Custom integrations now possible without expensive negotiation or development costs as part of company’s new Vendor Integration Platform Chicago /PRNewswire/ -a la mode’s revolutionary SureDocs e-document application, already in use by more than 4,000 mortgage originators, can now be seamlessly integrated with any back office management system on a totally custom basis, with the release […]
Forty-seven percent of appraisers believe the level of federal regulation of their profession is just right, according to the results of a survey commissioned by the National Association of REALTORS® Marketing Research Department and released recently. Splitting the difference almost evenly, 27 percent said there is too little federal regulation of appraisers and 25 percent […]
Reverse mortgages haven’t really caught on. But they’re bound to. And since every one requires a full appraisal from a professional with certain skills and credentials, it’s a huge potential source of business for the right appraiser. A reverse mortgage lets homeowners aged 62 or older convert the equity in their homes into regular monthly […]
In testimony before a Senate subcommittee September 13, the Chief Economist of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) said the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is “actively researching the issue of appraisal bias.” “Much of OFHEO’s home value information is derived from appraisals produced in the home refinancing process,” Patrick J. […]
Past due fees that you might have been too busy to pay attention to the last few years are becoming more important to collect. You’ve been asking for features that can help you collect and avoid late or non-payment in the first place. Now we’ve added some tools to your Appraisal XSite website that make […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – In the last three years, a la mode, one of the most mission critical and influential companies in the real estate technology industry, has given away two Mercedes SLK convertibles, a Corvette convertible, a Range Rover Sport and a Porsche Boxster. The company announced today that this November a lucky agent […]
WinTOTAL users get an e-mail two or three times a month usually from Adam Calvery, our Vice President of Appraisal Products, letting you know what’s happening in the next WinTOTAL form filling software update. If you get them you’re probably already aware of the Aurora Status Dashboard, accessible at this link: http://www.alamode.com/aurorastatus/ If you haven’t […]
Now that Fannie Mae makes the cost approach optional, many of you aren’t doing it anymore on single family residential assignments. Many of you still are because your clients sometimes ask for it, and you like delivering a more complete, even more attractive, report. Many of you would include the cost approach if you could […]
You’re hearing and reading ideas all over the place for diversifying your practice and attracting new business. If you’re feeling a pinch the best place to start, 100 percent of the time, is with the business you already have and value. All the tricks of the marketing and client retention trade won’t keep all your […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — MILA, Inc., a leading e-commerce wholesale lender based in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, said it has evaluated a la mode’s new SureDocs electronic document creator for mortgage originators and will accept electronically signed RESPA disclosures generated by SureDocs from its 40,000-plus broker/subscribers. a la mode’s SureDocs is desktop software that allows brokers […]
