Nearly six weeks after the Home Valuation Code of Conduct went into effect, technology vendor Global DMS found that the number of lenders ordering appraisals through appraisal management companies was roughly the same percentage as those lenders who ordered appraisals directly from the appraiser.
While Global DMS – which owns and operates Oasis software and e-Trac – reported that there has been a surge in lending institutions ordering valuation services through AMCs, there also have been suggestions that customers of AMC services have been dissatisfied with the results; especially when those results have led to increased fees to the borrower and declining fees to the appraiser.
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