Written by Chris Carnes on June 22, 2017
On June 12, 2017, a la mode released its newly designed company website. The site includes improved navigation for user-friendliness, more resources for appraisers, and easier purchasing options. The driving factor for this renovation was to provide an exemplary web experience for both current and new a la mode customers. Read more...
Written by Chris Carnes on May 15, 2017
In May of 2017, a la mode released details about its newest software product, Titan Analytics. The purpose of Titan Analytics is to help a la mode's customers save time, better serve clients, and reduce follow up questions. With this product, a la mode will help customers by allowing them to fill out the 1004 Market Conditions form, and add detailed charts to reports without leaving their formfilling software. Read more...
Written by Chris Carnes on April 15, 2017
At a la mode, giving back to the community is a common affair. In April, a la mode's employees spent the last Friday of the month working with Habitat for Humanity to bring two homes to life. One group of employees worked to build the framework of a house, while another spent time painting the interior of another. a la mode supports Habitat for Humanity in their efforts to build homes for others. Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976, and has since helped 6.8 million people around the globe. Read more...
Written by Chris Carnes on January 21, 2017
To celebrate the new year, a la mode donated $10,000 to the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society seeks to research cancer treatment and one day find cures for all forms of cancer. Since 1946, the American Cancer Society has invested $4.5 billion into research. Read more...
Written by Chris Carnes on January 15, 2017
After many requests from customers, in October 2016, a la mode began holding live training events for customers to come and receive training on their products from the company's expert instructors. a la mode now intends to continue holding the live training events at its operations center in Oklahoma City on a bi-monthly basis. Each training session will cover one over-arching topic and will focus on alleviating any setbacks customers face with that topic. Learn a la mode’s training opportunities here. Read more...
Written by Chris Carnes on January 15, 2017
a la mode has released its newest training product, Seminars on Demand. These videos are recorded sessions of a la mode's legendary live training events. By purchasing the Seminars on Demand, customers have the chance to receive the same training they would get at a live event, but in a format that allows them to start, stop, rewind, and learn at their own pace. Only two Seminars on Demand are available right now, one that focuses on a la mode's flagship product, TOTAL, and one that focuses on helping customers transition to a mobile, paperless workflow. Read more...
Written by Chris Carnes on December 15, 2016
In December of 2016, a la mode staff members donated toys and clothing to 30 foster children via the OK Foster Wishes initiative for the holidays. In addition to the donations, a la mode employees spent one of their "Fourth Friday" volunteer days with OK Foster Wishes to help organize and deliver the Christmas gifts to the foster children. Read more...
Written by Chris Carnes on October 15, 2016
Titan Reports, a la mode’s cloud-based appraisal formfiller is one step closer to entering the market. On Oct. 11, a la mode released its third Titan preview. In the first two previews, Elite customers had access to log in to an in-development Titan where they could experience the formfilling aspects of Titan. During the second preview, customers could view and interact with the sketching and mapping elements. For the most recent Titan update, a la mode gave customers the chance to start a new appraisal report, customize it with specific forms and save it – similar to what they do with TOTAL on a daily basis. Read more...
Written by Chris Carnes on September 15, 2016
a la mode’s appraiser website software, XSites, received a special update in September of 2016. A team dedicated to the product upgraded the websites to make them mobile-friendly, incorporate new, modern design options, and include content specific to the appraiser industry. These improvements give XSite users the chance to market their businesses on more aesthetic web pages, boost their rankings in search engines, and provide valuable information about their businesses to website visitors. The overall goal with the changes is to give appraisers more ways to generate income using their website. Learn more about XSites here. Read more...
Written by Nathan Thomas on February 28, 2013
Naples, FL - a la mode announced today that Metro-West (www.metrowestappr.com), the largest independent staff appraisal firm in the nation, now provides staff appraisers with a la mode's full suite of software, including TOTAL formfilling products, eliminating the previous requirement to use ACI software. The TOTAL family of software products is the dominant appraisal report platform in the industry, used by more than half of all appraisers nationwide. In conjunction, Metro-West has launched a MercuryDirect plugin with Mercury Network to ensure the highest quality appraisals for its growing list of lenders. Metro-West's new MercuryDirect plugin will leverage Mercury Network's direct connection to the appraiser's desktop to streamline compliant appraisal delivery, and accelerate turn times. The plugin runs Metro-West's customized review rules on reports while still at the appraiser's desktop, eliminating the time consuming revision request cycle. "As our client list grows, we're hiring more of the best staff appraisers, and we have to effectively scale our review and quality control operations to keep extremely short turn times", noted Benjamin Schomer, Vice President Business Development at Metro-West. "By removing our old ACI formfilling software restriction, we can work with far more appraisers. The one-two combination of more appraisers and faster turn times positions Metro-West to continue its phenomenal growth." "With the MercuryDirect plugin and their adoption of TOTAL to expand their reach to the majority of the nation's appraisers, Metro-West has the right technological foundation to continue to expand very quickly, and very successfully", said Jennifer Miller, president of a la mode's Mortgage Solutions Division. a la mode's Mercury Network is the nation's premiere Vendor Management Platform in the appraisal and BPO industries, offering both interfaceless "black box" MercuryDirect services and APIs, as well as "turn key" MercuryManaged Web front ends for use by loan officers and compliance staff. Mercury has been used in both capacities by a lengthy roster of the nation's largest lenders and AMCs, as well as by numerous community banks, credit unions, wholesale and correspondent lenders, and mortgage brokers, simplifying full compliance with appraisal independence standards and banking security regulations. It's been used by more than 200,000 mortgage professionals since 2002 to automate the full "round trip" of tens of millions of appraisals. For more information, visit www.MercuryVMP.com. Read more...