Big investors are valuing homes with a method outlawed for everyone else after the housing crash — and the SEC is asking questions

Nicholas A. Tonelli/Flickr Large investors are increasingly using so-called broker price opinions to value and purchase thousands of homes on the brink of foreclosure. This method is used in place of traditional appraisals, which are done by licensed professionals and usually cost more. The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether companies are using BPOs […]