Just when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seemed to be finding something tantamount to stable footing, the agency’s future under the Trump administration is once again in question via challenges in the form of a federal court appeal and Congressional resolutions of disapproval.

Dodd Frank Update caught up with Anthony Blackburn of SJC Appraisal after the 2026 Appraiser’s Conference and Trade Show in Seattle, where he discussed using pivot tables to analyze appraisal data.

More than 40 speakers will take the stage over three days this week at the National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown in Kansas City, Mo.

Clear Capital, the national real estate analytics, data solutions, and valuation technology company, recently announced its acquisition of Restb.ai, a Barcelona-based company utilizing artificial intelligence-(AI) powered computer vision technology for the valuation and real estate industries, to bring deeper property intelligence to real estate decision-making globally.

In its May newsletter, The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) highlighted appreciative sentiments from a PAREA (Practical Application of Real Estate Appraisal) Pathways to Success Scholarship recipient. Sam Harris, the first Pathways to Success graduate, shared his thoughts in a letter sent to TAF.

Nearly two years after the Supreme Court raised the bar for preemption arguments with its ruling in Cantero v. Bank of America, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals contradicted the high court and two others with its ruling on New York’s law requiring interest payments on mortgage escrow accounts.

As federal oversight pulls back, banks and mortgage lenders face a more scattered compliance landscape shaped by state regulators and attorneys general working to pick up the pieces. Dodd Frank Update listened as a panel of regulators and attorneys examined what specific moves states have been taking toward filling the void left in the wake of the drastically reduced role of federal agencies.

The Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) of The Appraisal Foundation recently released a second Exposure Draft of proposed Advisory Opinion 41 aiming to guide appraisers on using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automated valuation models while complying with USPAP. Dodd Frank Update spoke with ASB Vice Chair Tim Hansen about these proposals.

Mortgage lenders are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI), but many are still grappling with how to use AI to improve efficiency and responsiveness without weakening the human relationships that drive trust, referrals, and repeat business, according to STRATMOR Group's April Insights Report.