Important news update on 3.6 from Grok

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Question for Grok: Is it true more people have walked on the moon than have successfully uploaded a UAD 3.6 appraisal report?

Answer:
Yes, it's very likely true (or at least was until very recently).

 

[Bobby Bucks]

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Only 12 people have ever walked on the Moon (Apollo 11–17 astronauts).UAD 3.6 ContextUAD 3.6 refers to the updated Uniform Appraisal Dataset (version 3.6) and redesigned Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) for GSE (Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac) mortgage appraisals. It uses a new structured data format delivered as a ZIP package (XML + PDF + images) via the Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP). It became available in limited production in late 2025, entered broad production in January 2026, and becomes mandatory for new GSE submissions on November 2, 2026.

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Successful UploadsThe first successful UAD 3.6 submission to UCDP happened on November 14, 2025, by North Carolina appraiser Adam Winstead (using SFREP software, submitted via AIMSdashboard to North State Bank). This was widely reported as a milestone.

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As of early-to-mid 2026 (current time: May 2026), adoption is still in the very early phase:

• It's voluntary until the November 2026 mandate.
• Appraisers report a steep learning curve, more data entry/time, and limited software/mobile tool readiness.
• Reddit/appraisal community threads show only a handful of early adopters discussing their "first" reports, with many still preparing or handling test/proof-of-concept orders.
  
  No public statistics show thousands of successful uploads yet—UCDP doesn't appear to publish real-time totals, but the rollout pace (limited production → broad but optional) and industry chatter indicate the total number of successful UAD 3.6 reports submitted remains very small (likely dozens to at most a few hundred by now, spread across early-testing lenders and appraisers).So yes—far more people have walked on the Moon than have successfully uploaded a production UAD 3.6 appraisal report through UCDP as of now. That should change rapidly after the mandate kicks in later this year.