Appraisal & Consulting

Finding market patterns that are emerging

The market has lots of information. Beyond the forensic lab work and microbe traces familiar to the real estate community in name only, prop...

Seeing reason for hope in the appraisal market

So, with my complete and utter failure as a March Madness prognosticator and not one pick in the Final Four and only two in the Elite Eight,...

It's time to rethink and adjust our goals for the year

The 1st quarter of the year has just slipped by. The stock market is chugging upward, but the real estate market appears to be stuck in neut...

Appraisal Institute: What's It All About?

The "it" in this article is the Appraisal Institute and principally the Massachusetts chapter, while the "about" refers to our purpose as we...

Real estate needs of the future and effect of technology

A friend and I recently had lunch and the topic of conversation turned to evolving real estate needs. We are both real estate professionals ...

The Home Valuation Code of Conduct today - A problem solver or making it worse

As we pass the one year anniversary of the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC), one might ask if it has been a problem solver or has made ...

A look at the HVCC from MBREA president Minnehan

Once upon a time, not that long ago, appraisers, mortgage brokers, loan originators, buyers and sellers were all going along on their merry ...

Appraisal Practices Board: A lever for change?

At the end of 2009, The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) announced the creation of a third independent board, the Appraisal Practices Board (APB)....

Patterns emerging in the local property markets

The local property markets are starting to reveal patterns of economic activity, and capital will soon further clarify the metrics of the re...

Appraisal Institute president message: How is the market?

If you introduce yourself as a real estate appraiser, you are invariably asked, "how's the market?" And sometimes, the questioner is serious...