I know we are in the height of basketball season and baseball and summer seem far away. However, as the days are getting longer, the time for spring training and the start of another season of ...

If you’ve completed an appraisal in the past week, you’ll want to hear this. The GSEs’ new time adjustment requirements went into effect on February 4th, and they come with some major changes for ...

As we enter 2020, Valuation Partners opens their appraiser panel for the first time since 2017. Both the expansion of appraiser driven valuation products and ...

If you’ve completed an appraisal in the past week, you’ll want to hear this. The GSEs’ new time adjustment requirements went into effect on February ...

A new administration is in charge—what does that mean for appraisers? In this episode, we sit down with Mark Calabria, former Director of the FHFA ...

What Poetry and Data Analysis Have in Common We will call this place our home. The dirt in which our roots may grow Though the ...

Mortgage application volume increased 2.3% on an adjusted basis during the week ended February 7, as the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage decreased ...

Inflation has been exceptionally high in the 2020s, with average prices (as measured by the Consumer Price Index [CPI]) up 22% for the decade as ...

My name is Kevin P. Grant. You could definitely call me a small-town guy, having been raised by a pair of pretty amazing parents in the small town of Sheboygan, WI. I majored in Business and Finance ...

For many Americans, owning a home signifies independence, stability, and the opportunity to accumulate long-term wealth, among other things. Homeowners, however, are aware that although ...

In the appraisal of property for lending purposes, no requirement causes more frustration than comparable sale photos. Certainly, for lenders for which original comp photo is a requirement, there is ...

Over the past year I’ve read a lot about appraiser shortages. Some articles argue there is currently a shortage while others say one is looming.