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		<title>App-solutely Clueless: When Sales Tries to School Appraisers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A newly funded bias-checking app claims to fix appraisal discrimination, by sidelining appraisers, duplicating existing standards, and redefining valuation from the sales floor.&#160; Appraisers, this bit of news about a new bias checking app fluttered across my office floor the other day, causing me to trip. From the article: “&#8230;eliminate home appraisal bias, which happens when Black homeowners&#8217; properties or properties in predominately Black neighborhoods are valued less than comparable properties owned by white households or in primarily white neighborhoods.” This new electronic theoretical bias checker was developed by three women in Philadelphia, who ARE NOT appraisers. Instead, they are&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com/app-solutely-clueless-when-sales-tries-2-school-appraisers/">App-solutely Clueless: When Sales Tries to School Appraisers</a> appeared on <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com">Appraisers Blogs</a>.</p>
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		<title>New UAD Overhaul: What Appraisers Can Expect in 2025 &#038; Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Folks, I recently attended a Train the Trainer 1.5 day class about the new UAD/URAR, jointly facilitated by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Aloft. About 20 other instructors from across the US were also present. This class is required before this new UAD material can be taught to other appraisers, under contract with the GSEs. My info below is a limited high-level summary for the new UAD and URAR of what was presented, and what the appraiser community can expect to see, from now into 2026. It is not meant to be comprehensive; I may send out other info as&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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<li><a href="https://appraisersblogs.com/how-rural-america-lost-its-mortgage-lifeline/"     class="crp_link post-33012"><span class="crp_title">The Town With No Bank: How Rural America Lost Its&hellip;</span></a><span class="crp_excerpt"> For decades, we’ve been told that the problem is demand. That people don’t want to live in rural America anymore.&hellip;</span></li>
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		<title>Cindy Chance Terminated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On September 13, 2024, the Appraisal Institute President, Sandra Adomatis, SRA, announced that Cindy Chance is no longer the CEO of the Appraisal Institute. “We are writing to inform you that as of today, September 13, Cindy Chance is no longer in her role as CEO of the Appraisal Institute.” In an interview published by HousingWire, Cindy Chance disclosed that the Board of Directors had terminated her. Rumors that this was pending have been circulating around AppraiserVille for several weeks. I’ve been reading comments on various forums asking “will we be told the real reason for this?” My answer: Nope.&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Key Part of USPAP Not Available from TAF</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>this is a colossal failure on their part – to have a key document on BACKORDER until a month from now, or longer!&#160; Appraisers, I have a print copy of the current USPAP, but need/want a PRINT copy of the AO/FAQ Reference Manual, which TAF decided to make into a separate document for this version at a cost of $75. I prefer the printed versions, rather than the PDF so I can read it and use a highlighter for key items. I went onto the TAF web site on July 17, 2024 to order the document, and found this: In&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Automatic Review of Photos in Appraisal Reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It means the statements in your appraisal reports about the actual component material, and its quality and current condition, can be challenged by computer software.&#160; Folks, this news release (below) was in several publications on Wed, June 19, 2024. These kinds of releases are mostly factual, but are often embellished to present a particular ‘owner’ point of view to influence opinion about products. I remember listening to Jeff Bradford many years ago who discussed the early stage process to electronically review photos. He said it was pretty difficult then. But that was before we began hearing about “A.I.” – artificial&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Escaping the Black Hole: Appraisers Fleeing Mortgage Lending</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 12:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Climbing out of that black hole is nearly impossible. It’s one reason why many appraisers are vacating mortgage lending appraisal assignments.&#160; This “discrimination settlement” hit the fan last week in a news feed I get. Another appraiser (in CA) settles a discrimination complaint: Oakland homeowner settles with appraiser, lender after $300,000 lowball appraisal The entire case is based on allegations by the homeowner, who had decided the value of the home was more than the appraised amount, before the appraisal was done. But when one reads through the story, one has to question whether the appraiser truly was biased against&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Low Value = Material Deficiencies? New FHA ROV Policy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Towne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 12:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The implication that if the VALUE is too low, then there must be “material deficiencies” present, is deeply troubling!