Appraiser News

ISGN Corp. announced the addition of former Xerox executive Nancy Alley as its chief product officer. In this role, Alley will oversee ISGN’s technology business unit, which includes all aspects of the mortgage life cycle from loan origination to servicing and default management, as well as construction lending, settlement services and vendor management.

Much has changed in the way of marketing agreements in the past decade. With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) at the helm, new regulations, an interpretive rule and the volatilities of the market, title insurance, mortgage, real estate and settlement services professionals need to be on alert with how they are structuring marketing agreements. Industry members should also be aware of where the market is headed in terms of business partnerships, alliances and other types of arrangements.

The Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers, advised homeowners to properly maintain their landscaping, which can significantly affect property values.

Valuation Partners, a national appraisal management company with access to over 10,000 independent fee appraisers in all 50 states, has named three mortgage and valuation industry veterans to its management team:  • Damon Zeigler has been appointed vice president, vendor management • Amanda McIntyre has been promoted vice president of operations • Rick Smith has been appointed vice president - controller Zeigler brings more than 22 years of appraisal and mortgage industry experience to Valuation Par...

The Appraisal Institute joined some of the world’s leading professional organizations May 2 in forming the International Property Management Standards Coalition. The two-day meeting at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., focused on developing and embedding a single standard for the way property is measured worldwide. 

Metro-West Appraisal Co. announced that Greg Stephens, senior vice president of appraisal operations and compliance, is the winner of the 2013 Valuation Visionary Award.

Veros Real Estate Solutions announced it is making its proprietary home price index, VeroHPI, available for commercial use for the first time. Now lenders, secondary marketers, servicers and analysts will have direct access to information previously available only in Veros products. This information includes sophisticated analytics with a repeat sales index, which immediately improves decision-making regarding residential property price trends in markets across the country. 

October Research, LLC is pleased to announce that WINDWARD CONSULTING | SOFTWARE, LLC is once again the corporate sponsor of the annual "Make a Child Smile" Bike-Building Charity Event at the National Settlement Services Summit.   

October Research, LLC is pleased to announce it has selected a high-profile mortgage banker and a world-renowned business author to deliver keynotes at the 2013 National Settlement Services Summit, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, June 10-12 at the Marriott at Key Center.

CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and services provider, announced the acquisition of Case-Shiller from Fiserv Inc. in conjunction with first quarter 2013 CoreLogic earnings results on April 24. The acquisition closed on March 20, 2013.