Proposed HVCC Will Harm Consumers and Limit Role of Indepependent Appraisers
June 27, 2008
A plan under consideration in Washington will drastically curtail the valuable role of independent appraisals in home sales and harm consumers. The plan, known as the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC), was designed to prevent lenders and mortgage brokers from coercing appraisers into providing inflated property valuations. Unfortunately, as written, it will actually harm independent appraisers, who have no financial incentive and act as the “auditors” of housing transactions. If approved by federal regulators, the HVCC is scheduled for national implementation in January 2009. Click to read more
DaVinci is the first appraisal program in the US to receive the Certified for Windows Vista logo
April 09, 2008
a la mode, inc, one of the real estate industry’s largest and most mission critical technology companies, announced today that its DaVinci product is the first real estate appraisal program in the US to receive the Certified for Windows Vista logo. Click to read more
Real Estate Brokers and Agents Can Now Route and Assign Sales Leads On Their iPhones™
August 21, 2007
a la mode, one of the real estate industry’s most mission critical and innovative technology companies, announced the release of lead routing tools built for the Apple® iPhone™. Click to read more
a la mode Now Providing Free Websites to Real Estate Agents
July 26, 2007
a la mode, inc., one of the most mission critical and innovative technology companies in the real estate industry, today announced the release of free Standard level Agent XSites websites for real estate agents. Click to read more
a la mode Now Offering Free Mortgage Websites
June 25, 2007
a la mode, one of the most mission critical and influential technology companies in the real estate industry and maker of Mortgage XSites websites for loan officers and mortgage brokers, announced the release of free ‘Originator’ level Mortgage XSites at the National Association of Mortgage Brokers. Click to read more
DaVinci Debuts at a la mode Convention
June 20, 2007
a la mode, one of the most mission critical and influential technology companies in the real estate industry, launched a revolutionary prototype of a new appraisal inspection data gathering and analysis application – with built in area sketcher – at its Annual Convention.
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a la mode’s SureDocs e-mortgage application delivers for Flagstar Bank originators and brokers
May 17, 2007
Flagstar Bank, a proven leader in paperless mortgage processing, and a la mode, developer of mission critical desktop, mobile and Web tools for mortgage originators, announced the completion of a custom software plug-in to a la mode’s SureDocs system Click to read more
New Lab Focal Point of Upcoming Annual Conference
May 16, 2007
a la mode, one of the most mission critical and influential technology companies in the real estate industry, will unveil a new initiative to the industry during its upcoming Annual Convention to be held at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, June 18-20, 2007. The a la mode labs project is a revolutionary new vendor/customer relationship that has already resulted in some exciting changes to the way the company develops new technology. Click to read more
Non-lender form debuts to much acclaim
February 08, 2007
More room to describe the intended user and use. An expanded Improvements section without the 1004-style check boxes. The ability to really drill down on highest and best use. Better and more effective disclaimers that protect you. There's a lot to like about WinTOTAL's new General Purpose - Residential form, a new non-lender form available right now to WinTOTAL users. Click to read more
Don’t just target homeowners for non-lender work - drill down on FSBOs
February 08, 2007
You may have heard that the percentage of sales not involving a real estate agent -- For Sale By Owners, or FSBOs -- is declining. According to National Association of REALTORS® data, 12 percent of home sales are agent-free today, down from 13 percent in 2005. But with 2006 being the third-highest year on record for existing home sales, 12 percent is more than three quarters of a million FSBOs per year. Click to read more
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