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Hybrid Appraisals: The Future of Property Valuation 

Hybrid Appraisals: The Future is Here Faster, smarter, and more efficient—hybrid appraisals are transforming property valuation. With Fannie Mae’s new policy taking effect in March 2025, now is the time to embrace this modern solution. SVI’s seamless workflow ensures accuracy, speed, and compliance.

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Valuation Blog

SVI’s VALIDITY Pro Updated to Deliver the GSEs’ Uniform Property Dataset

To improve the quality and consistency in property data collection, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collaborated to develop…

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Appraisal Risk Review (ARR): Confidently Move your Whole Loan or Securitization Deals Forward

Need a product for mortgages being purchased into conduits or packaged into securitizations? SVI’s Appraisal Risk Review (ARR)…

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Valuation Blog

Stewart In The Studio: Appraisal Modernization and Diversity for Improved Quality and Turn-times

In this week’s Stewart In The Studio episode, Teri Zarate and Richard Garrie share the latest on industry…

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Working Smarter: How Productivity Tools Are Helping SVI Deliver Top Quality Reports

Real estate appraisers and brokers are incredibly busy — and rightfully so, the effort it takes to accurately…

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7 Days to Transform Your Appraisal Management with VI Direct

SVI understands that some lending institutions prefer to manage their own appraisal panel, that’s why we developed Valuation…

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Valuation Blog

SVI Offering Valuation Modernization Consultations

Stewart Valuation Intelligence (SVI) has been approved to support Fannie Mae’s new Value Acceptance + Property Data through…

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Stewart in the Studio Podcast with Aaron Fowler, CEO of SVI

Fannie Mae’s recent announcement continues to bring questions from mortgage lenders trying to understand potential impacts.

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Summary of Fannie Mae Policies and Initiatives Update

This is a summary of key takeaways from Fannie’s most recent update: Value Acceptance is the new name…

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