&#160; Up until recently, there has never been a standardized policy for mortgage loan related Reconsideration of Value (ROV) requests after an appraisal has been submitted. Now there is, per the attached PDF HUD/FHA mortgage letter. The GSE’s have similar policies. I’m not opposed to having a standardized ROV policy. However, these policies are in keeping with the new initiatives surrounding alleged and often unproved appraisal bias and discrimination claims. But when one reads deeper into the reason for implementing these procedures,&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Marcia Fudge leaving HUD!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Marcia Fudge is also the current co-chairperson of the PAVE Task Force Committee, so that group’s philosophy may also be modified with her resignation.&#160; I read a number of web provided publications oriented to our appraisal work, and lending. This popped into my email yesterday from Inside Mortgage Finance Publications: &#8220;As IMFnews went to press Monday, Marcia Fudge announced that she will step down as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, effective March 22. A Biden appointee, Fudge, 71, did not provide a specific reason&#8230;&#8221; USA Today: &#8220;Fudge vows not to run again “Don’t look for me&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>UAD Redesign Timeline</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Towne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Appraisers, to see more about the upcoming new UAD currently in design, read the Updated Timeline link in the message below. My concern at this point is &#8216;training&#8217; materials will be available in Q4 2024, but actual implementation of the &#8216;new reporting process&#8217; won’t begin until Q3 2025 with limited production, into 2026. Note that in the future &#8220;form numbers&#8221; won’t be used. Instead, the assignment instructions will be based on a scope of work for the loan process on the particular Subject property. As someone who’s potentially interested in ‘training’ appraisers on the new process, it seems to me&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Towne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Appraisers, it seems this past year has been like furiously paddling against a giant iceberg containing frozen lending assignments in the North Atlantic ocean while in a rowboat with one paddle! The entire 2023 has been one chilling episode in terms of mortgage lending appraisal assignments for appraisers. While it’s too soon to tell for sure, a giant sea-going tug boat with high horsepower diesel engines powering twin propellers mounted on azipods has arrived on the scene to help direct and push that iceberg into warmer waters, releasing a flood of more assignments! I read lots of ‘stuff’ relating to&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Another &#8216;Bad&#8217; Word to Avoid!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>To lighten the load somewhat from discussions about current highly restrictive language use in appraisal reports that tends to circumvent actual reality and truth &#8211; which can positively or adversely impact property market value, replaced with only generic, non-offensive words, I present this cartoon. It’s another word to avoid using: Obfuscation of real and accurate market data using correct written descriptions, replaced with wokeism to foster an unworkable ideological agenda, is one reason why skilled appraisers are shifting their work to non-mortgage lending clients who actually want to understand the true reality of regional and neighborhood areas, and how market&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Just How Commonplace Is Appraisal Bias?&#160; Folks, about the only entity examining in depth the details behind all the allegations about appraisers being inherently biased is the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Housing Center. They are proving that most of the allegations are mostly a dump truck load of bovine substance. Click here for their latest expose. Report: Just How Commonplace Is Appraisal Bias? – theMReport.com Within this report are these statements from AEI: “When comparing appraisals for people of color to those for non-Hispanic white people within the same geographies, a new study by the American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) Housing&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Reality of Today&#8217;s Appraisal Environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Proving discriminatory activity is hard, which is probably one reason HUD is dragging their collective feet in resolving the filed complaints.&#160; The real scourge of what’s been happening to appraisers for the past 5 years (yes, it started prior to the last election) has been revealed by Mr. Isaac Peck, in this article. You really need to read it, perhaps again, if you saw it come through your email on Wednesday October 25. Isaac has allowed me to “re-broadcast” his article. Yes, it’s a ‘sales promotion’ but it contains critical information appraisers need to know about. The first paragraph, contained&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Mortgage Application Volume Nearing Historic Low</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Appraisers, I’m almost reluctant to distribute this article, but the reality is what it is. Per the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the loan application volume is at another low point in our history. The article in Mortgage News Daily titled &#8220;Mortgage Application Volume at Lowest Levels Since 1996&#8221; in this link