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		<title>Appraiser Independence: What Does it Mean &#038; Who Does it Apply to</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Why It Matters Appraiser independence is mandated by state and federal laws &#8211; not a professional courtesy. Every agent, broker, loan officer, lender and AMC involved in a transaction with a lender-ordered appraisal is legally prohibited from influencing the appraiser&#8217;s value conclusion and from interfering in the appraisal process. Violations can cost you your license, trigger federal civil penalties, NAR sanctions, civil liability, and in extreme cases, criminal prosecution.1 &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know&#8221; is not a defense. The Legal Foundation Three federal frameworks govern this area. Title XI of FIRREA (1989) requires all appraisals for federally related transactions to be performed&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>NAR Calls Out Unregulated Middlemen: A Wake-Up Call for FHFA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When unregulated middlemen run the show, appraisers get ghosted, consumers get duped, and regulators get a velvet-gloved slap from NAR.&#160; In a housing market that demands clarity, Appraisal Management Companies, or AMCs, continue to operate like the magician’s assistant, always present, rarely transparent, and somehow still part of the act. But the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) just handed the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) a letter that reads less like a polite memo and more like a velvet-gloved slap. It’s a bold call to rein in AMC antics and restore dignity to the appraisers who keep the system honest.&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>The Great Debate on Appraisal Fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>She included several different fee split examples indicating AMCs retained as much as 70 percent of the total appraisal fee paid by the borrower, which prompted her to stop working with AMCs because of the lack of transparency.&#160; The appraisal industry is abuzz with a discussion about appraisal fees. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a Request for Information Regarding Fees Imposed in Residential Mortgage Transactions [Docket No. CFPB-2024-0021] in which it solicited feedback from the public and industry stakeholders on the fees charged to consumers by mortgage providers and related settlement services. The CFPB framed it as&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The comment period on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau&#8217;s (CFPB) &#8220;Request for Information Regarding Fees Imposed in Residential Mortgage Transactions&#8221; concluded on August 2, 2024, with a total of 959 comments received. Upon reviewing some of these submissions, several noteworthy perspectives emerged regarding appraisal fees and the role of Appraisal Management Companies (AMCs). The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) highlighted the lack of transparency surrounding AMC fees, which are often bundled together with the actual appraisal fee on the Closing Disclosure (CD). This opaque structure prevents consumers from understanding the true cost of the appraisal service and hinders their ability&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The current system of bundling appraiser compensation with third-party fees can lead to confusion and frustration for both appraisers and consumers.&#160; In their letter to the ASC, NAR highlighted the importance of appropriate compensation for appraisers. They stated that fair and reasonable compensation is critical to attracting and retaining high-quality appraisers, as well as allowing them to invest in their skills and education. However, the current system lacks transparency when it comes to reporting appraiser compensation. The issue lies in the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) form, which requires an aggregate appraisal fee to be reported. This means that the fee&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Seller Filed a Racial Bias Complaint Against Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>So what’s caused the sudden loss of income? Could it be because of the racial bias complaint filed against me by an unhappy Seller&#8230;&#160; Fannie Mae accomplished what they set out to do in July 2011, when they initiated their Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) and the Uniform Collateral Data Portal. The goal was to collect enough property data to effectively remove appraisers from the home buying and refinancing process. It all started with Dodd-Frank Act, a several hundred pages Act signed into law by then President Obama, sold to unsuspecting Americans as a protection from the corrupt business practices of&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Agent Management Company, a Familiar Ring</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We will call it &#8220;AGENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY&#8221;. We will ensure that the use of runners is prohibited&#8230;&#160; Public trust. It&#8217;s a real thing. It appears that this recent lawsuit that the NAR LOST has exposed antitrust, collusion and price fixing between agents. I am thinking about creating a new AMC. We will call it an &#8220;AGENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY&#8221;. We will create a buffer per say between the buyers agent and the sellers agent thereby protecting the buyer and seller. We will have a roster of approved agents nationwide. They will be thoroughly vetted. Routinely background checked. Ensure they are fully&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>NAR