How Appraisal Firewall Works

CFPB. Reg B. Dodd-Frank. Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines. UAD and UCDP. Post-HVCC.

No matter the acronym, Appraisal Firewall has your regulatory appraisal compliance covered. Appraisal Firewall offers simple solutions to make lenders’ compliance worries a thing of the past: we enable our users to prove every appraisal complies with all requirements to satisfy any auditor.

Our approach to compliance is simple: every appraisal comes with an Appraisal Independence Report (AIR) and full tracked communications log. The communications log tracks everything that happens within each appraisal request, and displays in an easy-to-understand format that you can download and print.

Protect your mortgage lending business. Prove your compliance on every order - with Appraisal Firewall.

UAD Compliant Appraisals Now Required to be Submitted to UCDP!

GSEs and investors started requiring UAD-compliant appraisals to be delivered electronically to the Uniform Collateral Data Portal, or UCDP, on December 1st, 2011. Use these pages to learn more about UAD-compliant appraisals and UCDP solutions provided by Appraisal Firewall.

Appraisal Firewall is the Answer to All of Your UAD and UCDP Questions

The GSEs Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) standardizes appraisal and loan data and aims to reduce risk and promote transparency throughout the entire mortgage process. The UMDP has impacts on both lenders and appraisers. The two major components of the UMDP initiative are:

Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) – Standardizing appraisal forms into the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) format (effective date Sept 1, 2011), and Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP) – Sending the standardized appraisal forms to the Uniform Collateral Data Portal (UCDP). Effective Date: December 1st, 2011.

Appraisal Firewall is a UCDP Lender Agent that can send UAD-compliant appraisals to the UCDP on behalf of lenders!

Technology Partners

Appraisal Firewall has partnered with some of the best names in the real estate technology industry to bring more data connections and features to our lenders.

We have also integrated with several Loan Orgination Systems (LOSs) to make your loan process seamless.

Multi-Branch Administration and Corporate Controls

Appraisal Firewall delivers administrative controls for your corporate office or appraisal administrator to have a scope into each branch’s appraisal activities. The administrator(s) for the account have the ability to customize settings, user panels, and appraiser panels per branch or division in order to tightly control separate workflows.

"Our AMC process was a non-functioning process. Our customers were unhappy, our loan officers and realtors were up in the air all the time. Your software has made life much more easy. Your customer service is great!" - Nancy, Community First Bank

"Appraisal Firewall is a very user friendly system. Whenever I had an issue and made a suggestion as to what would benefit me as the client, an update was made. The customer service is excellent. Everyone is very helpful! The UCDP implementation was flawless! They truly make our job easier! Thank you Appraisal Firewall!!!" - Kerry, Millenium Financial

""The switch to Appraisal Firewall has been an amazing experience. While transitioning, the individual, short and effective training sessions with our staff helped us learned the basics of the program in no time. After learning the basics, setting up additional branch locations takes only minutes (once we have our list of appraisers). Then, if an issue does arise, the Appraisal Firewall staff is always quick to step in and fix the problem when requested. In a world of customer service, Appraisal Firewall is a critical piece of keeping our clients and Realtors happy, when AMCs don't even seem to care." - Jacob, Veteran United Home Loans

""Appraisal Firewall is totally user friendly and very responsive to any issues we may have." - Jennifer, American Liberty Mortgage

"We've used many AMCs and Appraisal Firewall is the closest you can get to using appraisers that you trust will give the best appraisal for your money, and still stay in compliance with appraisal independence laws. Also, it is a very easy system to use and the customer service that Appraisal Firewall offers is second to none, very friendly staff and 99% of the time I am able to reach someone on my first call." - Kip, First Preferred Mortgage

"“Appraisal Firewall keeps my local appraiser relationships intact. This helps production stay on schedule with on-time, consistent quality appraisals that meet our guidelines.” - Vicki, Spokane Teacher’s Credit Union

"Appraisal Firewall provides us with the ability to oversee Loan Officer-to-Appraiser interaction and administer our appraisal processes. On every loan we can see everything that happens on our appraisals and prove that no appraiser influence occurred, which helps us avoid penalties and fines associated with Dodd-Frank appraisal rules.“ - Allen, American Capital Corporation