Appraising is like a minimum wage job.

[J Grant]

That is a lender problem. It is your choice whether or not you allow it to become YOUR problem

Nice sentiment, but it is every appraiser's "poem - or more accurately, their reality, for the ppraisers who do GSE lender work, especially in any volume.

 

[Vermonter]

Nice sentiment, but it is every appraiser's "poem - or more accurately, their reality, for the ppraisers who do GSE lender work, especially in any volume.

Because they allow it

 

[J Grant]

Because they allow it

Yes, they agree to the TILA fee parameters because they get a large volume of work in exchange.

 

[Vermonter]

Yes, they agree to the TILA fee parameters because they get a large volume of work in exchange.

Brilliant!

And let's guess what happens when the volume dries up....additional fee reduction for priority?

 

[J Grant]

Brilliant!

And let's guess what happens when the volume dries up....additional fee reduction for priority?

Not with direct lenders - perhaps with AMC's, the above happens.

 

[Vermonter]

Not with direct lenders - perhaps with AMC's, the above happens.

So just low fees and NO volume. Cool

 

[J Grant]

So just low fees and NO volume. Cool

?
Try good fees and high volume. The fees are set set by surveys every year for the panel and appraiser agree to them or not. they are C and R for a region. If a property is high value or complex, then it is a vee quote Of course, an appraiser can ask for a different fee on any order if they want to

 

[George Hatch]

No matter what, you're going to have a hard time preventing appraisers from crossing your unions' electronic picket line to underbid the C&R. Especially when it's not a closed shop.

 

[J Grant]

No matter what, you're going to have a hard time preventing appraisers from crossing your unions' electronic picket line to underbid the C&R. Especially when it's not a closed shop.

Direct lenders do not let their panel underbid C, and R. That is why it is called, C and R.

You seem fixated on this idea- an assumption that other clients behave the way AMs do.

 

[George Hatch]

You seem to believe the AMC-users don't care about their costs. 15-years of their demonstrated conduct notwithstanding.