is conducting a survey and wants to know if you have any concerns regarding property data collectors, if the appraisal fees are higher since the involvement of data collectors, if borrowers are made aware of a fee for the appraisal and a separate AMC fee or were the fees bundled, if the property data collector gave the impression that they were the appraiser, whether you have any safety and privacy concerns with the data collection process, quality of data collected and whether they need to be licensed&#8230;&#160; In a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding appraisal&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Clean-Slate&#8217; Laws, Bad Policy Could Dispatch More Felons to Borrowers&#8217; Homes</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The idea of unlicensed individuals being hired off the streets and paid a pittance to video and photograph the interiors of borrowers’ homes, which would include the exact location of valuables and children’s bedrooms, has been unsettling to some.&#160; An astute real estate broker recognized the name of a Michigan man awaiting sentencing in an armored-car robbery. The latter had been engaged by one of six companies authorized by mortgage giant Fannie Mae to dispatch so-called “data collectors” to borrowers’ homes. The broker alerted the bank and the National Association of Realtors. New, progressive laws designed to conceal felony convictions&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The phrase “take a look in the mirror” is a common idiom used to encourage self-reflection and introspection. It is a powerful statement that can evoke a range of emotions and reactions from individuals, from contemplation to defensiveness. At its core, the phrase is a call to examine oneself honestly and objectively. It asks us to step back from our assumptions, biases, and preconceptions and consider our behavior, choices, and beliefs in a critical light. When we take a look in the mirror, we are forced to confront our flaws and shortcomings, but also to recognize our strengths and achievements.&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>NAR Appraisal Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The results of the NAR appraisal survey show more than half of appraisers reported AMCs to be the greatest challenge in their business with 40% reporting not being compensated fairly. Only 3% of members witnessed or experienced discrimination in an appraisal&#8230; NAR Research conducted a survey of all 9,700 appraiser members and 50,000 randomly-selected non-appraiser members to determine the level of impact of appraisals on the current market and member business in terms of cost, turn-around times, and other challenges and to measure member experiences with bias and discrimination in the appraisal process. Highlights of the NAR Appraisal Survey The&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>Biased Appraisers? I Don&#8217;t Think So</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 12:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>To judge an entire profession by anecdotal evidence is equally both stupid and harmful&#8230; The entire emphasis was on &#8220;anecdotal evidence&#8221; which is not documented or supported. Story after story was told about how appraisers had produced a &#8220;biased&#8221; report. No documentation and no evidence to support their claims was presented. Folks, after discussing this topic with and learning more about the appraiser who wrote this following essay, I have decided to distribute the essay below as a way to further support what we appraisers do in our work, and to expose the fallacies that have been presented to date&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<title>NAR Report Paints a Different Picture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The study also shows the appraisal was the LOWEST scored item on the list of discriminatory practices&#8230; On February 23, 2022, NAR published the &#8220;2022 Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America&#8221; report. The study examines homeownership trends and challenges by race and location to explain current racial disparities in the housing market. Using data from the 2021 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the report looks at the characteristics of who purchases homes, why they purchase, what they purchase and the financial background for buyers based on race. The study noted that for those who said they witnessed&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As Real Estate Appraisers, we are encountering an assault on our profession from the GSE&#8217;s with the hybrid appraisal reports, the rollout of the new desktop product and with appraisal waivers. These junk reports and the waivers continue to undermine the public trust in our industry and leave the appraisers exposed to great risk and the consumers left holding the bag if their mortgage goes south. This impacts not just us, but the Real Estate profession as a whole, because if the public loses trust in the industry, we will all lose, not just the appraisers. As appraisers, we need&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 12:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;the racial bias narrative will be what is utilized to remove appraisers from the lending equation&#8230; Removing us will finally put the FOX completely in charge of the HEN HOUSE&#8230;this entire narrative could very well end up costing us all, our way to make a living&#8230; Unfortunately, Professional Appraisers have no organized voice and I don’t see that we ever will. There is no one to defend us. And that has been used against us for years. After all that Appraisers have been through over the last 