John Forsythe

Forsythe Appraisals is part of First American Mortgage Solutions. Established in 1940, Forsythe Appraisals is the oldest and largest staff appraisal company in the United States. With branch offices covering more than 40 metropolitan markets around the country, Forsythe Appraisals’ unique national platform includes an appraisal staff of over 200 full-time, W-2 employee appraisers offering expertise in a wide variety of property types and valuation solutions. Forsythe Appraisals provides comprehensive residential appraisal solutions, including all residential appraisal form types, desktop and other gap products, as well as HUD/FHA, alternative and statistically supported appraisals, and desk and field reviews. Areas of specialization include REO/foreclosures, jumbo loans, employee relocations (ERC), new construction, and complex properties. Forsythe Appraisals is now a proud part of the First American Mortgage Solutions family. The union of Forsythe Appraisals and First American Mortgage Solutions unites two family-founded industry pioneers whose combined real estate industry expertise and experience tops 200 years. With the addition of Forsythe Appraisals, First American Mortgage Solutions can now offer lenders an integrated valuation solution that provides access to staff appraisers nationwide and top-quality panel appraisers. This new valuation offering includes software solutions from ACI, fraud detection, loan quality and compliance analytics supported by First American’s number one industry position in real property data coverage. The expanded valuations capabilities broaden First American Mortgage Solutions’ end-to-end offerings and support its commitment to the Pursuit of Certainty in Lending™.