Collateral Management System® | CMS®

New Investor Contact Type, Connecticut Zip Code Update, and Appraisal Invoice Fix

This release adds a new Investor Contact Type for orders and resolves five issues, including a Connecticut zip code logic update for the state's move to planning regions and a fix ensuring appraisal invoices are consistently delivered.

May 20, 2025

UAT Environment Maintenance Event (Wednesday, May 14, 7:00-7:15 PM CST)

The UAT environment underwent a brief 15-minute maintenance window on Wednesday, May 14, from 7:00 PM to 7:15 PM CST to enhance system performance and reliability.

May 14, 2025

UAT Environment Maintenance for Performance and Reliability Improvements

The Collateral Management System UAT environment underwent scheduled maintenance on May 12, 2025 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM CST to improve system performance and reliability. No user action was required, though intermittent slowness may have occurred during the window.

May 12, 2025

Certified License Filtering, FHA SSR via AppraisalPort, and Advanced Search Improvements

This production release adds a Certified License filter for the RFP picker and Batch Quote eligibility, enables FHA SSR submission via AppraisalPort, and introduces a Reviewer Group option in Advanced Search, alongside fixes for duplicate-order AVM triggers, coverage area loading, and AVM appraised value reporting.

May 6, 2025

Certified License Filter, FHA SSR via AppraisalPort, and County FIPS Code Fix (UAT)

This UAT release introduces a Certified License filter for assignment and Batch Quote eligibility, enables FHA SSR submission via AppraisalPort, and adds a Reviewer Group search option, while fixing outdated FIPS codes, duplicate AVM triggers, coverage area loading, AVM appraised values, and duplicate payment retry errors.

April 29, 2025

UAT Fix Deployment for Platform Security and Stability

This UAT fix release reaffirmed platform security through preventive vulnerability reviews and announced a scheduled maintenance window on May 8, 2025 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM CST with about one hour of expected downtime. No user action was required and no impact to services or data was expected.

April 21, 2025

Appraisal Invoice Fee Data Points and Certified Appraiser Assignment Filter

This production release adds AMC Fee and Appraiser Fee data points to appraisal invoice transmissions and introduces a manual assignment filter restricting certified appraisers by sales price threshold, alongside a searchable license level column and a First Appraised Value consistency fix.

April 15, 2025

UAT Release Deployment with One-Hour Planned Downtime

A UAT release deployment ran on April 14, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM CST, with approximately one hour of expected unavailability. Logged-in users received a notice during the window, and login attempts were redirected to a maintenance notification page.

April 14, 2025

UAT Repave and Maintenance Event Across CMS.net, CMS Legacy, GAAR Viewer, and Ports

A CMS UAT Repave/Maintenance event ran from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM CST on April 14, 2025, affecting CMS.net, CMS Legacy (Stand Alone), GAAR Viewer, and Ports to boost system performance, reliability, and security. Users experienced periodic performance degradation until 3:30 AM, followed by full unavailability until service was restored at 6:00 AM CST.

April 14, 2025

Service Provider Picker Fix for Inclusionary List Filter Availability (UAT)

A CMS.net UAT release deployed on April 11, 2025 fixed an issue affecting the availability of the Inclusionary List Filter in the Service Provider Picker, with about one hour of downtime during the maintenance window.

April 11, 2025