This article was first published in in the GeoData Plus Blog. On Monday, July 31st at the Annual Appraisal Institute event, Julie Jones from Fannie Mae announced that as part of Fannie Mae’s updated Selling Guide, the 1004MC will no longer be required.  While the Twittersphere wasn’t set ablaze with such breaking news, it certainly created a buzz in the …

As the world progresses to a more tech-savvy universe, it has been predicted that robots will eventually take over many of the jobs humans do today. The job of the appraiser cannot be replaced by technology but that does not stop the growth of digital software programs designed to assist appraisers in their daily tasks. The goal of these programs …