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The real estate market and HVCC; from an appraisers perspective – Final post in the series

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

To day I am finishing up with the final post of my E-View with Frank Gregoire, a Florida appraiser and author of Appraiser Active.

Frank is often quoted as a source for nationally syndicated real estate columnists and appears as a

Francois (Frank) K. Gregoire, IFA RAA

speaker on appraisal and mortgage related

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The real estate market and HVCC; from an appraisers perspective – Part 2 of a series

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Yesterday I did the first post of a series of my E-View with Frank Gregoire, a Florida appraiser and author of Appraiser Active.

Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Frank to the Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board where he served for eight years as a member, four of which as Chairman.

Francois (Frank) K.

Continue reading… The real estate market and HVCC; from an appraisers perspective – Part 2 of a series

The real estate market and HVCC; from an appraisers perspective – Part 1 of a series

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

One of the hot topics in our industry now is the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) which, according to REALTORS(R) have cost them sales due to low appraisals, and according to appraisers has resulted in degradation of appraisal quality as a result of appraisals being done by appraisers that are not

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Freddie Mac issues bulletin; addresses appraisal issues

By: Dennis Norman

It seems the most common “deal-killer” today are issues related to appraisals.  One frequent complaint from REALTORS(R) is that as a result of  HVCC (Home Valuation Code of Conduct) and increased use of AMC’s (appraisal management companies) appraisers are being assigned to do appraisals on transactions in a market they are not familiar with

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Bill to put moratorium on HVCC gains some momentum

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Since going into effect May1st the new Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) has caused controversy, been blamed for killing sales and seems it has everyone up in arms.

A couple of weeks ago I did a post on another blog about a bill, H.R. 3044, that was introduced in the U.S.

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Pending home sales increase again in May – Fourth month in a row

By: Dennis Norman

Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist, NAR

The National Association of REALTORS(R) issued their Pending Home Sales Index Report for May which showed a very modest increase of 0.1% on the index, over April, however May marks the fourth month in a row the index has increased.  It was almost five years ago (October, 2004) the last

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