Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73
§3355 Broker price opinions
Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 34A— - APPRAISAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL › § 3355
Summary
For a mortgage to buy your main home, a broker price opinion cannot be the main way to set the property's value. Broker price opinion — a broker, agent, or salesperson's estimate of the likely sale price that may include condition, market, neighborhood, and similar sales; it excludes automated valuation models.
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Title 12, §3355
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(a)In conjunction with the purchase of a consumer’s principal dwelling, broker price opinions may not be used as the primary basis to determine the value of a piece of property for the purpose of a loan origination of a residential mortgage loan secured by such piece of property.
(b)For purposes of this section, the term “broker price opinion” means an estimate prepared by a real estate broker, agent, or sales person that details the probable selling price of a particular piece of real estate property and provides a varying level of detail about the property’s condition, market, and neighborhood, and information on comparable sales, but does not include an automated valuation model, as defined in section 3354(c) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 3354(c) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means section 3354(d) of this title, which defines “automated valuation model”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the date on which final
Regulations
implementing such section take effect, or on the date that is 18 months after the designated transfer date if such
Regulations
have not been issued by that date, see section 1400(c) of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2010 Amendment note under section 1601 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
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Citation
12 U.S.C. § 3355
Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73