Tag Archives: Appraisals

In an interview with host Louis Amaya for "Mortgage Markets Today," LRES founder and CEO Roger Beane asserted that even though there have been many changes in the real estate and mortgage banking industry, appraisers will always be in demand: "Our customers have told us they are still very interested in having the signature from a licensed appraiser attesting to the value."

Collateral Risk Solutions (CRS), a specialist in value assurance since 2001, announced the launch of its new Desktop Evaluation service as a response to demand for a reliable and economic alternative to field appraisals.

In California, Valuation Vision (V2) announced its valuation management platform has been selected as the technology of choice for appraisal firm Zaio’s newly launched GEAR AP product.

Axios Valuation Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of eMortgage Logic, has been named as an approved appraisal management company (AMC) by Flagstar Bank.

Assurant, Inc., a provider of specialty insurance and services for lending and property markets, announced its acquisition of StreetLinks LLC, a provider of appraisal and valuation solutions.

George Demopulos, president and chief valuation officer for Lincoln Appraisal & Settlement Services (LASS), has accepted a two-year term on a subcommittee for the Appraisal Subcommittee.

Clear Capital’s quality control platform, ClearQC, has been selected as the technology of choice to validate appraisal data of submissions in Freddie Mac’s Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP), the California-based data and tech provider announced.

In Pennsylvania, Global DMS announced the integration of its eTrac Enterprise platform with the CoreLogic ChannelMaster Enterprise Lending Solution (ELS).

The new year has brought with it an entirely new set of guidelines from regulators on third-party vendor management. For those lenders still scrambling to get their oversight right before disciplinary actions kick in, Allstate Appraisal announced upcoming webinars to delve into the topic of appraisal management companies (AMC).

Out of San Diego, DataQuick announced improvements to the interface on its automated appraisal review solution, AppraisalQ. ""AppraisalQ offers the most comprehensive and efficient appraisal review solution on the market. With these enhancements, we're making the solution even easier to use,"" said DataQuick president John Walsh.