Appraiser News is a FREE bi-weekly email publication sent out to real estate appraisers across the US. We regularly feature breaking news, FHA news and updates, appraisal tips and other helpful information to appraisers.

• February 14 · Appraiser News
  Loving the Mortgage Settlement? Or Not?
  "The Deal Is Done, But Hold The Applause" McKissock 2012-2013 USPAP Online Course Now Available in Approx. 40 States and DC Response to the Mortgage Settlement From Others Other Real Esta (...)
  
  
  
• January 31 · Appraiser News
  Spotlight on Fees, Fraud and Foreclosure
  The New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Begins to Scrutinize Appraisal Fees McKissock 2012-2013 USPAP Online Course Now Available in Approx. 40 States and DC AppraisalPort Asks Appraise (...)
  
  
  
• January 17 · Appraiser News
  Will Aggressive Foreclosure Measures Push Prices Down Further?
  New Aggressiveness Seen by Banks in Dealing With Delinquent Mortgages McKissock 2012-2013 USPAP Online Course Now Available in Approx. 40 States and DC Year End Reports on State of Commercial Real (...)
  
  
  
• January 03 · Appraiser News
  Real Estate in 2012; Lipstick on a Pig
  Some Recent Real Estate Reports McKissock 2012-2013 USPAP Online Course Now Available in Approx. 40 States and DC Is The National Association of Realtors Still Double-Counting Sales? "I Just G (...)
  
  
  
• December 20 · Appraiser News
  NAR Admits Significant Error in Sales Calculations for 5 Years
  National Association of Realtors Admits to Double Counting Some Home Sales Resulting in Overstated Sales Figures for Five Years McKissock 2012-2013 USPAP Online Course Now Available in Approx. 40 S (...)
  
  
  
• December 06 · Appraiser News
  Appraiser Burn-Out? Or AMC Burn-Out?
  Appraiser Burn Out? Or is it AMC Burn Out? Some Recent Real Estate Reports What Our Readers Have to Say About Our Recent Newsletter and AppraiserLoft "What Do I Do?" Complaints and Claim (...)
  
  
  
• November 22 · Appraiser News
  Appraiser Loft, Strategic Defaults & Other Turkeys
  What Do The "Experts" Report? What Our Readers Have to Say About Our Recent Newsletters and the Appraisal Profession Congratulations to Award-Winning Appraiser and Author, James Manning! (...)
  
  
  
• November 15 · Appraiser News
  Special Edition: Mr. Yun, You’re Fired!
  Economist or Cheerleader? The NAR’s Chief Economist Hurts the Organization with his Lack of Credibility, Undercutting Good Initiatives of the NAR This past week, the National Association of Re (...)
  
  
  
• November 08 · Appraiser News
  Housing Death Spiral?
  Appraiser News Headline from One Year Ago: "Double Dip in Housing: Has it Clearly Arrived?" Headline News This Past Week Wall Street Yes, Main Street No? Real Solutions Anyone? Many Say (...)
  
  
  
• October 25 · Appraiser News
  Appraisals Excluded from Obama Refi Program?
  Obama Administration Announces New Refi Plan to Help Underwater Homeowners, Not Underwater Appraisers Headline News This Past Week Any Good News Amidst The Gloom? Appraising AppraiserLoft’s D (...)
  
  
  

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• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  Appraisal Institute Supports New Consumer Disclosure Form
  The Appraisal Institute and the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers jointly announced their support Feb. 16 of the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed Consume (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  Banks Get More Time on Foreclosure Reviews
  Banks ordered to conduct foreclosure reviews as part of the federal banking agencies’ investigation have been given a deadline extension to July 31, HousingWire reported Feb. 15. The original deadli (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  FHA Defaults Up 19 Percent, Strains Insurance Fund
  Defaults on mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration climbed to 711,000 in December, up 19 percent from the same period a year earlier, HousingWire reported Feb. 15. The increase represe (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  FHA Settles Suit against CitiMortgage
  CitiMortgage reached a settlement with the Federal Housing Administration Feb. 15, agreeing to pay $158.3 million and acknowledge its failure to comply with FHA requirements when submitting loans to t (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  FHFA Outlines Next Steps for Fannie and Freddie
  The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Feb. 21 sent Congress its strategic plan for the next phase of conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the FHFA announced in a news release. The plan ident (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  Grubb & Ellis Files for Bankruptcy, Will Sell Assets
  Commercial property manager Grubb & Ellis filed for bankruptcy protection Feb. 20 and agreed to sell nearly all its assets to the financial services brokerage BGC Partners Inc., Reuters reported. (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  Investors Renew Interest in Subprime Mortgages
  Investors are showing renewed interest in subprime mortgage bonds even though the toxic offerings were at the center of the housing market meltdown, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 16. (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  Months Later, Bank of America Settlement not Settled
  The proposed $8.5 billion settlement involving Bank of America’s mortgage-backed securities liability — first announced in June 2011 — could drag through the courts for years, Reuters reported F (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  No New Guarantee Fees Hike for Fannie, Freddie
  Congressional approval Feb. 17 of a $150 billion bill to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for another 10 months won’t be funded by further increases in guarantee fees charged on (...)
  
  
  
• February 23 · Appraisal Institute
  Vietnam POW to Speak at AI Annual Meeting
  The Appraisal Institute announced Feb. 20 that Charles Plumb, an author and former U.S. Navy Captain and P.O.W., will be the keynote speaker at its 2012 Annual Meeting. The event will take place Aug. (...)