GAAR_®

Automated appraisal analysis

As mortgage experts struggle to manage risk and meet regulatory compliance, manual appraisal reviews have resulted in excess expense and a drain on company resources.

Since 2005, Collateral DNA’s GAAR_® (Generally Accepted Appraisal Rules™) has helped the nation’s top mortgage lenders manage risk and meet regulatory standards faster and more consistently than a manual appraisal review, saving both time and money while increasing accuracy and decreasing fraud.

GAAR automates appraisal analysis with an innovative, rules-based engine, providing a first-level comprehensive review of each appraisal. While other industry tools may check for completeness, GAAR checks for both compliance and risk.

Why use GAAR?

• Faster
• Simpler
• More Reliable

GAAR makes screening residential real estate appraisals for risk mitigation and regulatory compliance a breeze by balancing two competing pressures for underwriters: speed and thoroughness. The industry standard calls for a quick appraisal review, but as collateral value becomes more important, you also need a painstaking review. GAAR provides both, flagging potentially overvalued or fraudulent appraisals for thorough review, so you touch only the exceptions.