Category — Appraisal News
1,000 Appraisals a Year: Realities of Appraiser Liability
At American Home Appraisals, we provide extensive expert witness work for a variety of law firms all...
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January 25, 2012 6 Comments
Collateral Valuations Need A Green Hue
BY BRIAN C. COESTER REQUIRED READING: Here is the scenario: A homeowner spends $20,000 turning h...
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October 20, 2011 No Comments
Coester Leads AMC Sphere
Coester Leads AMC Consolidation Charge with New Acquisition by JACOB GAFFNEY, Housing Wire Coester...
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October 6, 2011 3 Comments
Global surveyors want greener appraisals
-Housingwire The issue of whether or not a property is more environmentally friendly when compared ...
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September 26, 2011 5 Comments
Coester Appraisal Group (AMC) Announces UCDP Compliance
Uniform Collateral Data Portal and Uniform Appraisal Dataset July 11, 2011—Rockville, MD—Coest...
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July 11, 2011 No Comments
New Partnership Provides Appraisers With Green Valuation Tools
-EcoHome As part of the Obama Administration's efforts to improve commercial building efficiency 20...
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July 5, 2011 No Comments
The Anatomy of An Appraisal Fee
-Appraisal Buzz As the song goes, “…Should I stay or Should I Go?” Many appraisers are thinki...
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June 29, 2011 3 Comments
State Watch: Regulating AMC’s
Editor’s Note: Regulation of AMCs by the states is mandated by Dodd-Frank, covering (or not coveri...
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June 22, 2011 3 Comments
Appraisal District Packed On Protest Deadline Day
-MSNBC Lines of people are waiting and hoping that they can fight to get their property appraisals ...
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June 21, 2011 No Comments
Appraisal News Third Story.
There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alter...
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June 10, 2011 No Comments
Appraisal News Second Story.
There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alter...
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June 10, 2011 No Comments
Appraisal News First Story.
There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alter...
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June 10, 2011 No Comments
Brian Coester Interviewed for Reverse Fortunes Weekly
Author of this blog and CEO of Coester Appraisal Group was chosen to be interviewed regarding topics...
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March 28, 2011 No Comments
11 Predictions for AMC Liability Risks in 2011
By Peter Christensen We are looking forward to another challenging year in the business of ...
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January 11, 2011 2 Comments
Agencies Issue Final Appraisal and Evaluation
The federal financial regulatory agencies issued final supervisory guidance aimed at assuring sound ...
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December 30, 2010 No Comments
Arkansas Appraisal Management Board Approves Coester Appraisal Group
The Arkansas Appraisal Management Board has issued Coester Appraisal Group a Rockville, MD based app...
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December 23, 2010 No Comments
Arizona Appraisal Management Board approves Coester Appraisal Group
The Arizona Appraisal Management Board has issued Coester Appraisal Group a Rockville, MD based appr...
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December 23, 2010 No Comments
FHA Appraisal Tip Sheet
The following are excerpts from HUD Mortgagee Letter 2005-ML-48 regarding repair and inspection r...
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December 20, 2010 No Comments
Agencies Issue Final Appraisal/Evaluation Guidelines
The federal financial regulatory agencies yesterday issued final supervisory guidance on practices b...
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December 15, 2010 No Comments
Coester Appraisal Management Prepares Mortgage lenders for Dodd-Frank
Coester Appraisal Group an appraisal management company which helps mortgage lenders with there valu...
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December 14, 2010 No Comments
Comments to Federal Reserve on Regulation Z–Truth in Lending Act (R-134)
Title XIV (Sec. 1400 et seq) of the Dodd-Frank Bill contains the "Mortgage Reform and AntiPreda...
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December 14, 2010 No Comments
Nationwide Appraiser Survey Refutes Claims that Appraisal Management Companies Are Using Inexperienced Appraisers
A recently conducted survey of over 5,000 licensed appraisers across the country contradicts lenders...
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September 7, 2010 20 Comments
When Appraisal Management Software is not enough.
Appraisal Compliance is a must for all lenders doing mortgage business today. With the HVCC, FHA app...
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March 28, 2010 24 Comments
Appraisal Management Companies Will Be Ready for New FHA Appraisal Rules: TAVMA
New Rules Will Prevent Appraiser Pressure and Protect First Time Buyers -
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 16 /PRNe...
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February 16, 2010 No Comments
Understanding FHA Appraisal Compliance
FHA Appraisal Compliance is right around the corner FHA has made it very clear that they will not to...
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February 10, 2010 2 Comments
FHA Appraisal Compliance, right around the corner
Coester Appraisal Group a nationwide appraisal management company is stressing the urgency of mortga...
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February 10, 2010 2 Comments
Coester Appraisal Group Expands FHA Appraisal Compliant Platform
Coester Appraisal Group is pleased to announce an additional release of its national HVCC compliant ...
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January 31, 2010 1 Comment
Appraisal Management Software DO’s and DONT’S
With appraisal compliance being a must for companies originating mortgages, there has been a spur of...
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January 18, 2010 3 Comments
Appraisal Management Companies Add No Value
“Appraisal Management Companies add no value” is something that Realtors the NAMB and some piss...
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January 2, 2010 1 Comment
Fiserv Solutions – Fined for putting estimated value on requests
AMC - Fiserv Solutions, Inc.,
The appraisal management company (AMC), Fiserv Solutions, Inc., was...
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December 13, 2009 1 Comment
Coester Appraisal Group releases FHA, HVCC Compliant platform early
Gaithersburg, MD, November 13, 2009 - Coester Appraisal Group is pleased to announce an early releas...
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November 15, 2009 1 Comment
FHFA: Adoption of HVCC Provisions Means Spirit of Code is Here to Stay
While the Home Valuation Code of Conduct may be unpopular, the major changes it created were already...
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November 12, 2009 No Comments
Freddie Mac: HVCC has improved appraisal quality
Freddie Mac: Home Valuation Code Has Improved Appraisal Quality
By Brad Finkelstein, National Mortg...
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November 6, 2009 2 Comments
Brian Coester featured in November 2009 Scotsman Guide
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November 2, 2009 No Comments
Using an Appraisal Management Company Vs. Self Managed Software
National Appraisal Company Vs. Self Managed Appraisal Software Set-up Cost AMC:Typically Free Set-up...
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August 27, 2009 1 Comment
History Of Appraisal Management Companies
Get your own - Open publication...
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August 23, 2009 No Comments
New Appraisal Rules Backfire in downmarket…
New Appraisal Rules Backfire in Down MarketBy Jack GuttentagSaturday, August 1, 2009 Enacting rules ...
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August 1, 2009 No Comments
The TRUTH about the HVCC (From a Broker)
Since HVCC reared its ugly head, I have one less job to do as a mortgage person. I don't need to CAN...
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July 20, 2009 No Comments
TAVMA Pushes Back on NAMB HVCC Claims
PITTSBURGH (June 30, 2009) – The Title/Appraisal Vendor Management Association (TAVMA) has sent a ...
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July 1, 2009 No Comments
Best Pratices for Working with an AMC
Obviously the HVCC has caused a major impact to the mortgage industry. An entire industry is dealing...
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June 2, 2009 2 Comments
HVCC and the Secondary Market
The Home Valuation Code of Conduct as talked about many times on this site and many others has broug...
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May 18, 2009 No Comments
Impact of the HVCC
The Home Valuation Code of Conduct is no doubt in full effect. Now the question is... what is going ...
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April 26, 2009 No Comments
The Home Valuation Code of Coduct
The recent release of the revised extremely controversial Home valuation code of conduct still leave...
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January 18, 2009 No Comments
