Lesson 25 of the free Quibank NMLS SAFE course. Appraisal independence draws one line: you may give an appraiser information — corrections of factual errors, additional comparable sales, requests for detail — but never pressure, whether a target value, a withheld payment, or a panel removal for a low report. In the sales comparison approach, adjustments always go to the comparable, never to the subject. Flood insurance in a Special Flood Hazard Area is mandatory and sized as the least of the loan balance, the insurable value of the improvements, or the National Flood Insurance Program maximum — land never counts. And the right of rescission gives three business days — Saturdays included, Sundays and federal holidays excluded — from the latest of consummation, the material disclosures, or two copies of the notice, on refinances with a new creditor and home equity loans, never on purchases.
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