Mortgage industry veterans Jim Davis and David Raskin have joined the team at Valuation Partners, an appraisal management company based in Sugar Land, Texas, to manage the company's future growth.
Davis will serve as managing director of loan servicing to oversee the accounts of all servicing clients and Raskin will serve as chief valuation officer to oversee all valuation decisions provided through the company's products and services.
Davis has over 25 years of industry experience, with particular expertise in government affairs, default administration, and business management for prime and subprime portfolios. Most recently, he served as vice chairman of Stewart Lending Services. Prior to that, Davis held executive roles at American Home Mortgage Servicing/Homeward Residential, Nationsbanc Mortgage Corp. and Citicorp Mortgage Inc., among others.
Raskin, a certified residential appraiser in California and Arizona, has over three decades of valuation experience, with specific expertise in product management, quality assurance and process improvement. Most recently, he worked at Interthinx/First American. Prior to that, Raskin held senior roles at Zaio, First American, Strategic Mortgage Services and Kirchmeyer & Associates.