accelerating mortgage data and document processing to streamline operational workflows for lenders' mortgage manufacturing, loan acquisition and quality control processes. Read on to learn more.
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Study reveals best locations for real estate agents
Posted Date: Monday, May 6, 2019
With February bringing the biggest month-to-month rise in existing-home sales since 2015, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report.
The study reveals 2019’s best places to be for real estate agents.
Read on to learn where these top places are from this report.
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Companies launch commercial data agreement
Posted Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
For commercial real estate professionals, finding a way to combine property financials with other appraisal data without painstaking manual data entry has been challenging. In what it called a first-of-its-kind agreement, FUEL Enterprises and Enriched Data announced a data integration partnership that makes that ideal a reality. Read on to learn more.
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Global DMS launches appraising tool
Posted Date: Friday, April 19, 2019
Global DMS recently rolled out SnapVal, an automated solution that utilizes the property address to return a guaranteed price on any residential appraisal in the U.S. Read on to learn more.
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BBG appoints managing director
Posted Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
BBG has made another important hire within the business.
It has appointed Rosetta Taylor as managing director of the firm's new Zoning Reports service.
Read on to learn more about this commercial company’s new executive.
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ARMCO bolsters its business
Posted Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
ACES Risk Management (ARMCO) announced that it has hired Kyle Kehoe as chief revenue officer. Read on to learn more.
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Adaptation to change nothing new, vet says-Part II
Posted Date: Monday, May 13, 2019
In Part II of our interview with Class Valuation’s John Dingeman, the veteran appraiser gives his thoughts on the constant changes appraisers face within the profession.
He also addressed how innovation helps one’s business to grow.
Read on for the conclusion of this story.
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NS3 Preview: Biggest names take the stage in Phoenix
Posted Date: Monday, May 13, 2019
The biggest names in the industry gather June 18-20 at the National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) in Phoenix, with attendees getting to hear from top underwriters and lenders on stage.
Headlined by keynote speakers Brian Montgomery from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Chris George from CMG Financial and the Mortgage Bankers Association, attendees will hear from panels featuring seven of the top national underwriters in the country, industry titans from the title and lending world sitting down for a fireside chat, and state and federal regulators discussing consumer protection.
Read on for more details about the top speakers headed to NS3.
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Texas appraisal district hires new chief
Posted Date: Monday, May 13, 2019
The Bastrop Central Appraisal District’s board in Texas approved hiring Faun Cullens, the district’s deputy chief of appraisal services, as its new chief appraiser effective Aug. 1. Read on to learn more.
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AI: Exterior home renovations offer greatest value
Posted Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019
The Appraisal Institute (AI) advised appraisers to inform homeowners that they should focus on outdoor improvement projects when seeking to improve their home’s value.
The longer one stays in their home, the greater the return on those improvements, AI said.
Read on to learn more from AI on this matter.
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Understanding of risks helps when using hybrids-Part II
Posted Date: Monday, May 6, 2019
Valuation Review continues its conversation with Allterra Chief Operating Office Crispin Bennett.
In Part II of this story, Bennett outlines more information appraisers can use when it comes to hybrid appraisal assignments.
Read on for the conclusion.
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AVMs: Sales-priced models or valuation models?-Part II
Posted Date: Monday, May 6, 2019
In Part II of this story, Valuation Review continues its conversation with Paul Chandler, of Property Sciences, from the 2019 Valuation Expo conference in Chicago.
Chandler speaks to more concepts involving data, including what automated valuation models really are.
Read on to find out more.
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LoanLogics names CEO
Posted Date: Monday, May 6, 2019
LoanLogics has named a new CEO. Read on to find out the identity of this new appointee, and learn what specific duties he will be providing to the company.
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Churchill Mortgage expands
Posted Date: Monday, May 6, 2019
Churchill Mortgage announced it is expanding operations and recruitment efforts in Portland, Ore., and the Pacific Northwest. Read on to learn more.
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SBA appoints associate administrator
Posted Date: Monday, April 29, 2019
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) appointed an associate administrator of the SBA's Office of International Trade. Read on to learn the identity of this individual.
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Uptime Institute announces CBRE partnership
Posted Date: Monday, April 29, 2019
Uptime Institute announced a strategic partnership to enable the CBRE Group, Inc. to offer to its customers an operations-focused data center risk assessment solution as part of CBRE’s Critical Environment Risk Management portfolio. Read on to learn more.
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FHA announces appraisal training session
Posted Date: Monday, April 29, 2019
The Federal Housing Administration will conduct a free appraisal training session in Boston on May 21. Read on for the details and registration information.
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