published by CAARE on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 21:52
Builders want to continue to force consumers to use their in-house title companies.
published by CAARE on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 15:53
On July 28th, 2009 CAARE was briefly interviewed on public radio about the problems with the new Home Valuation Code of Conduct. The purpose of the HVCC is to obtain sound appraisals free of influence and coercion from vendors and parties to the transaction. The goals are accomplished by preventing interested parties from communicating directly with appraisers. CAARE supports the idea of an HVCC, but finds severe defects in the way this idea was implemented. The end results of this first attempt at a good idea are higher prices and lower quality appraisals for consumers, lower pay for ap
