| April 5 |
The Danger Zone |
| March 22 |
Appraiser Disciplinary Levels and Their Consequences |
| March 8 |
The State Appraisal Board Wants to Throw Me Under the Bus, Right? |
| February 22 |
Surviving the Slowdown |
| January 30 |
Appraiser Countersues Black Plaintiffs Who Alleged Discrimination |
| January 26 |
Appraisal Bias? The Inconvenient Truth of a Flawed Report |
| January 11 |
Recession Proof Your Business Using The Mindset Spectrum |
| December 7 |
Appraisal Quality: 6 Tips for Success in 2023 |
| November 16 |
Sins of the Past Are Back to Haunt Appraisers |
| November 10: |
Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
| October 25: |
What’s New at the VA: Interview With VAs Chief Appraiser |
| October 12: |
Long Have Appraisers Been Told |
| September 28: |
Killed by Carbon Monoxide: Appraiser Blamed |
| September 14: |
Navigating a Changing Market |
| August 21: |
ADUs and What’s in It for You? |
| August 7: |
Excess or Surplus Land: What’s the Difference? |
| July 27: |
Let’s Confer |
| July 13: |
Indemnification Clauses: What Appraisers Should Know |
| July 6: |
If You Call a Dog’s Tail a Leg |
| June 29: |
VA as a Model for the Industry |
| June 15: |
Time is of the Essence |
| May 31: |
Desktop Appraisals: Interview with Fannie Mae |
| May 24: |
Grappling with Desktop Appraisals |
| May 11: |
Appraising in a “Crazy” Market |
| April 20: |
Insurance IQ: What is BIPD? |
| April 13: |
Profiling an Up-and-Coming (New) Appraiser |
| April 6: |
Prepare for Change: 2022 |
| April 1: |
The Path That Brought us Here |
| March 9: |
Miller Responds to Discrimination Lawsuit |
| February 23: |
First Discrimination Lawsuit: What It Means for Appraisers |
| February 18: |
Desktop Appraisals—What are They and Will You Do Those Assignments? |
| February 9: |
ANSI: I’ll Tell You What You Can Do With This ANSI Stuff! |
| January 19: |
Desktop Appraisal to Become the New Norm |
| January 4: |
Appraisal Discrimination Claims on the Rise |
| December 14: |
Wealth and Why |
| November 29: |
Insurance IQ: Defining Professional Services |
| November 17: |
Skapinetz Wins Against Coester VMS |
| November 3: |
GSE Buybacks and Remediation Letters |
| October 27: |
Tips for Training New Appraisers |
| October 6: |
Racial Bias in Real Estate—Is It the Appraiser’s Fault? |
| September 29: |
Stairway to Confusion |
| September 22: |
Spotlight on Appraiser Capacity During the Pandemic |
| September 8: |
Congress Takes Aim at Discrimination in Real Estate |
| August 11: |
2021 Fee Survey Results |
| July 14: |
Discrimination in Appraisals |
| July 7: |
Valuing Land When There Are Few or No Vacant Land Sales |
| June 14: |
What I Learned from Drug Dealers |
| June 8: |
Driving Comps: The Great Debate |
| June 1: |
Has Appraising Failed the Public Good? |
| May 18: |
Good for Business |
| May 12: |
Appraisal Waivers: The Future is Here |
| April 14: |
The Effect of COVID-19 on Appraisal Volume |
| April 7: |
Institutional Memory and Appraiser Firms |
| March 31: |
Solar: The Future is Bright |
| March 24: |
How to Fight Blacklisting |
| March 10: |
Are You Smiling Yet? (you will) |
| March 3: |
Dealing with a Subpoena |
| February 24: |
Why Comp Photos? |
| February 10: |
Original Comp Photos: Dangerous, Unnecessary |
| January 20: |
Appraisal Fees on the Move: New Survey Asks How Much |
| December 30: |
Appraisers Helping Appraisers |
| December 16: |
USPAP: A Living (and Changing) Document – Part 2 |
| December 9 |
USPAP: A Living (and Changing) Document – Part 1 |
| October 20: |
The Human Being Business |
| September 16: |
COVID-19 Appraisal Risk Management |
| August 26: |
Institutional Memory and Appraisal Firms |
| August 12: |
Have You Reviewed These Sales? (Part 2) |
| July 29: |
Fannie Mae’s New Highest and Best Use |
| July 15: |
Wisdom of Crowds |
| July 8: |
Insurance IQ: Reading Your Policy |
| June 24: |
Reconsiderations of Value and What to Do About Them |
| June 17: |
Building an Appraisal Niche: High-End Appraisal Work |
