Conference Coverage

At the 2019 Valuation Expo conference in Chicago, CoreLogic executive Matt Carlson, who determines value in Australia, as well as New Zealand, traveled the greatest of distances to address the audience on how appraisers go about their business in his native land.

The role of the appraiser residing in another country changes somewhat but not all that much.

Read on to find out what Carlson told the conference attendees.

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.

Appraisal Institute CEO Jim Amorin addressed many topics at the 2019 Valuation Expo conference in Chicago, including the advantages/disadvantages for appraisers using automated valuation models.

Amorin also talked about a changing market facing those in the profession today. Valuation Review was in attendance.

Read on to find out what we and the conference attendees were told.

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.

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.

More updates from the Valuation Expo conference.

In Part II of Valuation Review’s story pertaining to the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae presentation at the 2019 show in Chicago, additional topics were presented to the attendees including thoughts on appraiser forms, manufactured homes (MH) and portals.

Read on to learn more.

Valuation Review was in attendance at this year’s Valuation Expo conference in Chicago.

Freddie Mac’s Scott Reuter, chief appraiser and director of valuation single family, along with Lyle Radke, director of collateral policy and strategy at Fannie Mae, gave the audience several key updates for appraisers.

Read on to find out what their presentations revealed.

Valuation Review attended the 2019 Valuation Expo in Chicago where Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Home Valuation Policy Division Director Cheryl Walker spoke.

Walker brought an FHA overview to the audience pertaining to appraisal quality and policy/system updates.

Read on to find out more of what Walker told conference attendees.

In Part II of Valuation Review’s feature, we continue to highlight the comments from noted author and marketing expert Bethany McLean.

The keynote speaker from the 2019 Valuation Expo in Chicago details more concepts about market stability, private capital, and just where the appraiser falls in to all of this.

Read on for the conclusion.

At the 2019 Valuation Expo in Chicago, noted author Bethany McLean, who is also known for her work pertaining to the Enron scandal, addressed conference attendees as the keynote speaker.

McLean delivered a strong message as to where the market is now, and how that will affect appraisers.

Read on to find out what she shared with the audience.