Get Reports Done 1.5 Days Faster

The cost of a fragmented workflow

An average saving of 1.5 days per report. That is the time lost in a broken workflow when you’re chasing data you didn’t capture the first time, correcting errors that crept in between systems, or driving back to a property because one measurement didn’t reconcile.

Multiply it across all orders and the problem is not just productivity, it is a system one. That broader industry dynamic is well recognised: The U.S. Real Property Appraiser Workforce (The Appraisal Foundation, May 2026) points to mobile technology, digital data collection and integrated reporting tools as important levers for improving per-appraiser capacity. ‍

Where the time actually goes

The drag is rarely one thing. It’s three jobs that don’t connect. You walk the property, capture what you can, and head back to the office to find a detail you needed but didn’t get. So, you return. Or you call. Or you work around it and hope the report holds up under review. Then orders live in one system, field notes in another, and the report gets written in a third. Every handoff is a chance for something to fall through the cracks.

Lenders wait. Deadlines slip. The appraiser carries the cost.

That’s what happens when a profession with rigorous standards doesn’t have access to integrated tools that were built for them.

What a different workflow looks like

Appraisers using Jaro technology at Opteon are running a different workflow. The difference shows up in many ways: less time onsite, less time writing and reports that move through review faster because the underlying data is cleaner.

With JaroInspect, walking a property means building a complete record on the way through with floor plans, photos and property characteristics. All captured in a structured format from a mobile device leveraging LiDAR technology and fully compliant with ANSI (American National Standards Institute) measuring standards. The output is a digital twin: accurate enough that when a question comes up later, the answer’s already there without a visit or a call. That alone accounts for a material chunk of hours recovered.

JaroKit handles the report writing end. It’s a property data and reporting toolkit that pulls comparables into context, so appraisers aren’t switching between systems to close out a report. The data you need is where you need it, automatically synced. This means less copy-paste, fewer delays, and reports that hold up under review without rework.

JaroDesk ties it all together. Order management, submission tracking, and report workflows in one place. What gets captured in the field flows through without re-entry, without reformatting, without the administrative overhead that bleeds time most appraisers don’t realise they’re spending.

Three connected systems, designed with appraisers and for appraiser workflows.  

Built for UAD 3.6 and delivering today

UAD 3.6 is where this conversation moves from convenience to readiness.

The updated standard requires richer, more structured property data than the current URAR format. That’s the intent: better underlying data produces better valuations, better risk assessment, more defensible decisions for everyone in the chain.  

Richer data requirements don’t help you if your collection process can’t produce them. Walking properties with a notepad and reconciling manually on the other end means UAD 3.6 makes your workflow harder. The standard raises the bar, and your tools must raise with it. As The U.S. Real Property Appraiser Workforce (The Appraisal Foundation, May 2026) makes clear, the future of appraisal capacity depends in part on better digital workflows.

The Opteon appraisers using JaroInspect and JaroKit are delivering UAD3.6 reports in production, today. They’re delivering current orders faster, with better data, on a system that was built with the new standard’s requirements already in mind. When the transition comes, it doesn’t feel like such a leap.  

“What surprised me most about completing my first two UAD 3.6 reports was that the inspection part was easier than I thought. The JaroInspect app was already set up for this, and even though it was slightly adapted, it felt just like the other inspections I’d been doing on JaroInspect the whole time.” — David Hallman, Area Manager, Illinois, Opteon USA

What lenders get out of it

For lenders, the downstream effect is straightforward. Faster appraisals close loans faster. Cleaner data cuts revision cycles and the back-and-forth that slows review teams. Standardised, structured reporting means you can process higher volumes without scaling headcount to match.

Valuations you can trust mean risk decisions you can defend. That matters more than any of the time savings.

Saving 1.5 days per report matters. But the bigger story is that this workflow improves productivity now while preparing appraisers for what comes next.

Visit tryjaro.com to learn more.

Source for industry context: The U.S. Real Property Appraiser Workforce: Facts, forecasts, and collaborative pathways supporting the President’s Executive Order on Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit, The Appraisal Foundation, May 2026.