Class Valuation Adds Industry Veterans Jim Bannister and Scott Shaw to its Sales Leadership
Jim Bannister and Scott Shaw have joined appraisal management company (AMC) Class Valuation as senior sales executives.
Together, Bannister and Shaw have more than 45...
Class Valuation Taps Chris Flynn as Chief Data Officer
Chris Flynn has joined Class Valuation as chief data officer.
Flynn has more than 20 years of experience in real estate, fintech and data strategy....
Class Valuation Acquires Appraisal Nation
Class Valuation, a national real estate appraisal management company (AMC), is acquiring Appraisal Nation, a Cary, North Carolina-based AMC specializing in valuation solutions for...
Westcor Hires Rachael Yenque as Florida Agency Representative
Rachael Yenque recently joined Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. as Florida agency representative.
Yenque has 20 years of experience in the title insurance industry. She...
ICE: Home Price Appreciation Slowed in February
Home price appreciation slowed across the U.S. in February, with condo prices decreasing annually for the first time in more than a decade, according...
AssetVal and Restb.ai Modernize BPOs With AI-Powered Visual Validation
AssetVal, a valuation company known for delivering high-quality broker price opinions (BPOs), is now integrated with Restb.ai, an innovator in computer vision AI for...
Veros: U.S. Home Prices Forecast to Rise 2.4 Percent Over Next 12 Months
U.S. home prices will rise about 2.4% over the next 12 months, according to the Q1 2025 VeroFORECAST report recently released by Veros Real...
Veros Launches New Third-Party Tested AVM Cascade
Valuations technology firm Veros has launched an optimized independent third-party tested AVM cascade called ValuStream.
The new solution ensures reliability and performance with independent, third-party...
SingleSource Hires Daniel Figurski as Chief Appraiser to Lead Expansion of Valuation Services
Daniel Figurski has joined SingleSource Property Solutions, a provider of residential property services, as chief appraiser.
Figurski began his valuation career in 2012 as a...
MCT Updates its MSR Valuation Platform with Enhanced Analytics, Reporting
Mortgage Capital Trading (MCT), has released an updated version of its mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation platform that addresses the industry's growing need for...
Share of Mortgages in Forbearance Increased Slightly in November
The share of mortgages in forbearance increased three basis points in November compared with October, rising from from 0.47% to 0.50% of all loans,...
Rocket Mortgage Seeks to Have Appraisal-Related DOJ Lawsuit Dismissed
Rocket Mortgage reports that it has filed a suit in Federal District Court against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to...
Appraisal Map Launches AVM Optimizer
Appraisal Map Inc. has launched AVM Optimizer, a tool that bridges the gap between automated home valuations and true property worth.
The new tool enhances...
A&D Mortgage Announces $390.6 Million Securitization of Non-QM Loans
Non-QM lender A&D Mortgage has issued its latest securitization, valued at $390.6 million.
The securitization is backed by a pool of 1,171 mostly newly originated...
Lora Helt Joins Ascribe as SVP of National Sales
Lora Helt has joined Ascribe, a national provider of residential and commercial valuation, evaluation, property inspection, and REO services to mortgage lenders and servicers,...
GSEs Expand Eligibility for Appraisal Waivers on Purchase Loans, Among Other Policy Updates
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced updates to several Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac policies including expanding eligibility for appraisal waivers on...
Fannie Mae Announces Winning Bidder on Pool of Non-Performing Mortgage Loans
VWH Capital Management, a minority and women-owned business, is the winning bidder on a pool of non-performing mortgage loans recently auctioned by Fannie Mae.
This...
Which NFL Divisions Have the Highest Priced Housing Markets?
Just for kicks, First American recently conducted an analysis of which National Football League divisions represent the most expensive housing markets.
The firm’s analysis shows...
Lack of Inventory Will Continue to Boost Home Price Appreciation
U.S. home prices are forecast to rise 3.1% over the next 12 months, according to valuations firm Veros.
That’s down from the firm's Q2 forecast...
iEmergent Downwardly Revises its Forecast After Weak Purchase Volume in 2024
Forecasting and advisory services firm iEmergent has downwardly revised its 2024-2026 U.S. Mortgage Origination Forecast and now expects lower-than-anticipated growth for the next two...