Los Angeles - Appraisal Station, Glendora CA

10/1/2008 2:00 AM

Preforeclosure short sales are more attractive now due to recent bank failures, wiped out home equities, and tough bankruptcy laws...Read More

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Expand your profit margin in bank and government foreclosures. Buy foreclosure homes in fixer-upper condition and form your tea...Read More

Foreclosure Home Repair Strategy

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Concentrate on curb appeal, kitchen, and bathrooms of foreclosure property. Let more light get into the house and be generous in painting to add maximum value to your foreclosure home...Read More

Negotiation Tips for Buying Home

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Tips for finding elements in negotiating price such as days on market (DOM), previous offers and reasons why they failed, and how to benefit from home inspection report...Read More

Four Common Mistakes in Getting Home Mortgage Loans

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Evaluate crticial factors in applying for Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) loans and your income, estimating downturns in the real estate market, comparing indices for loans, and finding best loan type for your timing to sell your property...Read More

Four Keys to Success in Foreclosure Home Business

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Buying foreclosure homes in fixer-upper condition brings more profit if you follow four simple step...Read More

Foreclosure Process: Best Time to Get In

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Get in touch with lender foreclosing the property. Banks and your county’s courthouse have many defaults notices that go unnotice...Read More

Preforeclosure Opportunities: How to Locate Them Early

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Pre-foreclosures: Homeowner gets out of debt, lender avoids bad loan, and you make a nice profit in four simple step...Read More

Estimating Foreclosure Fixer-Upper Repair Costs: Three Rules

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Learn to estimate your fixing up costs as professionals do to avoid costly mistake...Read More

Avoid Serious Common Mistakes in Buying Foreclosures

1/16/2007 1:00 AM

Keep your foreclosure home buying business safe. Learn from the mistakes made even by professional real estate investor...Read More

APPRAISAL INFO:

AMCs vs. Direct Contact Roughly 50/50 Post-HVCC

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

Nearly six weeks after the Home Valuation Code of Conduct went into effect, technology vendor Global DMS found that the number of lenders ordering appraisals through appraisal management companies was roughly the same percentage as those lenders who ordered appraisals....Read More

Open Letter from a la mode Chairman: Reversing the damage done by the HVCC

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

To: Our colleagues in the real estate industry From: David Biggers, Chairman, a la mode, inc. RE: Reversing the damage done by the HVCC As many of you are aware, we’ve always been at the forefront of lobbying for and....Read More

NAMB - HVCC Call To Action

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

To: All Mortgage Brokers, Real Estate Agents, Appraisers, Lenders, Home Builders, Title Agents, and Consumers From: Marc Savitt, President- National Association of Mortgage Brokers After more than a year of exhaustive negotiations with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Director of FHFA....Read More

Fannie Mae Announcement 09-19 - Clarification of Announcement 08-30, Appraisal-Related Policy Changes and Clarifications

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

Fannie Mae's Announcement 09-19 updates and clarifies the following appraisal and property-related topic: Clarification of Announcement 08-30, Appraisal-Related Policy Changes and Clarifications Updates to Announcement 08-30, Appraisal-Related Policy Changes and Clarifications. Market Conditions Addendum to the Appraisal Report In Announcement....Read More

New Appraisal System (HVCC) Impacts Consumers

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

[The other day Appraisal Scoop posted I'm just an Appraiser. How can I do anything to impact the HVCC? , with permission from Truett D. Neathery, who suggested getting LOCALwith your activism. I belive the following article provides a good....Read More

Speak Up! Home Valuation Code of Conduct's Unintended Consequences

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

Today I'm starting a new category on Appraisal Scoop called - Speak Up! I'll use this category to re-blog (with permission) the best of comments, forum posts, and "Letters To The Editor" that I find. If you come across (or....Read More

PR: ClickFORMS Prepared for Fannie's New MISMO XML Data Delivery Requirements

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

Beginning March 1, 2010, Fannie Mae will require all appraisal reports to be submitted to them electronically in the MISMO Appraisal XML format (click here). This new guideline is for lenders, the lenders will be requiring appraisers to submit their....Read More

I'm just an Appraiser. How can I do anything to impact the HVCC?

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

Re-blogged with permission from Truett D. Neathery - Real Estate Appraiser - neatheryt@sbcglobal.net originally posted on the Inland CA Appraisers Forum . Everyone on this forum [blog] lives where there is a newspaper. Every newspaper has a Real Estate section,....Read More

Assuring Accurate Appraisals, Part II: What's A Consumer To Do?

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

According to Broderick Perkin's first article article Assuring Accurate Appraisals Part I: "During the height of the housing boom, appraisers were pressured to up the value of homes. Now, during the housing downturn, appraisers are being pressured to lower the....Read More

Press Release: FNC(R) Endorses Fannie Mae Electronic Appraisal Delivery Initiative

6/18/2009 5:52 AM

AI Ready(TM) is an accepted delivery format under Fannie Mae Announcement 09-14 OXFORD, Miss., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to inquiries from its mortgage lender and appraiser clients, officials of mortgage technology company FNC, Inc. said they fully support....Read More