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Rocket Mortgage Sued

An ongoing story. Think of the details and implications though. So much for client confidentiality because on the GSE level, investigators apparently have instant access to the appraisal repositories.

You don't understand Denver and what these places are like. There is a block by block differential where one side is standard regular homes, the others are custom homes with tremendous hundreds of thousands of value dollars difference. And sometimes they're intermingled so after time you learn about these patterns, that if you land one of the orders for a regular amid the customs, they tend to comp out more on this area then that, and vice versa. Not to mention the consistent 2/3rds ratio of land value being higher than home value, unless you're into the customs but even then it's often half and half.

There is no white area or black area in these communities like one might presume, just pockets of yuppies and urban folk congregating in micro pockets not but blocks away from each other.

Mykhailyna appraised the property to be over $200,000 lower than an appraisal on the same property that had been completed less than a year before, a more than 25% decrease at a time of rising home values in the Denver.

That's probably because the appraiser prior had over valued the property that much is the more likely situation. Probably chasing down a realtors figures based on flawed Denver based MLS Corelogic Realist avm estimates which are known for presenting six digit possible price ranges.

Don't worry, the lender and AMC will crawl out of this mess by dumping the entire thing on the appraiser and leave the appraiser with the full burden of all investigative and representative costs.
Yeah, you should work Shelby County and Memphis. I know what your talking about. Heterogeneous City where an appraiser can get in trouble quick if they are not familiar with the area.

Many rural areas in Tennessee are tough too if you are not familiar with the rural areas. Nashville and Knoxville are more homogeneous in nature. Easier to judge differences in different locations.
 
Rocket Mtg should have called for a ROV on that property or ordered a second appraisal. That would have been smart.

You know dang well the borrower complained bad to Rocket Mtg.
 
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The property in question is a duplex comprising two separate living units. The owner occupies one unit while renting out the other. Duplexes are less prevalent in the market than single-family homes, which may necessitate the appraiser to search for comparable sales outside the immediate neighborhood.

Given this context, it raises the possibility that the previous appraiser may not have had the requisite experience or competency in appraising duplex properties specifically.

Also, throughout the complaint, they keep revering to "White Owners"? I was unaware that MLS has a box to check for white ownership.

IMHO, the whole language in the HUD complaint is discriminatory.
 
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This has been going on for years. However, I have never seen a follow-up story on any previous HUD complaints involving black owner appraisal discrimination. Indeed, some of these cases must have been dismissed or concluded.
 
This has been going on for years. However, I have never seen a follow-up story on any previous HUD complaints involving black owner appraisal discrimination. Indeed, some of these cases must have been dismissed or concluded.
It could be that they are taking a long time to work their way through the system. But I sure hope they have been dismissed.
 
The property in question is a duplex comprising two separate living units. The owner occupies one unit while renting out the other. Duplexes are less prevalent in the market than single-family homes, which may necessitate the appraiser to search for comparable sales outside the immediate neighborhood.

Given this context, it raises the possibility that the previous appraiser may not have had the requisite experience or competency in appraising duplex properties specifically.

Also, throughout the complaint, they keep revering to "White Owners"? I was unaware that MLS has a box to check for white ownership.

IMHO, the whole language in the HUD complaint is discriminatory.
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It does seem quite discriminatory. Wow if an appraiser said that about a subject property.
 
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"Problematic comparable properties" Sounds like a good way to say they just didn't like the value. Doesn't even claim they are not comparable or not the best comparables.
 
No mention of what these closer duplexes are, for all we know they are much larger or in a different market area. I imagine there is a purpose for not naming them, probably because they don't support the case, but Im not a lawyer so maybe its a technique.

My guess is there probably wasn't good comps. Purely speculation but I'd guess the appraiser had to go further away, one direction might of been lower, the other higher (which crosses a major road).

So the lesson is make sure your comps are not from a predominately black area, I guess?
 
I forgot "not". Thanks for checking my statements. Trump must be in my head.
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