Suggested Value and Weighted Averages in TOTAL

on March 26, 2024

If you use a weighted average for your sales comps, TOTAL can help you show your work by putting the calculations and a description into your addendum.  The default is to automatically weigh comps by gross adjustment, but you can manually weight them however you’d like. Watch this short video to see how.

Your UAD Questions, Answered.

on March 13, 2024

So many questions were submitted during our webinars with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and we couldn’t possibly answer them all in our allotted time. So, as promised, here is a blog to answer some of your burning questions!   Will we get a test form to review and work with before it goes live? The GSEs […]

Tech Tip – UAD Guide built into TOTAL

on March 12, 2024

TOTAL has a built-in guide and dictionary of all the UAD requirements from the relevant GSE documentation for UAD. This way you don’t have to look it up manually, or perhaps even keep a hard copy of Appendix D buried somewhere on your desk!

Tech Tip: Changing area properties in a sketch

on February 6, 2024

We’ve shown you how to modify an area’s line style and color to distinguish it in a report. But what if you want ALL your future balconies to have dashed gray lines? Watch this short video to see how. (:58) You can always learn more about getting the most out of your sketches in our […]

A look back at 2023

on February 2, 2024

There’s no way around it, 2023 was a tough year for appraisers. Mortgage rate increases and difficult market conditions meant there was less work to go around. But you pressed on, focused on what you could control, and we made every effort to help you along the way. We focused on helping you generate non-lender […]