By now, many of you have already read the The Columbian story by staff writer Stephanie Rice titled: Caught in ID Theft's 'Horrible Web' Rice's story starts out like this . . ."In typical identity theft cases, the thief goes........
FHFA “NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT” SENT TO THE FEDERAL REGISTER Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has transmitted to the Federal Register a Notice of “Establishment of a New Independent Agency.” This provides formal public notice of the........
Perhaps you remember the headlines? California Appraiser Sues WAMU, First American, eAppraiseIT, and LSI - Refused to check "Stable" It was about Jeniffer Wertz, a California licensed real estate appraiser, who filed a 12 count lawsuit against Washington Mutual Bank,........
I assume that many of you remember the lawsuit that was filed as a class action against FNC last summer? The judge has been considering the request of FNC to allow the parties to go into arbitration since December of........
Working RE Magazine recently featured an announcement that eTrac, an online web based appraisal management system, is offering appraisers an opportunity to sign up in the eTrac network for free. FREE is always nice, right? So I signed up and........
Appraisal Scoop reported previously (click here) on the May 22, 2008 Virginia State Board for Real Estate Appraiser's (VREAB) meeting to discuss among other things, a petition submitted by George Dodd, SRA. Click Here to: Download Virginia_Appraisal_Board_Petition_052208.pdf The petition was........
"Four national associations of real estate appraisers have asked Congress* for major regulatory reforms in the wake of an Associated Press investigation that identified key failings within the existing system." *Thanks to Scott Austin, Austin Appraisal, LLC, I now have........
AUTHOR: Patrick Egger is a Certified General Appraiser located in Las Vegas, NV. He teaches continuing education classes on the housing market, appraisal issues for real estate agents and appraisers. Click on Outside The Boxes for a collection of Patrick's........
Zaio has released their second quarter financial results for 2008 and opened with a positive statement by their CEO, Douglas Vincent:"The Company reported record revenues and made significant progress with its proprietary technology development during the quarter," stated Douglas Vincent,........
"Four national associations of real estate appraisers have asked Congress for major regulatory reforms in the wake of an Associated Press investigation that identified key failings within the existing system." Click here for the complete article! Related Stories: Inflated appraisal........
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