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Many in the appraisal industry are looking forward to the arrival of the new UAD 3.6 appraisal forms and the opportunities this professional shift will bring.

Valuation Review sat down with Class Valuation Chief Digital Officer Tim Staudenmaier to get his thoughts as to how this will pave the way for more streamlined, tech-driven appraisals that benefit Class’ appraiser partners and its lender customers.

Read on for the full conversation with Staudenmaier.

One way potential customers hear about appraisers is though customer reviews.

That’s why customer service and reputation management are a smart investment choice for appraisers interested in a successful and expanded business.

Read on for another installment from this exclusive in-depth report.

Part of the Expanding Your Appraisal Business report.

One way potential customers hear about appraisers is though customer reviews.

That’s why customer service and reputation management are a smart investment choice for appraisers interested in a successful and expanded business.

Read on for another installment from this exclusive in-depth report.

Part of the Expanding Your Appraisal Business report.

Kristin Gruidl, director of product management at Veros Real Estate Solutions, and George Paquette, Valligent’s chief operating officer, spoke with Valuation Review about what changes appraisers can expect with the arrival of UAD 3.6.

Gruidl and Paquette give specific details for appraisers to be ready for.

Read on for the full conversation.

BBG Executive Managing Director Susan Kominski reached out to Valuation Review to share her thoughts from her article “Why Appraisal Review Is About More Than Compliance.”

Kominski explained how appraisal reviews are not just regulatory checkmarks.

Read on for more details.

The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) President Kelly Davids shared with appraisers many of the strides the organization has made when it comes to TAF’s boards, councils, and the Foundation itself. Davids outlined these achievements by way of the TAF July newsletter.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is heavily impacting the appraisal profession, both in residential and commercial assignments.

Valuation Review recently spoke with Altus Group Valuation Advisory Services Senior Director Jorge Paredes, who discussed AI’s impact on commercial real estate valuations.

Read on to find out what Paredes told us.

On July 9, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois-Eastern Division denied the Appraisal Institute’s (AI) motion to dismiss a wrongful termination suit brought about by a former AI employee.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Office of Management and Budget announced the termination of policies introduced under the Biden-era’ Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity task force. The termination of the policies aim to improve efficiency, reduce regulatory burden and expand access to homeownership, according to the agencies.

Cotality recently released its latest findings on the housing and mortgage markets.

Amid the economic and political uncertainty, the housing market is benefiting from increased inventory and slower price growth, which could give potential homebuyers an advantage.

Read on for all the numbers.

Mortgage technology company Dark Matter Technologies announced it established an integration with Uniform Collateral Data Portal, a single portal jointly maintained by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in support of the Uniform Appraisal Dataset 3.6 and Forms Redesign initiative.

Veros Real Estate Solutions recently announced a significant expansion of its VeroSELECT platform through the integration of Valligent’s virtual inspection, disaster inspection and new evaluation services.

Year-over-year price growth dipped to 1.8 percent in May, down from 5 percent price growth last May and slowest since the winter of 2012.

This is according to the latest Cotality Home Price Index report.

Read on for more numbers.

Industry veteran Ruth Dillingham, Esq. has no shortage of invaluable insight for attorneys, lenders, underwriters, settlement agents and more in the latest episode of the Keys to Real Estate podcast about what role they will play in accordance with the cascade of reporting responsibilities outlined in the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s new reporting rule.

America’s housing shortage grew to an all-time high of 4.7 million units, according to Zillow’s analysis of recently released Census data.

Booming construction during the pandemic slowed the housing deficit but didn’t stop it.

Read on for more numbers.

Annual home price growth slowed from 1.6 percent in May to 1.3 percent in June.

This is the slowest rate in two years, according to the ICE Home Price Index. Mortgage rates in the high 6 percent range continue to dampen demand.

Read on to learn more.

With a historic low of 24 percent of home purchases last year made by first-time buyers, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently released its report on the “Best & Worst Cities for First-Time Home Buyers in 2025.”

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte recently announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will permit lenders to continue to use a credit scoring model based on the “tri-merge” method of accounting for consumer credit reports provided by the nation’s three credit reporting agencies.

Mortgage Bankers Association Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni offered his reaction to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report on employment conditions in June, along with some insight about what he believes it means for the financial marketplace.

Atlas VMS recently announced the acquisition of AIM-Port, an order management platform.

The platform will operate independently from Atlas’s valuation management business.

Read on for more details concerning this acquisition.

Recently, Veros Real Estate Solutions released its Q2 2025 VeroFORECAST.

The forecast projected an average nationwide home price appreciation rate of 2.2 percent over the next 12 months. 

Read on to learn more numbers.

In Part 2 of October Research Chief Knowledge Officer Mary Schuster’s interview with Bill Conerly, founder of Conerly Consulting, on the Keys to Real Estate podcast, the two industry veterans dug in deep to discuss what business leadership really needs to understand about the current state of the economy.