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Casey has signed a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage contract to buy a house. The contract includes a clause specifying a late payment fee of 5% of the overdue amount if a payment is more than 15 days late. The contract includes a privacy clause that ensures the lender will not share her financial information with third-party companies without her consent, except as required by law. The contract states that any disputes about loan servicing or property valuation must be submitted to binding arbitration, where a third-party arbitrator will decide.

According to the dispute resolution clause, how should Casey proceed if she disagrees with the lender's property valuation?

refuse to pay the mortgage until it is resolved
negotiate directly with the lender to request a reevaluation
submit the dispute to binding arbitration
file a lawsuit to dispute the state property value

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Submit the dispute to binding arbitration.

The contract's dispute resolution clause requires disputes about property valuation to be decided by a third-party arbitrator, so Casey should initiate the contract's arbitration process rather than refusing payment or immediately filing suit. Negotiation is possible but the clause binds disputes to arbitration.