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Waivers, AUS are lenders’ hedge against any UAD 3.6 crunch

The Uniform Appraisal Dataset 3.6 is set to create massive changes to the appraisal industry when it becomes mandatory on Nov. 2, a transition some appraisers don’t want to deal with. With some of an already shrinking appraiser workforce expected to take the new system’s implementation as a cue to retire, a market that faces […]

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Homebuilder sellers face tougher prices as M&A appetite slows

A 15-year musical-chairs frenzy of mergers-and-acquisitions-powered U.S. homebuilding consolidation and concentration isn’t exactly stalling. But after nearly 200 combinations since 2010, the music may be slowing, and the change in tempo could leave some would-be sellers standing longer than they’d planned. The question for those sellers is no longer simply whether a willing acquirer partner

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