Many small business owners have a small staff in which everyone feels like family. It can be difficult to "write a report card" for someone you feel very close to. Understand that the employee ...

A home appraisal is a crucial step in buying a house. An appraisal report is created by an unbiased, independent third party to assess the property’s financial value. By understanding how appraisals ...

The lack of consistent record-keeping on desktop appraisal reports could pose risks to financial safety, with the OIG pushing for increased transparency and improved monitoring. The Office of ...

WASHINGTON — Editor's note: The above video is from November 2021. A 54-page report released by the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity Wednesday, confirmed what many ...

A home appraisal involves an objective professional evaluating a home to determine its value. Home lenders commonly order appraisals during mortgage or refinance underwriting. Appraisers take many ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s long-awaited action plan on appraisal bias outlines administrative actions the federal government will quickly take to address mis-valuations. But the ...

The appraisal industry, unlike other sectors of the housing finance industry, has been allowed to govern and regulate itself. The Appraisal Foundation is an industry-run private nonprofit that has a ...

On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Senior Mortgage Reporter Georgia Kromrei about the much-anticipated PAVE Task Force report on appraisal bias. Kromrei digs into what the ...

A lower-than-expected home appraisal can be disappointing, whether you’re purchasing a home or applying for a refinance. A home appraisal that comes in low can create issues for a buyer trying to ...