http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/nar-anti-appraisal-reform-lobbying-effort/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:57:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/nar-anti-appraisal-reform-lobbying-effort/comment-page-1/#comment-186383 Appraisal Assault Part 2 | But Then What Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:09:24 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=29966#comment-186383 [...] had to say. Also Barry Ritholtz has been on the case. He did a little digging and came up with this letter outlining the planned legislative assault on the appraisal process, but I especially liked what he [...] [...] had to say. Also Barry Ritholtz has been on the case. He did a little digging and came up with this letter outlining the planned legislative assault on the appraisal process, but I especially liked what he [...]

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/nar-anti-appraisal-reform-lobbying-effort/comment-page-1/#comment-186141 NAR, NAMB Fighting Appraisal Reform | The Big Picture Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:29:39 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=29966#comment-186141 [...] I called that a thinly veiled hint for “friendly” i.e., “corruptible” appraisals. I did some more digging, and I quickly discovered what this contemptible suggestion was all about: It is part of a broader lobbying effort by the The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) and The National Association of Realtors (NAR) against honest appraisals. The proof are these lobbying letters to mortgage brokers and real estate agents; see  Mortgage Broker’s Anti-Appraisal Reform Lobbying and Effort and this NAR Lobbying letter. [...] [...] I called that a thinly veiled hint for “friendly” i.e., “corruptible” appraisals. I did some more digging, and I quickly discovered what this contemptible suggestion was all about: It is part of a broader lobbying effort by the The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) and The National Association of Realtors (NAR) against honest appraisals. The proof are these lobbying letters to mortgage brokers and real estate agents; see  Mortgage Broker’s Anti-Appraisal Reform Lobbying and Effort and this NAR Lobbying letter. [...]

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