Now you see it, now you don’t: that’s what appraisers are saying about data that is disappearing or changing after a report leaves their desktop. Here’s what is happening and why, according to appraisers, vendors and other industry insiders.
A certified appraiser, who wishes to remain anonymous fearing blacklisting, recently contacted her errors and omissions insurance…
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Editor’s Note: There will be life after HVCC. Here, appraiser Paul Chandler, MAI, offers his insider’s view on AMCs and how to make the new changes work for you. HVCC/AMCs – Change Equals Opportunity by Paul E. Chandler, MAI The Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC), effective May 1, 2009, has created uncertainty and apprehension...…
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Director’s Message HVCC Appraiser Talkback Blog and Survey Giving Voice to Appraisers Nationwide Appraisers called the real estate/lending collapse years before it happened, based on what they were seeing- liars loans, inflated values, excessive pressure, an over reliance and misuse of AMVs, but no one was listening. It’s our belief that those “in the trenches”…
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Editor’s Note: This survival guide for home inspectors provides valuable advice for anyone in business today. Slow Times: Survival of the Fittest By Glenn R. Curtis C.M.I. Master Inspector If the connection between naturalist Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and your business isn’t obvious, it should be: in tough times only the strong make…
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