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Market Predictions for 2025 From First American’s Odeta Kushi
Will 2025 be the year the housing market moves closer to being ‘just right’? As with all things in economics, the answer is ‘it depends.’

First American’s Odeta Kushi: Market Predictions for 2025
Will 2025 be the year the housing market moves closer to being ‘just right’? As with all things in economics, the answer is ‘it depends.’

New Federal Guidelines for AVMs Elevate Bias Testing, Give Consumers a Stronger Voice–ICE’s Damien Weldon and John Holbrook
In today’s environment, it’s important to have a transparent, objective and credible valuation process to establish a value for a property that all parties can agree on–but also a way to challenge and test those value assessments when warranted.

New Federal Guidelines for AVMs Elevate Bias Testing, Give Consumers a Stronger Voice–ICE’s Damien Weldon and John Holbrook
In today’s environment, it’s important to have a transparent, objective and credible valuation process to establish a value for a property that all parties can agree on–but also a way to challenge and test those value assessments when warranted.

ICE’s Damien Weldon and John Holbrook: New Federal Guidelines for AVMs Elevate Bias Testing, Give Consumers a Stronger Voice
In today’s environment, it’s important to have a transparent, objective and credible valuation process to establish a value for a property that all parties can agree on–but also a way to challenge and test those value assessments when warranted.

GSEs, FHFA, HUD Implement ROV Requirements–What Lenders Need to Know: ICE’s John Holbrook
In May, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the implementation of new lender requirements for reconsiderations of value, effective Aug. 29. Here’s what lenders should know.

John Holbrook From ICE: GSEs, FHFA, HUD Implement ROV Requirements–What Lenders Need to Know
In May, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the implementation of new lender requirements for reconsiderations of value, effective Aug. 29. Here’s what lenders should know.

ICE’s John Holbrook: GSEs, FHFA, HUD Implement ROV Requirements–What Lenders Need to Know
In May, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the implementation of new lender requirements for reconsiderations of value, effective Aug. 29. Here’s what lenders should know.

Agustin Del Rio: Don’t Cry for Me, MBA-sita–Profitability Has Never Left You in the Long Term
When Novak Djokovic was once asked who the better tennis player between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on a “neutral” surface was, he humorously retorted, “Which surface is that? Ice?”