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WASHINGTON—Have the real-estate valuation shenanigans and inflated home appraisals that characterized the boom years disappeared?

Are mortgage loan officers and realty agents—even individual home sellers—continuing to influence or attempting to interfere with appraisals despite new federal rules that ban such behavior?

Ask appraisers and many will tell you: It's still business as usual. Attempts to encourage inflated appraisals remain common, though some techniques have become subtle.

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