New partnership will increase education, outreach, and efforts geared to tackle appraisal bias and discrimination in the housing marketplace.
Read More »The Science of Appraisals
Fannie Mae’s Jake Williamson and Appraisal Institute President Craig Steinley share their perspective with MReport about how the industry is working to improve the appraisal process in 2023.
Read More »Fannie Mae Examines Appraisal Inequality
In breaking down 1.8 million appraisals over 2019-2020, the GSE investigates divergent appraisal values among Black and white borrowers.
Read More »First American Promotes Odeta Kushi to Deputy Chief Economist
Kushi previously served as senior economist, helping First American’s Economics team research, create and publish perspectives on the housing market.
Read More »CFO Named for Consolidated Analytics
Irvine, California-headquartered Consolidated Analytics, a provider of property valuation, asset management, due diligence, fulfillment, and advisory services, announced the appointment of Mike Jones as CFO.
Read More »Independent Settlement Services, HouseCanary Offer New Value Report
Independent Settlement Services, a Pittsburgh-based appraisal and title management services firm serving the real estate finance industry, announced last week it will enhance its valuation products with Value Report, an automated property valuation with an instant automated valuation model (AVM) that combines the data and algorithms of Independent Settlement Services and HouseCanary. HouseCanary is a real estate valuation provider that leverages decades of data and proprietary algorithms for its valuations. The Value Report offers instant AVMs, risk assessments, and real estate market data for individual single-family homes and condos, as well as portfolios.
Read More »The Rise of Property Valuation in Mortgage Financing
Justin Vedder, VP with Altisource Origination Solutions, spoke with MReport about the growing popularity of property valuation in the financing space, with a look ahead to next year.
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