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New guidelines for home appraisals are causing a stir, particularly in southeast Michigan. ...
Wall Street Journal - Amy Hoak - Jul 25, 2009
New rules aimed at making home appraisals more accurate are raising costs and prompting longer waits to get to the closing table, ...
Stay up to date on breaking news and blog posts with our free News Alert Service. by Victor Burek - Jul 27 2009, 10:52 AM Last week was a roller coaster ...
Mortgageorb - Jul 27, 2009
By MortgageOrb.com on Monday 27 July 2009 The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has issued a statement praising the Federal Housing Finance Agency ...
Until recently, most people gave my chosen profession little thought or consideration. ...
Matt Adams measures a house in Redmond while doing an appraisal Thursday. The certified residential appraiser from Bend says communication with a lender or ...
Within three months of its implementation, the Home Valuation Code of Conduct - pertaining to new rules for making US home appraisals more accurate – has ...
Michigan Business Review - MLive.com - Cami Reister - Jul 26, 2009
Jon M. Brouwer | The Grand Rapids Press Way too low: Geary Farrell was shocked at the appraisal of his house on ...
Bloomington Pantagraph - Alex Veiga - Jul 25, 2009
By Alex Veiga | AP | Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 12:15 am | Loading… New guidelines for home appraisers that were designed to eliminate conflicts of ...
When the Herald-Tribune published the article "Appraisal rules irk Realtors" on July 6, it rightly informed readers of a growing problem ...
Paul Jarnutowski, owner of Appraisers Plus in Jacksonville, says his business has been reduced greatly by a new code of conduct adopted in ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Jul 24, 2009
Enacting rules to curb abuses arising during a housing bubble, which don't take effect until the succeeding financial crisis, can easily do more harm than ...
TAMPA - Some appraisers who lost their licenses for unethical behavior during the housing boom are staying in the ...
KCRA.com - Jul 24, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- New rules to keep homes from being over-valued might mean an out-of-towner could appraise your home from even lower than you thought. ...
Examiner.com - Jul 24, 2009
Recently the Feds have been passing laws to "protect the consumer" during the mortgage loan process. But are they really protecting you, or prolonging the ...
Examiner.com - Jul 24, 2009
The new appraisal protocol, created by Andrew Cuomo, attorney general of the state of New York, known as Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC), ...
Three advantages I have as a mortgage broker over a large bank are speed, pricing and service. If you really think about it, those are the three components ...
For certain home loans, mortgage brokers can no longer select and hire their own appraiser. By ANGIE HICKS Tampa lender Don Pratt of PA Mortgage recently ...
RealEstateRama - Jul 23, 2009
by NAR and our 1.2 million members are pleased that the Federal Housing Finance Agency has instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to take action to ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Tim Logan - Jul 23, 2009
As we reported earlier this month, there's not a lot of love in the real estate community for the new Home Valuation Code of Conduct, ...
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Appraise
This!
NBC
Chicago -
Jul
7, 2009
On paper,
some
industry
experts say,
the
HVCC
is a great
idea, but in
practice it
appears to
be raising
costs,
delaying
delivery of
appraisals,
... |
RealEstateRama -
Jul
1, 2009
by RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC -
July 1, 2009 - (RealEstateRama)
“ The Appraisal
Institute, the
nations largest real
estate appraisal
association, ...
The
Associated Press -
Jul
1, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — A
letter Wednesday to
the Housing and
Urban Development
Department asks the
agency to rescind
rules regarding real
estate appraisals
...
Seattle Post
Intelligencer -
Jul
1, 2009
With appraisal
management companies
taking over a huge
share of the home
appraisal business,
appraisers want the
federal government
to rescind a 1997
rule ...
Baltimore Sun -
Jun
29, 2009
Inflated home
appraisals were one
ingredient in the
toxic stew that
overflowed onto our
economic stove, if
you'll permit me a
Dave Barry-like
analogy. ...
National Mortgage
Professional Magazine -
Jun
29, 2009
The Title/Appraisal
Vendor Management
Association (TAVMA)
has sent a
three-page letter to
the National
Association of
Mortgage Brokers (NAMB)
to protest ...
RisMedia.com (press
release) -
Paul Gores -
Jul
1, 2009
RISMEDIA, July 2,
2009-(MCT/RISMedia)-When
Chad Gartzke put his
three-bedroom ranch
home in Wauwatosa up
for sale for
$196000, ...
PR
Newswire (press release) -
Jul
1, 2009
WASHINGTON , July 1
/PRNewswire/ -- The
Appraisal Institute,
the nation's largest
real estate
appraisal
association, today
led a coalition of
four ...
Inside Mortgage Finance -
Jul
1, 2009
Members of Congress
sympathetic to the
mortgage and real
estate industries
have introduced
legislation that
would impose an
18-month moratorium
on the ...
Bradenton Herald -
Jun
30, 2009
MANATEE — Two US
representatives have
filed a bill that
would suspend a
controversial real
estate appraisal
code that some
contend is stifling
the housing ...
Henry A. Barrios /
The Californian Fred
Berger looks over
the multiple
listings service
print out that
...
Valley loan brokers,
home builders and
real-estate agents
said they're hoping
Congress will
approve a proposed
...
Examiner.com -
Jun
30, 2009
The Home Mortgage
Valuation Code of
Conduct (HVCC) is a
"law of unintended
consequences," says
Ted Faravelli, Jr.
executive director
of the California
...
The Home Valuation
Code of Conduct
(HVCC) may be
suspended for 18
months, if one
recently introduced
piece of ...
PR-USA.net
(press release) -
Jun
30, 2009
In his Johnson City,
Tenn. office
surrounded by golf
photos and
memorabilia, veteran
real estate
appraiser John
Bullington isn't
talking tee-times.
...
Two lawmakers
serving on the House
Financial Services
Committee introduced
HR 3044 late last
week in an effort to
temporarily lift new
...
The
Chicago 77 -
Jun
29, 2009
In March 2008,
Fannie Mae entered
into an agreement
with The Federal
Housing Finance
Agency (FHFA). This
agreement was set up
to adopt certain
policies ...
The Chicago 77 -
Jun 26, 2009
...
and his
staff who
worked
directly on
the Home
Valuation
Code of
Conduct (HVCC)
adapted by
Fannie Mae
and Freddie
Mac that
went into
effect May
1, 2009.
...
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