Appraisals

After maintaining a $250,000 exemption threshold for real estate appraisals for nearly 20 years, the National Credit Union Administration is set to raise that limit to $400,000.

As home value appreciation keeps churning, the share of those upside down on their mortgage grows smaller than ever, according to CoreLogic's Home Equity Report.

The housing market has changed dramatically since 2002 but the current appraisal limit has not. It's time for NCUA to catch up.

A new National Credit Union Administration proposal would raise the threshold for residential mortgages that require appraisals. However, the final rule is by no means a done deal.

Home values posted the largest month-over-month spike in over five years due to continued buyer demand, according to Quicken Loans.

In the decade ending in June, close to $9 trillion in additional owner-occupied real estate wealth was gained by U.S. households. Pacific states, led by California, grabbed 37% of this gain.

The three federal banking agencies moved to raise the threshold for residential transactions that require an appraisal from $250,000 to $400,000.

Still overvalued — that's the latest assessment of the Dallas housing market by one of Wall Street's big ratings firms.

The legislation takes aim at third-party bank service vendors, the backlog of FHA appraisals, rural housing assistance and other issues where there is broad agreement.