SingleSource Property Solutions, a provider of property services supporting the housing industry, now offers data collection suites and a proprietary mobile app for the Fannie Mae Value Acceptance + Property Data initiative.

New AEI Housing Center analysis shows that seemingly large differences in the share of under-valuations – appraisals where the appraised value is below the contract price – received by people of color are almost entirely due to differences in geographies where people, regardless of race or ethnicity, reside.

Valuation Review concludes its interview with Nathan Brannen, chief product officer at Restb.ai. Brannen further breaks down artificial intelligence and how likely technology will be widely adopted down the road. Read the final installment of this exclusive feature story.

A holiday tradition continues. Valuation Review editor Mike Holzheimer shares his Thanksgiving thoughts, hopes and wishes for you. Read on for our holiday message.

Class Valuation, a national appraisal management company, announced the successful acquisition of Valuation Connect, an appraisal management company and subsidiary of Mortgage Connect LP. Class Valuation leaders explain why they made the strategic acquisition. Read on for more news about this key acquisition.

At the 2023 ASA International Conference in New Orleans, panelists William Tomlinson with Independence Wealth Advisors, Charles Dixon of CD Valuation Services, Louisiana attorney Tyler Arbour with Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, and Jack Beckwith with EAGI outlined some ideas to consider when winding down careers in the presentation “Succession Planning for Appraisers.” Valuation Review sat in on this session and caught up with Tomlinson and Dixon afterward for more strategies. Read on to learn more from New Orleans.

JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory platform recently named a director within its multi-housing sector. The department will be led by Executive Managing Director Kai Pan. Read on to learn more.

The Federal Housing Administration recently announced the publication of updated appraisal requirements for the valuation of manufactured homes (MH) certified under Fannie Mae’s MH AdvantageTM and Freddie Mac’s CHOICEHome programs.

The United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana/Department of Justice announced a Nevada resident was charged with misprision of a felony for concealing wire fraud by emailing an art appraisal that misrepresented his honest assessment of the appraised art’s value.