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» VISIT US ONLINE @ DSNEWS.COM 53 Property Valuations Index SPECIAL ADVERTORIAL SECTION MCS VALUATIONS KEY PERSONNEL Caroline Reaves Chief Executive Officer Chad Mosley Chief Operating Officer Marc Hinkle Senior Vice President Kim Drake-Loy General Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer STAFFING: » 65 employees CORPORATE DETAILS: 6504 International Pkwy., Ste. 1500 | Plano, Texas 75093 | 813.387.1100 | MCSValuations.com COMPANY DESCRIPTION: MCS Valuations, one of the leading full-service valuations providers in the industry, performs property valuations in all 50 U.S. states and surrounding territories with a product suite that includes but is not limited to interior and exterior Appraisals, Review Products, BPOs, and Evaluations. Our long history of providing data-validated products utilizing industry- leading quality tools, combined with excellent customer service delivers data integrity and valuation accuracy for use throughout the life cycle of a loan. Our tenured management brings years of mortgage lending experience, as well as active participation in the valuation industry. COMPANY HISTORY: MCS Valuations has been providing services in the valuation industry for more than 15 years with experience providing quality products and services to our clients, including some of the largest lenders and loan servicers in the country. Our tenured management has been in the mortgage and valuation industries through the economic and regulatory changes, allowing us to understand your business and the importance of regulatory compliance along with excellent service. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE: Complying with evolving regulations and guidelines has introduced a new level of risk. These new demands require a reputable, financially stable business partner that you can depend on to help ensure valuation accuracy and mitigate compliance risk. Our Review Products are an extremely useful tool utilized by clients to support their regulatory compliance process. KEY FEATURES/BENEFITS: Data»Validated»Products Our valuation products are data validated and reviewed for accuracy by industry-leading quality tools, providing the combined benefits of data integrity, valuation accuracy, and other market indicators along with the additional value-added analysis provided by our knowledgeable quality control staff. Our expertise in review and interpreting our data-validated products saves our clients time, steps, and cost, and enables faster, exception-based processing of valuations. Best-In-Class»Broker»Panel»Management High quality valuations start with best-in-class vendor panel management. At MCS Valuations, we maintain uncompromising standards and panel management by including comprehensive vendor scorecard systems to continuously and objectively evaluate, score, and reward quality performance. Our orders are assigned by use of a performance-based allocation methodology. Product»Quality At MCS Valuations, we are committed to compliance and regularly review our policies and procedures to help ensure conformance with applicable laws, including the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Interagency Statement on Independent Appraisal and Evaluation Functions guidelines. In addition, every valuation report undergoes a quality review to help ensure adherence to secondary market guidelines and any custom specifications you define. Technology Our proprietary online technology system, allows you to place, track, and deliver orders around the clock from anywhere you have Internet access. The system also manages the end-to-end valuation order fulfillment process and tracks panel member performance for quality, workload, and turnaround time. National»Coverage Our nationwide panel network of appraisers and brokers in addition to our staff appraisers reaches every ZIP code in the U.S. and its surrounding territories. The coverage we provide helps ensure we can always serve your valuation needs. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: MCS Valuations' data- driven and validated solutions incorporate property characteristics, available comparable properties, and risk- based scoring models to arrive at an accurate and reliable property valuation. Valuation accuracy provides greater confidence in risk assessment and decision-making (over/under valuation scores, integrity scores, complexity scores, etc). Our best-in-class panel management practices and scoring models ensure high quality third- party vendors and drive order assignments to the best qualified local real estate professional. This includes: » Comprehensive vendor scorecard system to continuously and objectively evaluate score and reward quality performance » A performance-based order allocation ensures order volumes are routed to vendors based on "Platinum", "Gold", or "Silver" classifications » Flexibility to customize order assignment logic based on client requirements ADDED VALUE TO CLIENTS: MCS Valuations adds value to our clients by providing data-validated products that are reviewed for quality and accuracy by a staff of highly-trained appraisers and real estate professionals. Our quality control staff is able to interpret the additional robust data tools available to ensure the final product is a report our clients can rely upon. Our experience allows us to understand the complexity of the environment our clients are navigating and align our processes to best meet their expectations. Nationwide coverage Plano, Texas Corporate Headquarters