Mercury Network

a la mode announced today that JVI Appraisal Division, LLC has now enhanced their FNC-based appraisal management operations by integrating a la mode’s Mercury Network Vendor Management Platform. The addition of the Mercury Network results in greater quality control for JVI, JVI appraisers, and JVI clients. Click to view..

a la mode announced today that AXIS Appraisal Management Solutions has now fully integrated their appraisal management operations with a la mode’s Mercury Network Vendor Management Platform (VMP). Click to view..

a la mode today announced a huge step forward for appraisal compliance and efficiency with Mercury Network’s full integration for appraisal ordering inside the popular loan origination software, Calyx Point. Click to view..

a la mode announced today that Matt McLean, a 23-year mortgage banking executive and past president of the Oklahoma Mortgage Bankers Association, will be joining a la mode's Mortgage Solutions Division as the National Sales Director for the South Central Region. Click to view..

a la mode formally announced today that it has created two separate divisions inside the company to better serve the distinct needs of its varied customer base. Its Real Estate Solutions Division will serve the company's tens of thousands of clients working as real estate agents and brokers, appraisers, and inspectors, and the new Mortgage Solutions Division will focus on serving mortgage lenders, loan officers, compliance officers, mortgage brokers, servicers, AMCs, and REO/asset managers. Click to view..

a la mode announced today that its Mercury Network cloud-based appraisal vendor management platform has reached its first major volume target of 10,000 transactions a day sustained over a full month. Click to view..

Expanding its commitment to industry-leading customer service, a la mode today announced a dedicated client service team for enterprise users of its document eSigning solution, SureDocs. Click to view..

It pays—in my opinion—to be an original. Why do I mention this? I’m very impressed with the GSEs moving to mandate e-appraisals through the Veros platform using MISMO standards. I think it will really benefit the industry. It will push us into this century vs. mortgage always being a century behind. Yes I said a century behind. There was some news I read that will make it even easier for industry participants to make this transition that I think is really worthy of sharing. Click to view..

a la mode announced today that Veros Real Estate Solutions has integrated their VeroSELECT and Valuation Risk Management (VRM) products with Mercury Network’s vendor management platform. Click to view..

a la mode announced today that Axios Valuation Solutions has now fully integrated their appraisal management operations with a la mode’s Mercury Network Vendor Management Platform (VMP). Click to view..

Read a great post from an Austin, TX appraiser about HR4173 and appraisal management with Mercury Network. Click to view..

a la mode today announced its new Client Relations department dedicated exclusively to Mercury Network clients. Mercury Network is the dominant online appraisal Vendor Management Platform (VMP), allowing lenders and AMCs to order and manage appraisals (using their own appraisers or accessing the largest nationwide appraiser network in Mercury), all while remaining in full compliance with HVCC, FHA, GLB, and Federal Interagency Appraisal Guidelines. Click to view..

Lenders need a common-sense approach to collateral valuation policy that embraces three key components: Regulatory compliance, quality assurance and fraud management. This three-legged-stool approach can keep valuation risk at bay. Click to view..

Lenders are under more regulatory compliance scrutiny than ever, especially as consumers engage lawyers nationwide in foreclosure, valuation, and predatory lending lawsuits -- many of which are turned into class actions. Click to view..

Question: What is it going to take for the lending industry to better understand there are alternatives to AMCs when it comes to maintaining HVCC compliance? Click to view..

Appraisers are used to toiling away in relative obscurity, but suddenly the national spotlight is shining on the industry, and in an area that normally is shrouded in comparative secrecy: Fees. More interestingly, people outside the profession are actually worried that appraisal fees may be too low, not too high. Click to view..

While county-level analysis may seem to be the most relevant to the fees you charge on a day to day basis, there’s no denying the fact that your business doesn’t operate in a vacuum. Click to view..

Hawaii is looking better and better to appraisers these days, especially as record snow storms strike large parts of the continental United States. Who can blame them for wanting to sit on the beach and collect among the highest fees in the nation, in a location that also happens to be one of the busiest as well? Click to view..

Real estate news service Inman News recently reported on our Appraisal Fee Reference™ Click to view..

There’s a common misperception out there — especially among appraisal clients — that the “oversupply” of appraisers has created a market where there is no fee too low. Click to view..