a la mode debuts Mortgage XSites as survey shows lenders could speed appraisal turnaround times
March 15, 2004
From the floor of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Technology in Mortgage Banking Conference & Expo here, a la mode debuted a “sneak peek” at its latest lender-side solution to closing loans faster: Mortgage XSites. Mortgage XSites allow brokers, loan officers and other lender representatives to quickly set up and easily maintain a website loaded with rich content and features, geared toward getting business from home buyers and refinancers. Click to read more
Fiserv’s Integrated Loan Services arms its fee panel appraisers with a la mode’s Mercury product
March 01, 2004
Rocky Hill, Ct.-based Integrated Loan Services (ILS), a national process and workflow management service provider for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders, recently completed a custom plugin for a la mode’s Mercury Desktop product for its nationwide roster of real estate appraisers. Click to read more
Convention preview: Why can’t they all be like this?
February 17, 2004
Monday, Feb. 21 through Wednesday, Feb. 23 we're hosting some 750 of our closest friends at our first annual convention in Las Vegas. We're really looking forward to it, for a number of reasons. Click to read more
Real estate websites’ Google™ revolution
February 06, 2004
The holy grail for real estate websites used to be a listing in the top ten results of a relevant Google™ search. But while search engine exposure remains important, web design, content, business applications and traditional marketing are equally important when it comes to turning website visits into leads into revenue. That’s true more than ever, a la mode’s Web Marketing Strategies seminar for real estate agents teaches. Click to read more
a la mode announces free web marketing seminar classes for real estate agents
February 06, 2004
One of the most overlooked marketing assets available to Realtors® and other real estate agents is their website. Done right, a website brings in new leads and commissions. Done wrong, a website can rive prospects away. a la mode, inc., the company behind the revolutionary Agent XSites real estate website design tool, announced a robust schedule of free, half-day Web Marketing Seminars in Florida, Nevada and Oklahoma that teach Realtors® and other real estate professionals web marketing strategies. Click to read more
Now seller concessions, gifts, other creative financing must be reported in FHA appraisals
January 20, 2004
Get ready for some extra work on FHA assignments. Months ago we reported on the trend of seller concessions and seller-assisted downpayments artificially inflating property values by being recorded as part of the "sale price" of homes. We told you that the State of Colorado warned its appraisers to take seller concessions into account to stanch this overvaluation phenomenon, as did the Appraisal Institute. Now, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will require such an analysis.
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a la mode the only appraisal software vendor to have every AI Ready™-compliant form available
December 31, 2003
a la mode recently became the only appraisal software vendor to have every AI Ready™-compliant form available for appraisers to use to do business with the AI Residential Database (AIRD) and AppraisalPort. Appraisal Institute Ready™ (AI Ready™) is an accreditation given to forms software packages by the Appraisal Institute, indicating that those forms comply with the Institute’s residential data storage and transmission standard. The interface used by AI Ready™ provides appraisal document software companies a common application programming interface (API) for translation of their data into the standard format. Click to read more
Mercury Network powers VA drive to recruit more appraisers for VA-backed mortgages
December 17, 2003
a la mode’s Mercury Network is doing its part to serve America’s veterans as they take advantage of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home mortgage loan program. The Mercury Network now makes it easier for qualified real estate appraisers to become eligible to appraise homes for VA-backed mortgage loans. Click to read more
Mercury Network welcomes its 20,000th registered lender-user
December 15, 2003
a la mode’s Mercury Network, an appraisal workflow and transaction management hub connecting real estate appraisers and their mortgage lender clients, reached an important milestone this month. More than 20,000 lender representatives are now registered Network users doing business with Mercury-enabled appraisers.
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