Appraisal News

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Looking ahead, Accurate Group CEO/President Paul Doman emphasized the next 12-18 months are "pivotal to staying ahead of the curve."

In Part II of our conversation with Doman, the company executive shared more insight on valuation technology and how lenders need to stay updated moving forward.

Read on for the conclusion to this story.

“Class Valuation’s quality control process is driven by our propriety technology, Class Intelligence," Cristy Conolly, Class Valuation executive vice president Quality Control, told Valuation Review.

Conolly has over 20 years in the appraisal industry with diverse experiences, and gave us her unique perspective to understand the needs and challenges of the valuation profession from various viewpoints, including quality control.

Read on for the full conversation.

“In my view, lenders need to treat valuation technology not as a ‘nice-to-have’ but as a strategic enabler of speed, accuracy and risk control in today’s mortgage environment,” Accurate Group President and CEO Paul Doman told Valuation Review. 

In Part I of our feature with Doman, he shared insight as to how lenders can "stay ahead of the curve" to enhance modernization.

Read on to find out more of what we were told.

Appraisers have had many business tips offered to them over the years courtesy of Dustin Harris, "The Appraiser Coach."

In what will be Valuation Review's final installment of helpful appraisal advice from Harris, we highlight observations from Harris’ blog posts “Part-Time Appraisers Are Professionals” and “A Revision Request That Could Cost You Everything.”

Read on to learn more.

What are appraisers "thankful" for?

Thanksgiving is truly a special time of the year for family and friends. For this holiday feature, Valuation Review reached out to several individuals within the appraisal profession who shared some of their sentiments as we all look forward to celebrating on Nov. 27.

Read on for the full sentiments.

A recent report showed a drop in commercial real estate (CRE) numbers. LightBox, a provider of CRE data and technology, recently released its October CRE Activity Index. The report registered 106.2, down from 116.8 in September.

Simon Blackburn, founder and CEO of MtgeFi, a company dealing with mortgage trends, performance and data for mortgage technology and service providers, shared his thoughts at a recent appraisal conference on the job security of appraisers.

How should appraisers feel about their security?

Read on for the answer and the full conversation with Blackburn.

“Modernization isn’t about replacing professionals, it’s about enabling them to deliver more value,” Opteon CEO Chris Knight said.

Knight shared this thought and others following the Opteon's acquisition of Equity Valuation Partners.

Read on for more details surrounding this key appraisal acquisition.

How do appraisers differentiate between market value and true value?

Tim Andersen, “The Appraiser’s Advocate,” recently outlined some specifics relating to this topic and shared his thoughts with us.

Read on for the full conversation.