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Appraisals

Nationwide Appraisal Network-RealEC Enter Into Partnership Agreement

By | AMC Technology, Appraisals, Appraisers | No Comments

Nationwide Appraisal Network, an award winning and leading appraisal management company, has announced a partnership with RealEC® Technologies, that combines the industry’s most client oriented, technologically sound, compliant AMC with the standard-setting solution that help lenders and their business partners to electronically connect.

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Understanding Appraisals

By | AMC Communication, Appraisal Compliance, Appraisals, Appraisers, Borrowers, Customer Service, Dodd-Frank, Fees, Mortgages, Nationwide Coverage, Valuation | No Comments

Effective January 2014, rules adopted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) allow borrowers to receive copies of all valuation products ordered with their loan (even if the lender did not rely on them three days prior to closing.) Various valuation products (appraisals, AVMs, BPOs) may produce different values and cause confusion for borrowers. 

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NAN Circles – Turning problems into opportunities

By | AMC Communication, Appraisals, Appraisers, Borrowers, Customer Service, Nanners | No Comments

Every appraisal management company deals with complaints and issues at one point or another.  The question is, how are they handled?  Last year, we had a paradigm shift at NAN.  We realized that we were losing golden moments to win over our clients that would call and express dissatisfaction for one reason or another.  At the time we were so heavily involved in compliance that we eventually came to a…

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High cost mortgages and the new CFPB appraisal rules

By | Appraisal Compliance, Appraisals, Mortgages, Nationwide Coverage | No Comments

With the new CFPB rules taking effect in January of 2014 all lenders need to be very aware of the rules and make plans now to ensure they remain compliant. One of the new rules involves appraisals when funding a high cost mortgage. Of course before you can prepare for the changes to come you must first have a basic understanding of what makes a loan a high cost mortgage….

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Managing Overdue Appraisals

By | AMC Communication, Appraisal Compliance, Appraisals, Appraisers, Customer Service, Nationwide Coverage | No Comments

Did you know that Nationwide Appraisal Network takes efficiency and quality very seriously? So seriously, that we have team members and proper procedures in place to not only monitor turn times but to hold people accountable for their productivity and commitments. Though our clients and vendors view our relationship to the appraisal process as simple, what they don’t know is that there are lots of things going on behind the…

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The QM Rule and your company’s relationships can affect your income?

By | AMC Communication, Appraisals, Customer Service, Nationwide Coverage | No Comments

Does your company or organization have relationships? Of course they do, they have plenty of them, vendors, clients, customers, employees, banking, etc.. but what if your employer took it to the next level and created a closer relationship with a supplier of services? What does this matter to me you ask? Well if you work at one of these companies and they own or have an affiliated relationship with a…

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New Loan Originator rules from the CFPB

By | AMC Communication, Appraisals, Dodd-Frank, Fees, Mortgages | No Comments

As most of us are aware the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is amending Reg Z to implement amendments to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, which leaves loan originations in very familiar territory. Asking them same questions they have been asking for several years now “How does this affect me”? The answer is just as confusing as ever. Let’s try to make some of…

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