Higher mortgage rates, record levels of home price appreciation, constrained housing inventories and economic inflation have lenders and borrowers on edge this year. Fannie Mae recently found consensus opinion among mortgage executives that both purchase origination and refinance activity will decline. In addition, Fannie Mae’s December 2022 report offered insights into the mortgage...
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HousingWire Lunch & Learn: Appraisal Modernization
May 17, 2022
Friday, May 20 at 12pm CT
We Need Long-Term Solutions, Including Adoption of Tech for Appraiser Shortages
The GSE approval of appraisal waivers last year helped during a demanding market but it only solves one part of the overall problem.
Join Accurate Group’s Frank Guarnera, M&T Bank’s Mike McClintock...
Read moreThe State of Purchase Appraisals – Q&A with Frank Guarnera
December 12, 2017
We sat down with Frank Guarnera, executive director of valuations for Accurate Group, to discuss the challenges lenders face with real...
Read more10 Tips to Save Money on Appraisals
February 28, 2017
With mortgage rates rising and loan volumes likely to decline as a result, it's more important than ever to find ways to lower your cost per loan and squeeze out inefficiencies across the mortgage and home equity loan process. To...
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