Discover how appraisal costs ensure product quality by detecting defects and maintaining brand reputation through inspections ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will raise appraisal fees and lengthen allowable turnaround times in select markets across the country in response to high demand for appraisals. The cabinet-level ...

An American Banker article addresses rising tensions between mortgage lenders and home appraisers in light of new regulation under Dodd-Frank. With lenders being required to pay customary and ...

The Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest organization of real estate appraisers, has celebrated a significant victory for the appraisal profession in the wake of the Federal Housing ...

a la mode inc., the dominant provider of appraisal-related technology and services to the mortgage industry, today released the first public edition of The Appraisal Fee Reference (AFR). The AFR is ...

WASHINGTON - When you pay $450 to $550 at settlement for an appraisal on a home purchase or refinancing, do you assume that all or most of the money is going to the appraiser who comes to the house ...

Home appraisals are typically required by mortgage lenders before the loan can be approved. The cost can run several hundred dollars, and can depend on factors like the home’s size, condition and more ...

Are you getting fleeced on appraisal charges when you buy a house or refinance? Could you be paying as much as double what the appraiser is receiving for actually doing the work, with the excess going ...

WASHINGTON — Are you getting fleeced on appraisal charges when you buy a house or refinance? Could you be paying as much as double what the appraiser is receiving for actually doing the work, with the ...