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...
While demographic data and trends are not, by themselves, a tool to predict future demand drivers, understanding the preferences of the vari...
All of a sudden it seems, our annual Federal deficit an overall budget problems have been solved! Maybe, maybe NOT. However, major news outl...
Do you remember how you became an appraiser? Did you have a friend in the business? A mentor? A family member? Perhaps someone who brought y...
