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Elliott launches appraisal firewall Compliance PlusMortgagePres.comElliott and Company Appraisers, firewall, Compliance Plus, Carlyle Holt Elliott and Company Appraisers has announced the initiation of its firewall program, Compliance Plus. Clients of Elliott's Compliance Plus program follow a strict communications plan. The company maintains records, which can be used to document the integrity of the appraisal and the independence of the appraiser. "Compliance Plus is a superior level of service, tailor-made for banks wishing to distance themselves from the issues of appraisal pressure and to be recognized as being in compliance with the Home Valuation Code of Conduct," said Carlyle Holt, Elliott's director of client services. "It is designed to provide Elliott's residential and commercial mortgage lenders with a safe, defensible, economical and efficient alternative method of complying with appraiser-independence mandates, imposed upon them by federal regulatory agents and government sponsored enterprises." Elliott and Company Appraisers serves clients nationwide and offers appraisal services in all 50 states of the United States. For more information, visit www.elliottco.com.