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AIMSdashboard announced more enhancements expanding its UAD 3.6 Appraisal Modernization workflows, creating readiness for lenders and appraisers to actively participate in the Government-Sponsored Enterprises’ (GSEs) Limited Production. This milestone release (v7.2.6) introduces new workflow enhancements to address early scarcity of qualified appraisers while providing greater transparency and control throughout the Appraisal Request Cycle (ARC).
From Form Numbers to Attributes
For decades, appraisal assignments were communicated through numbered forms that conveyed loan program requirements, property characteristics, and scope expectations. With UAD 3.6, the industry is moving to a dynamic, attribute-based model. As the release notes explain: “Having such a long history of using form numbers to communicate Appraisal Report format and scope expectations, the move begs the question, ‘How do we order or accept an appraisal assignment without a form number?’”
The AIMSdashboard team analyzed the identifiers and constraints embedded in legacy forms, and mapped them to the UAD 3.6 attributes. These attributes now serve as the rationalized characteristics that describe the subject property, define assignment requirements, and align appraiser competencies and interests—ensuring continuity through the transition.
Appraiser Attestation and Lender Approval
Consistent with AIMSdashboard’s layered competency due diligence model, appraisers must attest within their profiles that they are Ready (trained), Willing (interested), and Able (equipped with GSE Verified software) before being eligible for UAD 3.6 assignments. Only after this attestation does the appraiser become a candidate to lenders in the approval view, and for filters in OON and Manual selection.
This approach ensures that lenders can only approve appraisers who have explicitly demonstrated readiness, willingness, and ability—strengthening compliance and reducing risk during the Limited Production rollout.
Selection Logic and Policy Controls
The release enhances automated and manual selection logic to balance compliance with operational flexibility spanning explicitly approved appraisers, candidacy based on competencies and attributes, and the ability to manage exceptions through manual selection.
ARC Workflow Enhancements
To address the likelihood of scarcity during the beginning of the rollout, AIMSdashboard has consolidated ARC processes to streamline use cases including the allowance for incomplete ARCs and unissued appraisal requests.
Unique workflows and status milestones refine controls to build upon higher resolution logic to orchestrate transition complexity and to feed directly into greater automation opportunity. These expanded workflows will be equally applicable with Data Collector Hybrid Appraisal processing and as the workflow conduits ushered by upcoming composable AI Agentic functionality.
In the case of Hybrid Appraisal assignments, “Ready, Willing, and Able” considerations have different criteria driving each conclusion, but the decision tree persists, According to Shane Copland, CEO of ShieldHub, “ShieldHub integration within AIMS is primed to provide contractor risk scores and monitoring as part of the AIMS UAD 3.6 rollout. Hybrid appraisal workflow includes an additional party to appraisal development, the Data Collector. Our collective efforts will enable evolved due diligence tools to ensure the protection of people, property, and brand from potential harm. Knowing your contractor is key.” . Leveraging the vendor’s monitored ShieldScore demands workflow sophistication analogous to scarcity.
Industry Impact
“These enhancements ensure that lenders and appraisers can fully participate in the GSEs’ Limited Production rollout without disruption,” said Chris Williams, President and CTO at AIMSdashboard. “By embedding governance controls, attribute-driven assignment logic, and gating milestones, we’re helping the industry transition smoothly from numbered-form-based assignment conditions to attribute-based appraisal modernization.”
About AIMSdashboard
AIMSdashboard is a compliance-anchored collateral valuations operations platform that connects lenders, appraisers, and industry stakeholders through automated, policy-driven workflows. With a foundation in regulatory compliance and operational efficiency, AIMSdashboard delivers scalable solutions that support appraisal modernization, MISMO alignment, and AI-enabled workflow intelligence.
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