At stake are the multiple requests that lenders make for valuations on every foreclosure that comes to the market. In Minnesota last year there were an estimated 120,000 broker price opinions conducted for lender-mediated transactions, not including those done for routine home sales.
State law already says that BPOs cannot be conducted to secure a mortgage, and the Dodd-Frank consumer protection rules that will be implemented in April say the same thing.
The bill is an amendment to current statutes governing the work of
real estate agents and appraisers that defines a broker price opinion as one that “details the probable selling price of a particular parcel of real property” and spells out the duties of the licensee. It also makes it clear that a BPO is not subject to the same Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice that apply to appraisers.
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