Tag Archives: appraisals

Desktop Appraisals Are Here to Stay – FHFA Announces

Are you keeping up with the digital mortgage industry?

Big news came on desktop appraisals came out of the 2021 Mortgage Bankers Association Annual Convention and Expo. Sandra Thompson, acting director of the FHFA, announced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will permanently allow desktop appraisals to be conducted remotely. Desktop appraisals and hybrid appraisals (desktop +... Read more

Top 5 Innovation Trends of 2020

Letter from Accurate Group's CIO   

The year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most challenging years businesses have faced. These challenges forced a tremendous amount of change and innovation in the mortgage and real estate industries – in many cases accelerating trends that were only just emerging a year ago. As a long-time leader... Read more

Inter Agencies Interim Rule on Deferring Appraisals…and Why You Shouldn’t!

Don't Defer Appraisals or Valuations to Tomorrow! They Can Still Be Done in Today's Market!

  On April 14th, the federal banking agencies issued a final interim rule allowing lenders to defer appraisals. But why take unnecessary risk during this crisis by deferring appraisals when Accurate Group has a solution for any inspection assignment?

The best solution, under current... Read more

Appraisal Threshold Increase Passes

The Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have adopted a final rule increasing the FIRREA threshold for residential real estate transactions requiring an appraisal from $250,000 to $400,000, effective October 9, 2019.

The Choice is Yours

How do you want to leverage technology now that you have access to a... Read more