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Appraisal Press

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a la mode announced today that Axios Valuation Solutions has now fully integrated their appraisal management operations with a la mode’s Mercury Network Vendor Management Platform (VMP)...Read More

AppraisalIQ: Dodd-Frank a Win for Independent Fee Appraisers?

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Read a great post from an Austin, TX appraiser about HR4173 and appraisal management with Mercury Network...Read More

a la mode Launches New Department for Mercury Network Client Relations

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a la mode today announced its new Client Relations department dedicated exclusively to Mercury Network clients. Mercury Network is the dominant online appraisal Vendor Management Platform (VMP), allowing lenders and AMCs to order and manage appraisals (using their own appraisers or accessing the largest nationwide appraiser network in Mercury), al...Read More

As seen in Mortgage Banking: Three Legs of the Appraisal Management Stool

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Lenders need a common-sense approach to collateral valuation policy that embraces three key components: Regulatory compliance, quality assurance and fraud management. This three-legged-stool approach can keep valuation risk at bay...Read More

Is Your Appraisal Process Breaking Federal Law?

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Lenders are under more regulatory compliance scrutiny than ever, especially as consumers engage lawyers nationwide in foreclosure, valuation, and predatory lending lawsuits -- many of which are turned into class actions...Read More

Q and A: Alternatives to AMCs for HVCC Compliance

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Question: What is it going to take for the lending industry to better understand there are alternatives to AMCs when it comes to maintaining HVCC compliance...Read More

Fees: New Rules, New Data

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Appraisers are used to toiling away in relative obscurity, but suddenly the national spotlight is shining on the industry, and in an area that normally is shrouded in comparative secrecy: Fees. More interestingly, people outside the profession are actually worried that appraisal fees may be too low, not too high...Read More

Take A Fresh Look At Your Business Model

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This just in: It’s tough being an appraiser in 2010. We all know why. The question is: How do you adapt? First, take a look at your business model...Read More

Tired Of Getting Stiffed? Tips For Collecting Your Past Due Fees

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You inspected the property, gathered the data, and wrote a professional, first-rate report. You delivered that report on time, as promised. There’s just one thing missing: Your payment...Read More

Grassroots Appraisal Marketing With Door Hangers

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What if you took an extra 10 minutes during inspections to walk the block and put a flyer on each home’s door...Read More