Black Knight Inc.’s Data & Analytics division has released its latest Mortgage Monitor Report, based upon the company’s mortgage, real estate and public records datasets. While rising home prices and volatile interest rates continue to compound the affordability pressures in the housing market, the same dynamics have also served to increase the housing wealth of American mortgage holders by a significant margin. Tappable equity – the amount available for mortgage holders to borrow against
From Forms to Reports: A Look at the UAD Overhaul
By now, most appraisers are aware that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) have embarked on a complete overhaul of the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD).