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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:27:37 -0700
From: Ann O'Rourke <ann@appraisaltoday.com>
Subject: Time wasters/free online RE conference
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Hiring trainees/credit card payments
New in the May issue of Appraisal Today:
- How to hire the trainee you want
- Should you do REO appraising? Part II
- REO Inspection Checklist
- Appraiser indicted in Georgia mortgage scam
- VA bill proposes to let borrower select appraiser
- AMCO and American Guild of Appraisers alliance
- Curable query - Should you take credit card payments?
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Apps down
(April 23, 2003) - The Market Composite Index of mortgage loan applications
– a measure of mortgage loan applications for purchases and refinancings –
for the week ending April 18 decreased to 1055.8 on a seasonally-adjusted
basis from 1134.6 one week earlier, according to the Weekly Mortgage
Applications Survey of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA),
which was released today. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased by
6.7 percent but was up 105.9 percent compared to the same week a year earlier.
The MBA seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased to 359.9 from 376.1
the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Refinance Index decreased to
5103.9 from 5546.7 one week earlier. Other seasonally adjusted index
activity included the Conventional Index, which decreased to 1525.4 from
1649.6 the previous week. The Government Index decreased to 272.1 from
274.9 the previous week.
Refinancing activity represented 68.4 percent of total applications,
decreasing from 69.4 percent the previous week. The share of ARM activity
decreased to 14.8 percent from 15.3 percent the previous week.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed rate mortgages
decreased to 5.67 from 5.70 percent one week earlier, with points
increasing to 1.44 from 1.43 the previous week (including the origination
fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio loans.
The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed rate mortgages
increased slightly to 5.03 percent from 5.02 percent one week earlier, with
points decreasing to 1.24 from 1.52 the previous week (including the
origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio loans.
The average contract interest rate for 1-year ARMs decreased to 3.35 from
3.48 percent one week earlier, with points increasing to 1.06 from 0.98 the
previous week (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans.
For more info, go to http://www.mbaa.org
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The Eleven Biggest Time-wasting Lies
In the world of time management there are things said to us that we accept
as truth and we act accordingly. The problem is sometimes they are not
truths. They are lies and as we believe them, they waste our time.
Full Story: http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtapages/20030307_timewasting.htm
Ann O'Rourke, MAI, SRA
Appraiser and Publisher of Appraisal Today newsletter
2015 Clement Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501
mailto:ann@appraisaltoday.com
phone: 800-839-0227//fax: 800-839-0014
http://www.appraisaltoday.com for appraisal news, info, and a few jokes!
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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:23:03 -0700
From: Ann O'Rourke <ann@appraisaltoday.com>
Subject: Henry Harrison speaking/AMCO-AGA alliance/trainees
Henry Harrison speaking at July Appraisal Today conference
Henry Harrison, MAI, SRA, ASA, etc. will be speaking at the July 24-25
Appraisal Today National Conference in South San Francisco at the Future of
the appraisal profession. Bill Rayburn, MAI of FNC Inc. will also speak.
Should be quite a session as both are excellent speakers!
14 hours of CE credit!! 7 hours for each day.
Other sessions are:
- Cool Tools - emerging technologies that streamline appraisal productivity
- Wayne Pugh, SRPA
- How to find what you need on the Internet - Michael Cartwright, ASA
- What do underwriters really want? - Underwriter panel
- USPAP in the real world - Danny Wiley, Chair of ASB
- How to minimize your appraisal liability - a regulator and an appraiser
defense attorney
- Residential hot topics (lender pressure, FHA appraiser watch, etc. -
Danny Wiley, SRA and Karen Mann, SRA
- Who has the best data? - Neil Olson and Lewis Allen, IFA
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AMCO & American Guild of Appraisers Alliance
Per AMCOs press release, AMCO, "has entered into a relationship with the
American Guild of Appraisers (AGA), a professional association affiliated
with the OPEIU and the AFL-CIO. The two organizations intend to diligently
promote the interests of
thousands of independent appraisers while promoting safety and soundness in
collateral valuations for mortgage lending."
To read the press release, go to http://www.mortgagemag.com/n/304_001.htm
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Any experience with hiring trainees?
Last month our AI chapter had a workshop on hiring trainees. I was
surprised to see how many had trainees or planned on hiring trainees. Of
course, I had to turn the topic into a series of articles for Appraisal
Today subscription newsletter. I will be writing on hiring trainees - how
to hire (recruitment, selection, and pay), who to hire, and who not to
hire. And how to train them.
I've already written on whether or not to hire a trainee and the
independent contractor issue. Doug Smith wrote a series of articles on
mentoring trainees. To sign up for the newsletter ($99 for one year, $149
for 2 years), go to http://www.appraisaltoday.com/orderfrm.htm
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Just hit the reply button to
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Stable rates, strong refis
Washington, D.C. (April 16, 2003) - The Market Composite Index of mortgage
loan applications - a measure of mortgage loan applications for purchases
and refinancings - for the week ending April 11 decreased to 1134.6 on a
seasonally-adjusted basis from 1246.1 one week earlier, according to the
Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey of the Mortgage Bankers Association of
America (MBA), which was released today. On an unadjusted basis, the Index
decreased by 8.8 percent but was up 132.4 percent compared to the same week
a year earlier.
The MBA seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased to 376.1 from 400.8
the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Refinance Index decreased to
5546.7 from 6162.8 one week earlier. Other seasonally adjusted index
activity included the Conventional Index, which decreased to 1649.6 from
1807.5 the previous week. The Government Index decreased to 274.9 from
309.2 the previous week.
Refinancing activity represented 69.4 percent of total applications,
decreasing from 70.3 percent the previous week. The share of ARM activity
increased to 15.3 percent from 14.4 percent the previous week.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed rate mortgages
decreased to 5.70 from 5.80 percent one week earlier, with points
increasing to 1.43 from 1.38 the previous week (including the origination
fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio loans.
The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed rate mortgages
decreased to 5.02 percent from 5.04 percent one week earlier, with points
decreasing to 1.52 from 1.62 the previous week (including the origination
fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio loans.
The average contract interest rate for 1-year ARMs decreased slightly to
3.48 from 3.49 percent one week earlier, with points decreasing to 0.98
from 1.00 the previous week (including the origination fee) for 80 percent
LTV loans.
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Ann O'Rourke, MAI, SRA
Appraiser and Publisher of Appraisal Today newsletter
2015 Clement Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501
mailto:ann@appraisaltoday.com
phone: 800-839-0227//fax: 800-839-0014
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