15 years, the racial bias narrative and the allegations of racial discrimination in&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The most weighted technique in most automated valuation programs comes down to one over-simplified formula, based on a guesstimation from an outside source that has no interest in the real estate system&#8230; Dear FHFA: Please accept the following comments in regard to Question A1.4. The response also includes comments on several additional questions. Thank you for taking the time to review these thoughts. Technology has made so many improvements in the last decade and we now have the chance to truly improve our home valuation system. With that being said, the last piece of the quality puzzle starts at the&#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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<p>The post <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com/train-us-n-trust-us-automated-valuation-programs-use-formula-based-on-inaccurate-square-footage-data">Train Us and Trust Us</a> appeared on <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com">Appraisers Blogs</a>.</p>
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		<title>Biden Calls Out Racial Bias Among Appraisers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Towne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 13:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>To counteract low appraisals in minority neighborhoods, Biden says he’ll push for training to address racial bias among appraisers&#8230; Appraisers, you might want to &#8220;take a gander&#8221; at this article in the link below, because it indicates possible/probable changes coming. I especially like the &#8216;extra training for appraisers&#8217; to avoid discrimination/racial bias. Not. In other words, appraisers are at fault for lower values in certain neighborhoods which are not as highly valued as others, and so we must be indoctrinated to be more sensitive. Buckle up folks, as it&#8217;s going to be an interesting ride. Excerpt from Biden Admin and&#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>
<li><a href="https://appraisersblogs.com/sales-comparison-approach-is-racist-as-per-academics"     class="crp_link post-26762"><span class="crp_title">Sales Comparison Approach is Racist</span></a><span class="crp_excerpt"> "...the modern appraisal industry perpetuates racial inequality through its continued use of the “sales comparison approach”... the sales comparison approach&hellip;</span></li>
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<p>The post <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com/biden-calls-out-discrimination-in-appraisals-n-wants-2-push-4-training-2-address-racial-bias-among-appraisers">Biden Calls Out Racial Bias Among Appraisers</a> appeared on <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com">Appraisers Blogs</a>.</p>
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		<title>Another &#8216;Pile on Appraisers&#8217; Diatribe?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Towne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The National Association of Realtors held their &#8220;Virtual Appraisal Summit&#8221; on Aug. 5, 2020, focusing on &#8216;fair housing and the appraisal industry.&#8217; We were fortunate to have Craig Morley, President of the National Association of Appraisers, represent us appraisers, but his presentation was only scheduled for 15 minutes. I&#8217;m hoping when he sees this message, he will provide more info about his presentation and the outcome of the &#8220;Summit.&#8221; Craig&#8217;s presentation had the title: Abilities and Limitations of Appraising Real Estate Under Today’s Rules Craig Morley, Managing Partner, Accurity Valuation/Morley &#38; McConkie, LLC I’m just hoping that this Summit was&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com/another-pile-on-appraisers-diatribe-appraisal-industry-n-fair-housing/">Another &#8216;Pile on Appraisers&#8217; Diatribe?</a> appeared on <a href="https://appraisersblogs.com">Appraisers Blogs</a>.</p>
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		<title>GAO to Investigate Appraisal Loopholes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;Arizona is seeking damages and penalties against CoesterVMS&#8230; GAO has agreed to complete the study&#8230; Maxine Waters and Congressman William Lacy Clay requested a formal study/investigation into Title XI (FIRREA) and the recent dilution of its intent by the Federal Agencies. VaCAP has learned GAO has agreed to complete the study. The Network of State Coalitions has sent the following to their state members: This is the result of so many voices – the Foundation, ASA, coalitions, NAR, etc. Our Network efforts have given us an inside connection that hopefully we can continue to build on. Our meeting in DC&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;the federal agencies charged with implementing Title XI of FIRREA have taken steps to limit the number of transactions for which an appraisal is required&#8230; Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Congressman William Lacy Clay request a formal study/investigation into Title XI (FIRREA) and the recent dilution of its intent by the Federal Agencies. The letter to  Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office, addresses threshold increases, regulatory exemptions, appraisal waivers, the North Dakota appraiser certification waiver and evaluations in lieu of an appraisal. It is clear the Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee and Subcommittee Chairman on Housing, Community Development and Insurance&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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