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Shawn Telford, Cotality chief valuation officer, and Joel Baker, senior professional, product solutions for Cotality company a la mode technologies, recently shared their insights on appraisal reporting” at this year’s spring Association of Appraiser Regulatory Officials conference.

Valuation Review spoke with both Telford and Baker, who shared specific and detailed information for appraisers as they embrace the new UAD appraisal reports.

Read Part I of this exclusive feature.

Valuation Review recently sat down with Certified Residential Appraiser Becky Johnson, of Accurate Appraisals of North Carolina.

Johnson shared her experiences along the road to appraising that included learning not to take “no” for an answer.

Read Part I of our conversation with Johnson.

For another installment from Valuation Review’s in-depth report “Expanding Your Appraisal Business,” we note two old sayings that come to mind regarding what separates success from failure, or success from stagnation, in the business world.

The first is “it’s not what you do, but how you do it.” The other is “there are two kinds of people – those who let things happen, and those who make things happen.”

Read on to learn more.

Part of the Expanding Your Appraisal Business report.

For another installment from Valuation Review’s in-depth report “Expanding Your Appraisal Business,” we note two old sayings that come to mind regarding what separates success from failure, or success from stagnation, in the business world.

The first is “it’s not what you do, but how you do it.” The other is “there are two kinds of people – those who let things happen, and those who make things happen.”

Read on to learn more.

Part of the Expanding Your Appraisal Business report.

Chase Pursley, founder of Appraisal Inbox and JobsInAppraisal.com., recently sat down with Valuation Review.

Pursley discussed his methodologies when examining data from the Appraisal Subcommittee.

Read on for the full conversation.

The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) recently announced the planned retirement of Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Brian Stockman. ASFMRA has appointed a task force to oversee the search for Stockman’s replacement.

Storyboard Education & Media Partners, a provider of continuing education for real estate agents, appraisers, and private investigators, recently announced a promotion regarding the position of chief development officer.

On April 3, Valuation Review reported that House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Chairman Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), released a joint statement about the phasing out of the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program.  But as of May 1, VA rescinded its Home Retention Waterfall and stopped accepting VASP submissions.

BBG Automative Specialty Practice Leader Clayton Belger reached out to Valuation Review to share his thoughts on a rather unique area of appraised value.

Belger outlined details on car wash valuations in the current market.

Read on to learn more about this unique aspect of property/business valuation.

Appraisal management software company Connexions recently announced enhancements to its enterprise-grade accounting and payment processing solutions tailored specifically for AMCs.

More than 40 speakers will take the stage over three days this week at the 21st National Settlement Services Summit at The Westin Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Over 600 attendees will hear from them during 18 sessions.

Read on for session and registration information.

A recent report from Fannie Mae is providing a positive outlook for the housing market during the next couple of years.

October Research Chief Knowledge Officer and Keys to Real Estate podcast host Mary Schuster discussed why engagement between industry professionals and their regulators is so important while speaking with a pair of incredibly personable leaders of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which regulates the title insurance industry.

Property data curator ATTOM released its first-quarter 2025 Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which showed that 1.4 million mortgages were secured by residential property (one to four units) during the first quarter of the year. That was a 14 percent decrease from the previous quarter, as the number of new loans continues to trend downward.

Valuation Review concludes its extensive conversation on the new appraisal reports with Shawn Telford, Cotality chief valuation officer, and Joel Baker, senior professional, product solutions for Cotality company a la mode technologies.

In Part II, more “new” looks were discussed, in addition to new data points bringing relevancy to the content of the new UAD reports.

Read the conclusion to this feature story.

The human element of business will be discussed during one of the sessions at the National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) happening June 16-18 at the Westin Pittsburgh.

The presentation will be delivered by Jenny Martin from Futura Title & Escrow and Bart Shaw from Knox-Title.

Read on for a brief preview.

The Appraisal Foundation President Kelly Davids presented her June newsletter to appraisers with monthly highlights and important announcements for the profession.

Fannie Mae issued updates on June 4 relating to the UAD 3.6.

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) published Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2025-14, “Updates to Modernization of Engagement with Borrowers in Default and Loss Mitigation.”

ServiceLink recently added a longtime strategist, solutions architect and valuation trailblazer to its valuations executive team.

A National Association of Appraisers board member was recently appointed to The Appraisal Foundation’s Board of Trustees.