provides context. For a related perspective, the article contains a graph, which can be expanded to show mortgage rates and application volume for decades. The brown line in the graph shows 30 year mortgage rates – since early 1971. The light blue indicates the loan application volume, which corresponds&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>The Unbiased Reality of Census Tract Data Dump&#8230; Open Letter to FHFA</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Towne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Folks, the following letter was sent to FHFA by an appraiser I know. It was sent in response to the ‘first’ data dump FHFA made which uses CENSUS TRACT data to try to convince others that appraisers are biased by using ‘people demographics’ contained in Census Bureau info. You can find that ‘dump’ here. The writer of that first FHFA dump was identified by name, and included an email address. So the appraiser wrote a respectful email to Mr. Russell. It turns out, shortly after this FHFA document was released, Mr. Russell left FHFA. So this nice letter sent several&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Isn&#8217;t that Just PAVEY! PAVE Response and Marcia Fudge</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Folks, the American Enterprise Institute Housing Center has been, to date, the only major voice in the wilderness I’ve seen publicly defending appraisers and the appraisal process. They have refuted most of the highly touted ‘studies’ promoted by Dr. Andre Perry and others, which the current administration has considered the gospels of appraiser intolerable performance. The Biden-created ‘black oriented’ 13 agency PAVE Taskforce, co-chaired by HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, who is a black lady, issued another report recently. AEI’s response to that is in the PDF below. Please read it. Meanwhile, Ms. Fudge recently appeared at the 75th Annual&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Appraisers, on July 17, 2023, a document from Freddie Mac was circulated to numerous appraisers around the US which identified certain words and other info that can be considered to be ‘BIASED’ in appraisal reports. Here is the Link to the Bulletin. We need to step back for a moment and carefully analyze and consider why that was done, and what it means to appraisers. In many ways, appraisers forget the purpose of the appraisal assignment – which is to value real estate. In other words, the physical structures tied to the land. But too often, elements of personal or&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com/those-pesky-words-keeping-appraisers-out-of-language-purgatory/">&#8216;Pesky&#8217; Words. Keeping Appraisers out of Language Purgatory</a> appeared on <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com">Appraisers Blogs</a>.</p>
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		<title>Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Is Overlooked by HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Marcia Fudge, the Secretary of HUD, decided to convene a special meeting of master minds with absolutely no real diversity, equity or inclusion included, with the intent of “closing the racial gap and increasing access to homeownership in African American communities.” Appraisers, all the racial mud-slinging against appraisers by the current government is extremely disheartening toward our honored profession. The people ‘in power’ over the last few years have been fond of image building and acronyms, believing those items will have magical influence over property values, and how people conduct themselves. One of these is named DEI, which stands for&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com/diversity-equity-n-inclusion-is-overlooked-by-hud-secretary-marcia-fudge">Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Is Overlooked by HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge</a> appeared on <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com">Appraisers Blogs</a>.</p>
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		<title>GLA Adjustment: Adjusting Full Difference vs a Threshold Amount</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Appraisers, on Thursday, before the Memorial Day holiday, I circulated across the US an email asking for response to a simple two question survey about how you “adjust” the GLA square footage between the Subject and Comparables. The questions: adjust 100% of the square foot difference, or adjust the difference after a ‘threshold’ square foot amount (meaning not the full 100% difference). I received a respectable number of responses compared to emails sent out, and also posted to 3 different web forums, nearly 200 replies. So that’s enough to validate the percentage of both responses, and report the trends. As&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Sale Price vs Appraised Value Disconnect</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>How can it be said that valuing a property lower than its eventual sale price based on current market evidence is tantamount to BIAS?&#160; The article titled &#8220;FHFA Data Fueling Looks into Appraisal Bias&#8221; was in the Inside Mortgage Finance Publications e-newsletter on 4/06/23. The Federal Housing Finance Agency is a is a critical provider of the data necessary for oversight, enforcement and research, FHFA Director Sandra Thompson noted during a discussion in late March. According to aggregate statistics from the Uniform Appraisal Dataset released by the FHFA, roughly 57% of appraisals were above the contract price in 2021. Just&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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