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  FHA policies, updates discussed at conferenceWednesday, April 17, 2019 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. |
 Millennials facing biggest homeownership challenges-Part IIWednesday, April 17, 2019 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. |
 Authenticity is difficult task in art appraisal-Part IIWednesday, April 17, 2019 Valuation Review continues to look into the world of art appraisals, specifically, Chinese art where recently a school was duped into overpaying on a painting that wasn’t exactly appraised at its true value.
In Part II of this commercial feature, we hear from a pair of art experts who detail the great difficulty it is to assess value to art.
Read on for the conclusion. |
Companies launch commercial data agreementWednesday, 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.
OpenClose extends its digital mortgage programWednesday, April 17, 2019 OpenClose announced that it is has scheduled a May release for the official rollout of its digital mortgage point-of-sale (POS) solution, ConsumerAssist Digital POS. Read on to learn more.
LoanLogics, VirPack form partnership 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.
 Noted author provides appraisal, market checks and balancesMonday, April 15, 2019 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 delivering 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.
 Court denies LREAB en banc appealMonday, 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.
 AIC welcomes new syndicated mortgages policiesMonday, April 15, 2019 The Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC) said it welcomed The Canadian Security Administrators’ (CSA) approval and proposed amendments to Canada’s syndicated mortgage regime.
AIC said it was happy to see that the CSA will be implementing the requirement that issuers of syndicated mortgages must deliver on.
Read on to learn more about these requirements and what representatives from both organizations had to say.
 Class Valuation acquires Texas-based AMCMonday, April 15, 2019 There is another key merger within the appraisal business world.
Class Valuation has acquired Texas-based appraisal management company, Janus Valuation & Compliance.
Read on to find out more about this appraisal partnership.
HouseCanary appoints new officerMonday, April 15, 2019 HouseCanary announced the appointment of Niti Bashambu to the position of chief product officer. Read on to find what specific roles the new appointee will carry out and to hear from both the new hire and the organization.
NAA, Anow partner to assist real property appraisersMonday, April 15, 2019 Anow announced it has formed a partnership with the National Association of Appraisers to make Anow’s appraisal office management platform more readily accessible to members of the professional organization. Read on to learn more.
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