Presenter Craig Benton MAI Director Valuation Services Synovus Bank Reviewing Another Institutions Appraisal Report When would you need to consider accepting an appraisal from another institution for review ID: 698826
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Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal Report
Presenter
Craig Benton, MAI
Director, Valuation Services
Synovus
Bank
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Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportWhen would you need to consider accepting an appraisal from another institution for review?
Customer changing banks
Customer applying for 2
nd
mortgage or HELOC
Syndication/ParticipationSlide3
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportWhat do the Guidelines say?
You can accept appraisals from other financial and financial services institutions.
You must “
subject such appraisals to at least the same level of review that
[you] perform
on appraisals
[you] obtain
directly for similar
properties”
You must ensure:
The appraiser was engaged directly by the other financial services
institution
Engagement letter
The appraiser had no direct, indirect, or prospective interest, financial or otherwise, in the property or
transaction
The financial services institution (not the borrower) ordered the
appraisal
The appraiser has the requisite education, expertise, and experienceSlide4
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportWhat do the Guidelines say?
An institution’s use of a borrower-ordered or borrower-provided appraisal violates the Agencies’ appraisal regulations. However, a borrower can inform an institution that a current appraisal exists, and the institution
may
request it directly from the other financial services
institution
Other options:
Reliance/permission letter from other institution (#1)
Permission to speak with appraiser directly (#2)
Contact appraiser directly for confirmation or to order new appraisal assignment as of same date, etc. as re-addressing is not allowed (#3)
You must verify that you have a “true and accurate” copy of the appraisal delivered to the original institutionSlide5
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportNow that you have the appraisal…
How do you decide if you will use it?
Appraiser
Are they on
your approved list
?
Or at least have they not been removed from your
approved list
?
Is the appraiser competent
? How do you make that determination?
Property Type/Loan Size
Specialty property, smaller loan
Age of Report
How long is the appraisal “good” before the value becomes suspect?
Original lender
Was the original lender involved in the ordering process or was it an AMC on behalf of the lender? Do you trust their process to have selected the best appraiser?Slide6
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportNow that you have the appraisal and you’ve decided to review it for acceptance…(Scope of Review)
Guidelines require that you review it at least to the same level as you would an appraisal you ordered
Technical/Compliance Review
Compliance review may be adequate for very small loans, but technical review is advised to better document the
file and satisfy the regulators
Additional Research
Do you investigate the market for additional information and/or interview market participants?
Inspection
Do you inspect the property
? If so, to what level?Slide7
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportNow that you have the appraisal…
How do reconcile issues if you cannot go back to the original appraiser?
Without permission to discuss with the appraiser, you have only two options:
Accept as is or reject outright
In practice, this leads to heavy reliance on what is written in the appraisal report
This effectively leads to a much more robust review than would likely typically be done/required as your appraiser can be asked to enhance the report if you ordered it
Rejection is the typical answer for me for many reasons:
Inadequate comps, lack of support for adjustments/conclusions, unacceptability of assumptions or conditions, other information we require that many institutions do not (insurable value,
etc
)Slide8
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportNew Assignment
Option 3 mentioned earlier was to order a new appraisal from the appraiser
As of same appraisal date?
If so, this should be able to
be accomplished
for a very small fee
USPAP FAQ 202 states: “A new assignment does not mean [the appraiser has] to start from scratch.”
Client/Appraiser can decide what is needed/required for scope of work
Most of the data can likely be used again
Be mindful of confidentiality
In practice, if customer/borrower provided the property data, it will be the same information again
New appraisal date?
Likely higher cost, but depending on time between existing appraisal and new assignment, could also be a small fee
Remember that FDIC allows banks to decide how long appraisals are valid, within reasonSlide9
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportSyndications/Participations
All of the same rules described above apply
In a Syndication, all banks work together from the beginning of the process, which usually facilitates getting the appraisal issues handled before funding, passive role if not lead bank
In a Participation, agent banks sell to participants. There is more risk to the participants as there is less flexibility in loan terms and the appraisals have already been ordered and accepted by the lead bank.
Review process:
In a syndication, limited direct review is needed as the banks are buying shares of a loan, but not directly taking collateral, reducing risk
In a participation, lenders are likely collateralizing the loan, requiring appraisal review just as discussed aboveSlide10
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportSyndications/Participations
Syndication Review
Items to consider:
Do you trust the processes at the lead bank?
Do you trust the original appraiser(s)?
Do you have experience with the reviewer at the lead bank?
At my institution, when we enter into our first syndication with a particular bank, we will review some appraisals and reviews, to ensure we are comfortable with the reviewer’s experience and documentation
For subsequent transactions with that bank, we review the reviews performed by the lead bank for all properties in the Syndication
If we have issues with a particular property based on what we see in the review, we will ask for that appraisal so we can review it directly
We will also, from time to time, monitor the reviewer’s work by comparing reviews and appraisals, to ensure work product remains consistent
If we cannot get the reviews from the lead bank, we will directly review a sample of the appraisals, generally focusing on the most complex or largest property (by value conclusion) in the portfolioSlide11
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportSyndications/Participations
Participation Review
Your bank has much more responsibility in a participation situation
Items to consider:
Do you trust the processes at the lead bank?
We review all appraisals directly for a participation following same rules as discussed earlier
We ask for permission to speak to appraiser directly if we have problems with the appraisalsSlide12
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportFinal thoughts
How long is the appraisal valid?
FDIC allows you to “
establish criteria for assessing whether an existing appraisal or evaluation continues to reflect the market value of the property (that is, remains valid
).”
Assuming you have accepted the appraisal for use in your bank’s transaction, how would you go about determining how long it remains valid?
At our bank, an appraisal from another institution cannot be used for more than one
loan renewal
If the appraisal is used for a one year renewal, that appraisal is only good for one year at which time we will perform an evaluation or get a new appraisal
Regulations allow you to make this determinationSlide13
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportReferences
FDIC
2010 Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines, various pages
2014-2015 USPAP, FAQ 202, page F-92Slide14
Reviewing Another Institution’s Appraisal ReportQuestions/Thoughts
?
Craig Benton, MAI
craigbenton@synovus.com
770-343-6409