Minimum Requirements for
Appraisal Management Companies
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
09/05/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
3,230
0
678
0
0
0
The Federal Housing Finance Agency
(FHFA), along with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
(OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board),
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA), Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
(Bureau) (collectively, the Agencies) in 2015 adopted joint
regulations to implement statutory requirements to be applied by
States in the registration and supervision of appraisal management
companies (AMCs). An AMC is an entity that serves as an
intermediary for, and provides certain services to, appraisers and
lenders. The regulations also implement the statutory requirement
that States report to the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) the
information required by the ASC to administer a national registry
of AMCs (AMC National Registry or Registry). FHFA, the OCC, the
Board, and the FDIC have agreed to share responsibility for the PRA
clearance of the collections of the information under the joint
regulations. OMB has assigned FHFA’s portion of the information
collection OMB Control Number 2590-0013.
Compared to the estimates
contained in FHFA’s 2021 Supporting Statement, the estimated burden
associated with this information collection decreased from 837 to
678 hours. While FHFA’s estimated burden hours for IC#1, written
notice of appraiser removal, increased from 33 in 2021 to 236 in
2024, the estimated number of respondents to IC#3, AMC disclosure
requirements decreased from 764 to 402.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.