NAR sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding appraisal modernization, oversight, and the use of data collectors.
While NAR is supportive of modernization, though a licensed appraiser is the best option, the letter points out that:
- More information about data collectors should be collected and shared,
- A full review of automated valuation models (AVMs) is needed,
- More oversight of the data collected, and privacy issues should be explored,
- The rollout of the data collection program could have impacts on competition in the valuation space and consumer impacts, and
- The GSEs need to stake steps to prevent internalizing the valuation risk.