The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week announced that the ability for property appraisals to be conducted via an exterior-only inspection – a core relief component for the reverse mortgage ...

An FHA appraisal assesses your home’s market value and condition to determine whether it’s both safe to inhabit and a good investment. You’ll need to pass the FHA appraisal to receive an FHA loan for ...

FHA inspection involves an appraiser taking a magnifying glass to your home to make sure it's safe. For a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan to be approved, the home must pass an FHA inspection ...

Q: I am an FHA certified real estate appraiser. In one of your articles, you painted an inaccurate picture of FHA appraisers, stating that they are not qualified to identify defects in a home.

Before issuing an FHA loan, a lender orders an appraisal from a professional approved by the Federal Housing Administration. The appraisal may flag risks to health or safety or note problems with the ...

Given the need for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to assure solvency of their insurance fund, they are continuing to publish changes that are designed to protect FHA. Although some of these ...

When selling your home, the goal is to get lots of strong offers from well-qualified buyers. Some of those offers may come from borrowers using loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ...

On July 14, 2011, HUD published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (76 FR 41441) designed to make FHA's Appraiser Roster regulations regarding eligibility requirements of appraisers to qualify ...

When Perry "Pat" Turner Jr. visits a house to do an appraisal, he usually just brings a camera, a note pad and a measuring device. But lately, the Richmond, Va., appraiser had to carry an expandable ...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced new guidance for FHA mortgage appraisals on Wednesday, aimed at both the forward and reverse mortgage programs and designed to limit instances of ...

In a series of Mortgagee Letters, dated Sept. 18, 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provided new guidelines affecting the independence, portability, and validity periods ...