Highlights: 40.3 percent of appraisers report that 80 percent or more of their appraisal orders still come in via phone or fax Half of appraisers report that 75 percent or more of their clients’ assignment status checks are still via phone or fax The number of appraisers embracing electronic ordering and report delivery has doubled […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Rocky Hill, Ct.-based Integrated Loan Services (ILS), a national process and workflow management service provider for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders, recently completed a custom plugin for a la mode’s Mercury Desktop product for its nationwide roster of real estate appraisers. Mercury Desktop connects appraisers to a la mode’s Mercury […]
Monday, Feb. 21 through Wednesday, Feb. 23 we’re hosting some 750 of our closest friends at our first annual convention in Las Vegas. We’re really looking forward to it, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it’s going to be great to get together with so many of our customers. We’re having a “What […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — One of the most overlooked marketing assets available to Realtors® and other real estate agents is their website. Done right, a website brings in new leads and commissions. Done wrong, a website can rive prospects away. a la mode, inc., the company behind the revolutionary Agent XSites real estate website design […]
Get ready for some extra work on FHA assignments. Months ago we reported on the trend of seller concessions and seller-assisted downpayments artificially inflating property values by being recorded as part of the “sale price” of homes. We told you that the State of Colorado warned its appraisers to take seller concessions into account to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — a la mode recently became the only appraisal software vendor to have every AI Ready™-compliant form available for appraisers to use to do business with the AI Residential Database (AIRD) and AppraisalPort. Appraisal Institute Ready™ (AI Ready™) is an accreditation given to forms software packages by the Appraisal Institute, indicating that […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — a la mode’s Mercury Network is doing its part to serve America’s veterans as they take advantage of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home mortgage loan program. The Mercury Network now makes it easier for qualified real estate appraisers to become eligible to appraise homes for VA-backed mortgage loans. The […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — a la mode’s Mercury Network, an appraisal workflow and transaction management hub connecting real estate appraisers and their mortgage lender clients, reached an important milestone this month. More than 20,000 lender representatives are now registered Network users doing business with Mercury-enabled appraisers. These 20,000-plus lenders find an appraiser in their subject […]
