Tag Archives: Appraisals

The latest installment in the DS News webinar series will feature insights from industry experts representing Fannie Mae, Embrace Home Loans, and Springhouse. Click through to learn more and register.

Here’s why Freddie Mac has partnered with the Appraisal Institute to train appraisers to correctly evaluate the price of manufactured homes.

Global DMS' SnapVal will provide instant, accurate, guaranteed appraisal pricing early on in the origination process.

A proposed change in appraisal regulations could move a regulatory goalpost that’s been in place since 1994. Click through to learn how these proposed alterations could impact the industry.

A decade after the housing market’s collapse, some impacts of the Dodd-Frank Act on the appraisal industry are only beginning to be felt … and not all of them were anticipated. Editor’s Note: This feature originally appeared in the October issue of DS News, out now.

Even as more homeowners and appraisers find themselves seeing eye to eye on home values, a recent report found that the growth of appraisal values has slowed, a report found. See what factors are affecting appraisal values.

The new functionality speeds up turn times and brings efficiencies to the appraisal scheduling process for Global DMS clients.

The FHFA has released a new paper, authored by Jessica Shui and Shriya Murthy, that examines how appraisals conducted by appraisal management companies compare to those conducted by lenders themselves. What’s the verdict? According to the FHFA paper, “the results indicate ...

On Tuesday, January 30, the The Federation of REO Certified Experts (FORCE) presents a brand new webinar spotlighting the true value of broker price opinions, and how to use them to gain more business. The “Value of Valuations” webinar runs ...

Estimates about home values among homeowners and appraisers were considerably closer to lining up during the final month of 2017, according to new data released by Quicken Loans. According to the National Quicken Loans Home Price Perception Index (HPPI), home ...