FHA loans offer flexibility to borrowers with low credit scores and limited funds for a home down payment. But there’s one area where FHA lenders can’t be flexible: the appraisal. Any property that’s ...

The Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest organization of real estate appraisers, has celebrated a significant victory for the appraisal profession in the wake of the Federal Housing ...

In the summer edition of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Appraiser Newsletter, the FHA re-emphasizes the importance of appraisers correctly documenting any seller concessions on a property ...

When selling your home, the goal is to get lots of strong offers from well-qualified buyers. Some of those offers may come from borrowers using loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ...

On July 14, 2011, HUD published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (76 FR 41441) designed to make FHA's Appraiser Roster regulations regarding eligibility requirements of appraisers to qualify ...

When Perry "Pat" Turner Jr. visits a house to do an appraisal, he usually just brings a camera, a note pad and a measuring device. But lately, the Richmond, Va., appraiser had to carry an expandable ...

The Federal Housing Administration’s investigation into possible appraisal inflations on reverse mortgage loans revealed an issue the agency decided it must address. On Friday, the FHA announced that ...

Britney Crawford, James Wright Jr. On March 19, 2025, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) issued Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2025-08 titled “Rescinding Multiple Appraisal Policy Related Mortgagee ...

The deadline has arrived for mandatory submissions to the Federal Housing Administration's Electronic Appraisal Delivery portal, but as many as one-third of lenders that originate FHA-insured ...

Starting March 14, 2022, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will require all lenders to use FHA Catalyst for appraisals. The module can also accept appraisals for Home Equity Conversion ...