Clear Capital announced the launch of Universal Data Collection (UDC), the latest in the company’s suite of products designed to support appraisal modernization. UDC supports Fannie Mae’s newly announced Value Acceptance + Property Data program, as well as Freddie Mac’s ACE+ PDR solution.

ASA announced a partnership with Valutico. Valutico is helping finance professionals perform accurate and reliable valuations in minutes.

Valuation Review concludes its conversation with Consolidated Analytics Chief Appraiser Jeffrey Rauland. The veteran appraiser tackled some other issues including portfolio analysis. Read on for the conclusion of this feature story.

Tyler Technologies, Inc. recently announced it acquired Safeground Analytics, a company providing real estate appraisals and assessments for states, counties, and municipalities. The companies hope the acquisition elevates appraisal services offerings for assessment community. Read on for more details about this transaction.

CoreLogic recently acquired Roostify, a digital mortgage technology provider. By integrating Roostify’s digital mortgage technology platform with CoreLogic’s data, analytics and workflow solutions, clients will gain critical information about borrowers and properties at the beginning of the loan process, the companies say. Read on for more details concerning this acquisition.

Late February, Freddie Mac appointed a new senior vice president and head of its single-family acquisitions division. He brings more than two decades of experience across all sectors of mortgage lending to the company.

Mortgage CRM (customer relationship management) leader OptifiNow recently launched OptifiNow Flex, a version of its successful CRM platform to support multi-channel mortgage teams. Flex unifies the workflows for wholesale, retail, reverse mortgage, recruiting and more into a single system.

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Builder Application Survey data showed a decrease of 3.5 percent in mortgage applications for new home purchases in January compared with one year earlier.

Valuation Review tackles the subject of repurchases and the risks involved. We sat down with Consolidated Analytics Chief Appraiser Jeffrey Rauland, who discussed his many areas of expertise. One of the hot topics featured is portfolio analysis. Read on for more of what Rauland told us.