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.

• May 08 · Appraiser News
  Simply Appraising
  Mountains of Information to Sift Through: How Do Appraisers Deal With Data Overload? Appraisers Approaching License Renewal: McKissock’s 7 Hour (...)
  
  
  
• April 24 · Appraiser News
  Spring Sales Already Sprung? More Appraiser Hunger Games
  Has the Spring Selling Season Already Passed? Appraisers Approaching License Renewal: McKissock’s 7 Hour 2012-2013 USPAP Online Course is Now A (...)
  
  
  
• March 27 · Appraiser News
  Appraiser Hunger Games, AppraiserLoft Update
  Appraiser Hunger Games Appraisers Approaching License Renewal: McKissock’s 7 Hour 2012-2013 USPAP Online Course is Now Available in Most States (...)
  
  
  
• March 13 · Appraiser News
  Foreclosing on God’s House
  Record Number of Church Properties in Foreclosure Special Announcement: Appraiser Help Releases Compr (...)
  
  
  
• February 28 · Appraiser News
  “I Was Dead Wrong on Housing”
  Warren Buffett Admits That Last Years Housing Forecast Was “Dead Wrong” Special Announcem (...)
  
  
  
• 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 (...)
  
  
  

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• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  Bernanke: No Issue with Bank Examiners
  Despite criticism from community bankers and some lawmakers about overzealous bank examiners, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the bank’s examination personnel, saying recent rev (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  CFPB Proposes New Rules for Mortgage Lenders
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing new rules for mortgage-lending fees that would require flat fees for loan processing, as well as limit how much borrowers can reduce interest rate (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  FDIC Announces New Strategy for Failing Banks
  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will implement a new strategy for handling large banks that are failing, FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg announced at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicag (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  Fannie Mae Earns $3 Billion in First Quarter
  Fannie Mae had a profitable first quarter, earning $3 billion in comprehensive income, but it paid $2.8 billion in dividends to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, American Banker reported May 9. Fan (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  Freddie Mac Eliminates “Cash Adjustor” Fee on Refis
  Freddie Mac announced May 8 that it would eliminate its “cash adjustor” fee associated with refinancings on severely underwater home loans. (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  Freddie Mac Names New CEO
  Freddie Mac announced May 10 that its new chief executive will be Donald Layton, former CEO of online brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp., The Wall Street Journal reported. (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  Home Builder Creates REIT for Single-Family Rentals
  Atlanta-based home builder Beazer Homes has created a real estate investment trust to buy, renovate and rent single-family homes, The Wall Street Journal reported May 8. Beazer plans to make an initia (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  MBA: Mortgage Lending Will Hit 5-Year Low in 2012
  The Mortgage Bankers Association projected that lenders will originate less than $1.1 trillion in new loans in 2012 — falling to its lowest level in five years — National Mortgage News reported Ma (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  S&P: 46 Months to Clear Distressed Housing Supply
  The nation’s distressed housing inventory will take 46 months to clear, just enough time to slow the rate of home price declines, according to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services data, HousingW (...)
  
  
  
• May 17 · Appraisal Institute
  Steven P. O’Farrell, MAI, Named to Maryland Appraisal Board
  Steven P. O’Farrell, MAI, was confirmed March 29 by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley as a board member for the Maryland State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors, as reported (...)