If discrimination is committed by appraisers – as the news headlines would suggest – fellow appraisers and real estate agents say they rarely witness or experience it. A survey of appraiser members ...

"As previously announced, Bank of America Home Loans plans to exit the correspondent mortgage lending channel and focus entirely on retail distribution for its mortgage products and services. After a ...

In a shrinking mortgage market, fee pressures are the main challenge for appraisers, according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors. In 2023, nearly half of appraisers surveyed ...

Six federal regulators recently issued a final rule setting requirements for state registration and supervision of appraisal management companies (AMCs). AMCs are entities that contract with and ...

SUMMARY: The OCC, Board, FDIC, NCUA, Bureau, and FHFA (collectively, the Agencies) are jointly proposing a rule to implement the minimum requirements in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...

I think that we can agree that the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) is here to stay. The most recent change I see impacting the appraisal world are the states writing legislation in regard to ...

TROY, Mich., June 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dart Appraisal today announced that it has been named an approved Appraisal Management Company (AMC) by Ditech Financial LLC (“Ditech”). Dart Appraisal ...

The world’s population has grown to nearly 8 billion from roughly 2.5 billion in 1950. With this growth has come the demand for housing, especially in the United States, as 70+ million people in their ...