CHICAGO, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing concerns about increased mortgage fraud, four organizations representing more than 35,000 real estate appraisers today voiced their opposition to changes to an Obama administration program that will encourage "short sales" of homes. The coalition....Read More
Validity Period All appraisals utilized to establish the listing price on an REO property owned by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with an effective date on or after April 1, 2010, will be valid for a period of....Read More
Source: Washington Examiner After leaving HUD, Cuomo went on to become New York's attorney general and now, like his famous father before him, he is all but officially seeking to be the Empire State's governor. That job has in the....Read More
Source: Bakersfield.com - Real Estate "Appraiser Kirksey J. "Mark" Newton Jr. will get to keep his appraiser's license, but he has to pay a fine of more than $28,000 to cover the cost of the state's investigation into "errors and....Read More
Source: AppraisalNEWSCAST.com Coester Appraisal Group, a nationwide appraisal management company releases its annual appraisal industry survey. Over 1,559 licensed and certified appraisers completed the survey with the results shedding some insight into the appraisal industry and what is really happening....Read More
CJR's Ryan Chittum posts this great video of CNBC anchor-droids just straight up losing their minds the moment Janet Tavakoli, president of Tavakoli Structured Finance, dares to suggest that predatory lending ever existed on the Planet Earth. Tavakoli even moderates....Read More
Re-Blogged from the Appraisal Institute's Appraiser News Online Headlines: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed Senate Bill 138 into law March 1. S.B. 138 will require that appraisal management companies post a surety bond or equivalent means of security with....Read More
Guest Post by Tony Pistilli, Certified Residential Appraiser and Vice-Chair, Minnesota Department of Commerce, Real Estate Appraiser Advisory Board, Minneapolis, MinnesotaSince the inception of the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) in May 2009, there has been much discussion, and....Read More
National Mortgage Professional Magazine recently had an opportunity to chat with David H. Stevens, Assistant Secretary for Housing at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), and 27th Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). A graduate of....Read More
This article by Guest Blogger, Executive Director, Jeff Schurman of The TAVAMA Blog Warning: What you are about to read could be career-ending. For me that is. But only if those who intend to drive a stake in to the....Read More
