Technology Corner

On April 25, officials with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Federal Trade Commission issued a joint statement about enforcement efforts to protect the public from bias in automated systems and artificial intelligence.

They said America’s commitment to the core principles of fairness, equality, and justice is deeply embedded in the federal laws that the agencies enforce to protect civil rights, fair competition, consumer protection, and equal opportunity.

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Reggora recently launched its appraisal fulfillment solution, The Appraisal Marketplace. The new solution makes getting an appraisal done as easy as ordering an Uber ride, according to Reggora’s CEO.

Valuation Review spoke with REdistribute acting CEO Amy Gorce about the company’s launching of a real estate data base enhancing the MLS process.

MLS photos are vital to the appraisal transaction, and Gorce goes through several steps in the process.

Read on for the full conversation with the company executive.

CubiCasa recently announced a collaboration with Bright MLS to offer CubiCasa’s floor plan creation app to Bright subscribers. The collaboration will expand the use of floor plans on listings within the Bright MLS ecosystem.

Quantarium, an automated valuation model provider for real estate valuations, recently announced its Quantarium Valuation Model is Fitch-rated and reviewed, according to a Fitch Ratings announcement.

Kroll recently launched the company’s first end-to-end commercial property valuation platform to support the placement of insurance.

The platform delivers insights at scale, providing access to global proprietary valuation data.

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Clear Capital recently announced it expanded its relationship with CoreLogic to assist lenders in modern valuation and appraisal readiness. Clear Capital’s recently launched Universal Data Collection product is now available to be ordered and fulfilled through CoreLogic’s suite of valuation workflow solutions.

Real estate agents rely on property photos today more than ever to sell homes. Two industry firms, Black Knight and Restb.ai, are teaming up to deploy this new AI-powered technology.

Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) led a special roundtable at this year’s conference of the National Credit Union Collections Alliance that took place April 13 in Las Vegas. LCT and other industry experts spoke to attending credit unions about staying compliant and safeguarding their reputation.

REdistribute, a Multiple Listing Services (MLS) joint venture that collects and distributes MLS data for institutional use, launched a real estate information database. REdistribute aggregates and distributes data on behalf of participating MLS organizations and their broker participants.