We know everybody has been anxiously counting down the days to the start of UAD 3.6 Limited Production on September 8th. We’re gratified so many of you have been working to stay informed, by attending our webinars, speaking with our staff, and taking CE courses on the new UAD. Hundreds of you even signed up for our UAD 3.6 development preview, trying out the new dynamic URAR in Appraise-It Pro and giving us your feedback.
Though our development team has put in an extraordinary amount of effort since the UAD 3.6 specification was published in the spring of 2023, we need a little more time to finalize our initial release.
On September 8th, we will expand our private development preview into a public preview, releasing the new dynamic UAD 3.6 reports to all Appraise-It Pro users. You’ll be able to open them up alongside all your existing reports and start getting familiar with them, though you won’t be able to create MISMO 3.6 XML quite yet.
As soon as we have obtained our vendor verification from the GSEs, confirming our XML and PDF output complies with the UAD 3.6 specification, we will release another update that allows all Appraise-It Pro users to generate UAD 3.6 output. We hope to have that available to you by the end of September, at which point you’ll be able to accept UAD 3.6 orders from any early adopter clients.
This will mark the beginning of our public beta period, and in the following months, we’ll continue to roll out updates and features for the new UAD reports as quickly as we have them ready for you. You can review our projected UAD 3.6 roadmap here.
We know how important it is to you to have access to the new UAD 3.6 as soon as possible, so you can feel comfortable and confident when that first UAD 3.6 order appears in your inbox. We’re doing everything in our power to get updated software in your hands so you can be ready.
Thank you for choosing SFREP as your appraisal software partner during this pivotal time for our industry. We don’t take your trust in us lightly.
Best regards,
Remington Jones
Chief Executive Officer
Software for Real Estate Professionals, Inc.
P.S. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions we’ve been hearing about UAD 3.6. If you have more, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
What can I do to prepare for UAD 3.6?
Take a look at the materials Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have published on their UAD websites. Appendix D-1 contains sample scenarios that show off how the new dynamic URAR can handle single family, 2-4 unit, condo, manufactured, and co-op assignments. (Note they are not representative of “real” appraisals – they’re just meant to demonstrate the new report’s flexibility.) Appendix F-1 provides guidance on how to write the new URAR. They have also published a free 4-hour training session that goes over the dynamic reports and new dataset.
Once you install the public preview of the new URAR in Appraise-It Pro, try recreating some of the GSEs’ sample scenarios in it to help familiarize yourself with the new report structure. We’ll be including prepopulated sample scenario report files to give you a starting point. You could also try rewriting some of your existing reports in the new format, or performing an appraisal of your own home as practice.
CE is also available from all major providers on the new UAD.
Do I have to “go mobile” for UAD 3.6?
Using a mobile data collection app in the field isn’t a requirement of the new format, but it may streamline your workflow. Today, you can use Inspect-a-Lot to get used to a mobile workflow with your existing assignments. Moving forward, we will have a new mobile solution for you that will work with both existing report types and the new URAR, but we’ll also have resources to help appraisers adapt to UAD 3.6’s requirements if they aren’t ready to hang up their trusty clipboard just yet.
Will UAD 3.6 be in Appraise-It Classic?
Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to build our advanced new dynamic report engine into Appraise-It Classic’s older framework. You’ll need to move to Appraise-It Pro – keeping access to all your existing reports, databases, and so on, but also gaining new features like the dynamic UAD 3.6 reports.
Appraise-It Pro is already included in your subscription at no extra charge, and you can download and install it side by side with Appraise-It Classic while you transition.
