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No Appraisal Required for Certain Homes

September 30, 2019

Certain home sales of $400,000 or less will not need an appraisal since federal regulators approved a proposal to increase the threshold at which residential home sales require an appraisal. Last November, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve released a proposal that would increase […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs Tagged With: appraisal, appraiser, consumer groups, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae, Federal regulators, FHA, Freddie Mac, HousingWire, HUD, Veterans Affairs

Appraisers React to Decision

April 16, 2018

NAR and the Appraiser Qualification Board have reported a “fix” for the appraiser shortage. But veteran appraisers are indicating that it ignores issues with Appraisal Management Companies, that appraisers say are partly to blame for the dwindling supply. “At a time when the average age of today’s residential appraiser is in the late 50s and […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, Government Affairs, Industry News, Pro Tips Tagged With: AMC, appraisal, appraiser, Appraiser Management, Appraiser Qualifications Board, Housing, qualifications

California Owners Get Real About Home Values

January 22, 2018

 The gap between homeowners’ and appraisers’ perceptions on the value of properties is continuing to close. While Southern California homeowners are slightly underestimating their home’s value, homeowners, in general, still tend to slightly overestimate the price of their home–but not by nearly as much as they did a year ago. Home appraisals were, on average, […]

Filed Under: At A Glance, California News, Government Affairs, Industry News, Pro Tips Tagged With: appraisal, appraiser, California, home value, homeowner, Quicken, realtormag.com

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