by RMAA Website | May 4, 2025 | Continuing Education
The new URAR is coming! Beta testing with a select group of appraisers begins in September and the full rollout will begin in January 2026. Join us on Thursday, September 4th in Denver for a 7 hour hybrid collaborative class with the Colorado AI chapter and the...
by RMAA Website | Apr 30, 2025 | Continuing Education
Important update from DORA in their newest newsletter. RMAA has a team that monitors each CE class to ensure we are compliant with DORA requirements for our appraiser CE. —————————————- In...
by RMAA Website | Apr 11, 2025 | Appraisal News
Fannie Mae released a statement today about real estate commissions and interested party contributions (IPC). This guidance is helpful for appraisers when deciding whether to treat a seller-paid real estate commission as a seller concession. This statement from Fannie...
by RMAA Website | Apr 9, 2025 | RMAA News
We are thrilled to announce our very own JoAnn Apostol has been named the 2024 Appraiser of the Year by the National Association of Appraisers (NAA)!With over 20 years of experience as a certified residential appraiser, JoAnn has built a distinguished reputation as an...
by RMAA Website | Apr 4, 2025 | Appraisal News
Fannie Mae just released their Q1 2025 Appraiser Update. This includes a preview of the new Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD), guidance on how to determine condition, quality, location, and view ratings, and an overview of the new definitions of floor plan and sketch....
by RMAA Website | Apr 3, 2025 | Appraisal News
Both REcolorado and IRES made announcements this week on how seller concessions can be shown through their respective platforms. The REcolorado MLS now allows agents to itemize concessions when closing a listing. This can be accomplished by using the provided...
by RMAA Website | Mar 19, 2025 | Appraisal News
Today the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) issued Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2025-08, which rescinds multiple appraisal policy related Mortgagee Letters. If you are on the FHA approved roster, please be sure to read the letter. The impacted MLs include: ML 2024-16,...
by RMAA Website | Feb 28, 2025 | Legislation
The Limitations of Actions Against Appraisers Bill, SB25-035, was approved by the Senate this week with a vote of 31-1 (2 senators were absent and 1 seat is vacant). The bill has been introduced in the House and assigned to the Business Affairs & Labor Committee...
by RMAA Website | Feb 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Limitations of Actions Against Appraisers bill (with its amendment), SB25-035, was introduced yesterday in the Senate to the Business, Labor & Technology Committee where it was unanimously approved by the committee with a vote of 7-0. The next step is for the...
by RMAA Website | Jan 29, 2025 | RMAA News
We’re excited to announce that RMAA has recently joined the National Association of Appraisers (NAA) as a Board of Governors (BOG) member! This partnership opens up new opportunities and benefits to our RMAA members. As a BOG member, RMAA now has a direct...
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