12 U.S.C. § 3355 — Broker price opinions

(a) General prohibition In conjunction with the purchase of a consumer’s principal dwelling, broker price opinions cannot be used as the primary basis to determine the value of a piece of property for the purpose of a loan origination of a residential mortgage loan secured by such piece of property.

(b) Broker price opinion defined for this section, the term “broker price opinion” means an estimate prepared by a real estate broker, agent, or sales person^* that details the probable selling price of a particular piece of real estate property and provides a varying level of detail about the property’s condition, market, and neighborhood, and information on comparable sales, but does not include an automated valuation model, as defined in section 3354(c) 1 of this title.