MBA Premier Member Spotlight: Dart Appraisal
One in a continuing series of profiles of Premier Members of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Please contact MBA’s Alicia Goncalves, CMB for information about Premier Member spotlights.
MBA NewsLink: Share a brief overview of your company.
Dart Appraisal: Dart Appraisal is an independent AMC established in 1993. With over three decades of experience, we have earned a strong reputation for exceptional customer service and innovative technology that facilitates precise and prompt residential and commercial appraisals and alternative valuation products.
Our proprietary order management system, developed and maintained by Dart, tracks all of your orders in real time. We have cultivated direct partnerships with both appraisers and clients, tailoring customized solutions for lenders of all sizes.
MBA NewsLink: What key products or services would you like to showcase?
Dart Appraisal: Dart Appraisal offers a full suite of residential and commercial valuations, solutions, and services.
Residential Appraisals:
– Conventional, FHA, or USDA
– Single-Family
– Multi-Family
– Vacant Land
– Manufactured
Residential Alternate Valuation Solutions and Services:
– AVM (both one-off and portfolios)
– ACE + PDR
– Value Acceptance + PDC
– BPO
– EVR
– Hybrids (desktop)
– Evaluations
– Disaster Area Inspections
– Remote Property Inspections
– Property Condition Reports (PCR)
Commercial Valuation Solutions and Services:
We offer both Full-Service Appraisal Management and Review-Only Services:
– Appraisals (SBA, USDA, FHA, and Freddie Mac can be additional intended users)
– Review only (you engage, we review)
– Evaluations
– AVM
– BPO
– Environmental Assessments (low-cost screening tools, RSRAs, Phase I and Phase II)
– Inspections (property condition reports and property condition assessments)
– Feasibility Studies.
MBA NewsLink: How would you describe your company’s culture?
Dart Appraisal: At Dart Appraisal, our mission is simple: to improve the appraisal management process for our partners. We are customer focused. Everything we do revolves around ensuring the best experience for our clients and their lending customers. Every client has a dedicated team.
Turn time matters to us because it matters to our customers. Our turn times are competitive across all geographies and product types. And we rigorously screen and evaluate our appraisers to ensure the quality of their work.
With 32+ years in the business, Dart Appraisal is a trusted industry leader offering unique products and services that cater to your business needs. We continue to invest in ourselves to develop and maintain our lead in technology and service.
MBA NewsLink: How is your company engaged with MBA?
Dart Appraisal: Dart Appraisal has been a member of MBA for 15+ years, attending multiple conferences each year as well as participating in advocacy events.
We look forward to continuously building our partnership with MBA to promote knowledge sharing, collaboration, and success across the mortgage industry.
(MBA Premier Member Spotlights are provided by the Mortgage Bankers Association as a service to MBA Premier Members. Publication does not constitute an endorsement of a particular company, product or service. For more information about the MBA Premier Member program, contact MBA Director of Associate Membership Alicia Goncalves, CMB, at agoncalves@mba.org or call 202/557-2920.)
