Should a bank be allowed to use its own staff to value properties if it believes that there aren’t enough appraisers in its market to meet demand or that outside appraisals have become too costly?

Santander Bank quietly settled a suit filed by a Connecticut couple earlier this year, which accuses the bank and the appraisal company it partnered with of low-balling the value of their property ...

My wife and I are about to take our 3-family house and convert it into a one family in Carroll Gardens, and for part of the renovations we wanted to use a HELOC line. The bank (Citi) is about to send ...

The bank’s antique appraisal fair, the reason so many had gathered, was a rare opportunity to get expert opinions on treasures hiding in local homes. “People get very excited about this,” Metzler said ...