Italic type. In typography, italic type is a cursive font based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. Owing to the influence from calligraphy, italics normally slant slightly to the right. Italics are a way to emphasise key points in a printed text, or when quoting a speaker a way to show which words they stressed. One manual of English usage described italics as the print equivalent of underlining. The name comes from the fact that calligraphy-inspired typefaces were first designed in Italy, to
According to the agency, it will no longer have specific limitations or guidelines associated with net or gross adjustments. âThe appraiserâs adjustments must reflect the marketâs reaction (that is, market based adjustments) to the difference in the properties [of chosen comparables],â according to Fannie Mae.
The FHA now uses appraisal management companies to randomly assign home appraisals to FHA-approved appraisers. This means that lenders will have less contact with appraisers during the home evaluation process, which removes some level of bias or favoritism on the part of lenders selecting appraisers.