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 ...

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?

"As previously announced, Bank of America Home Loans plans to exit the correspondent mortgage lending channel and focus entirely on retail distribution for its mortgage products and services. After a ...

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 ...

Unfair practices by banks toward appraisal firms have once again come under scrutiny. There are ongoing criticisms that banks continue to request repeated appraisals from multiple firms and even ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about real estate economics. This article is more than 5 years old. Does the typical appraisal protect you from overpaying ...