Should a bank be allowed to use its own staff to value properties if it believes that there aren’t enough appraisers in its market to meet demand or that outside appraisals have become too costly?

Craig Linville, vice president in the appraisal department at Bank of North Carolina in High Point, found out the hard way that sometimes a bank can grow too quickly for its own good. The $2.5 billion ...

TROY, MI--(Marketwired - Apr 29, 2014) - Dart Appraisal (www.DartAppraisal.com) today announced it has been named an approved Appraisal Management Company (AMC) by Flagstar Bank. As a leading provider ...

More than 80 percent of bank appraisers think reducing the number of loans requiring an appraisal could increase risk to borrowers, according to a survey of its professionals released by the Appraisal ...