Recent volatility in the stock and bond markets reminds all of us that gradual domestic recovery and the Fed commitment to a low interest ra...
About 3 years ago we launched a new online community, MyMBREA. I continue to hear from MBREA members how beneficial this has become. We have...
A poignant and sometimes inherently contradictory method of appraising real estate requires the appraiser to take historic sales data and ap...
The Appraisal Institute has announced its support for federal legislation that would improve the mortgage underwriting process by ensuring a...
Appraisers who engage in residential analysis are familiar with a requirement in most states who have licensed appraisal management companie...
Members of the New England Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate recently gathered for a Summer Solstice Social Networking event at the H...
Many dynamics are changing the appraisal profession. Fed by the ever increasing and often nonsensical demands of clients, many appraisers ar...
The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) defines an appraisal as an opinion of value, and also as the act or process...
The Appraisal Institute has taken a major leadership role in joining with other prominent professional organizations to form the "Internatio...
Most appraisers I speak to are buried with work. Refinance activity is brisk with mortgage rates at all-time lows. There's a frenzy of activ...
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