Appraisal & Consulting

The market one year after the start of the recession: How it got to the way it is today

Quarter 1 2008 is the consensus view of the start of our current recession. If one were to think back a year, there was no recession in the ...

The many economic paradoxes of our time

The more you read and listen to, the more you realize that there are as many differing opinions as there are experts on the economy, real es...

View from the edge: Time to enjoy simpler things in life

Life certainly has gotten simpler with the recession in full swing. I have learned to enjoy the simple, but meaningful, things in my little ...

MBREA holds its annual installation of officers on Jan. 14th at Montvale Plaza

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Home valuation code of conduct: How to stay informed on what is happening with the code

The code is directed at lenders, their employees and agents and applies only to loans that will be sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Howev...

Avoiding appraisal fraud: Appraising your client Part 2

Part one appeared in the February 13th edition of the NEREJ in the Appraisal and Consulting section. Every appraiser knows that information...

Market conditions: Be objective despite the doom and gloom

The effect of the economy on property value has been an intriguing component of every assignment these past few months. Each segment of the ...

Housing: Are there any signs of life out there?

With the stock market sinking to new lows, a new administration unable to rally the country, credit markets still iced up, banks and corpora...

Pent up demand will support growth in economic recovery

As the grass grows, so grows our resident labor force both in absolute numbers with new entrants and in age as cohorts advance. Jobs drive h...

The need for speed in relation to the appraisal industry

How sophisticated are the computer systems in this world? Just for fun, try some of these simple exercises. 1.) Type your name into Google ...