HVCC required Fannie and Freddie to create and fund an entity, the Independent Valuation Protection Institute to combat unacceptable apprais...
The markets are moving. Enough good news on the economy, employment, housing and corporate profits has occurred to convince tenants, lenders...
On April 21st, the MBREA held the very successful New England Economic and Federal Agency Conference for Appraisers. There were close to 100...
The appraisal process gets more and more interesting every day. Actually, the appraisal process stays the same; it's the environment in whic...
In real estate, the decision to make repairs to short-lived items can be supported by an analysis of cost versus benefit. Yet, when the issu...
One of the first principles an appraiser trainee learns is that of change. In the textbook The Appraisal of Real Estate published by the App...
Sales Price Stabilizing
for Core v. Value
Torto stated that there is a 38% decline since 2Q '07 in valued added real estate. There is ample...
Back in 2008, when residential real estate prices had dropped around 35-40% around the world, people were saying that Iceland was going bank...
More appraisers are completing appraisal reviews than in past years. As the need and thus the demand for field reviews have grown the number...
The CRE New England/Upstate NY chapter held its second event for 2010 at Meredith&Grew in Boston. Ray Torto, CRE and global chief economist ...