| June 10: |
Interview with VA’s Chief Appraiser |
| June 3: |
Appraisers Speak Out: Full Bifurcated Appraisal Results |
| May 27: |
Appraising During a Pandemic |
| May 13: |
When Loans Go Bad: Preparing for the Next Wave |
| April 15: |
Financial Relief extends to E&O Insurance |
| April 8: |
Risky Business: Why Lenders Continue to Demand Interior Inspections |
| March 30: |
Interior Inspections: Tough Choices for Appraisers |
| March 23: |
FHFA Directive on Interior Appraisal Inspections |
| March 20: |
Appraisers and Coronavirus |
| March 18: |
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion and Resources for Appraisers |
| March 11: |
Appraiser’s Changing Role |
| February 25: |
Building a Secure Appraisal Business |
| February 18: |
Fannie Mae and the Future: Recruiting New Appraisers |
| February 11: |
Thriving in a Post-FIRREA World |
| February 4: |
New Construction Assignments- Rising Demand |
| January 30: |
Listening to Appraisers |
| December 11, 2019: |
VA Issues Guidance on Bifurcated Appraisals |
| November 13, 2019: |
Turn and Face the Strain… an Appraiser’s Life |
| November 8, 2019: |
FHFA Puts Brakes on Fannie’s Bifurcated Program |
| October 22, 2019: |
Appraisal Fee Transparency Act of 2019: Pivotal Point for Appraisers |
| October 11, 2019: |
Congress Wakes Up? |
| October 2, 2019: |
Conservation Easements |
| September 25, 2019: |
Bifurcated Appraising |
| September 18, 2019: |
Roadmap for Survival |
| September 4, 2019: |
Appraising “Bifurcated” |
| August 28, 2019: |
Why “Bifurcated” Won’t Work |
| August 21, 2019: |
De Minimus Raised |
| August 7, 2019: |
A Spreadsheet Solution For Estimating GLA Adjustments |
| July 31, 2019: |
Comparing Hybrid Appraisals with a 1004 Report |
| July 24, 2019: |
Street Art Is Real Estate: What Appraisers Need to Know |
| July 10, 2019: |
Marijuana Appraisals: Still Hazy |
| July 3, 2019: |
Coester Loses Appraiser Lawsuit |
| June 26, 2019: |
Come Together |
| June 19, 2019: |
Importance of Right of Way Assignments |
| June 5, 2019: |
Caring For Your Biggest Investment |
| May 29, 2019: |
Illinois Board Issues Warning on Hybrid Appraisals |
| May 22, 2019: |
Business Valuations: Diversifying Your Appraisal Business |
| May 8, 2019: |
Fannie Mae Plans Massive Changes to Appraisal Process
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| April 23, 2019: |
Five Ways To Be More Efficient
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| April 17, 2019: |
The Power of Praise
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| April 3, 2019: |
My Complaint with Complaints
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| March 27, 2019: |
Coester AMC Out of Business, Appraisers Unpaid
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| March 20, 2019: |
Appraisal Regulatory Modernization: Idea Whose Time Has Come
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| March 6, 2019: |
Keys to Business Success in 2019
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| February 20, 2019: |
OREP Risk Management Q&A: How to Disclose and Adjust for Carcinogens
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| January 29, 2019: |
Private Appraisal Work, The Final Frontier
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| January 23, 2019: |
Persistent Appraisal Failures: Part 1
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| January 9, 2019: |
Digital Transformation of the Appraisal Industry
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| December 28, 2018: |
Insurance Happy Ending
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| December 19, 2018: |
Explaining Your Adjustments
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| December 12, 2018: |
Paired Sales Using Percentage Adjustments and No Recent Sales
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| November 28, 2018: |
Kübler-Ross and the Certified Letter
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| November 7, 2018: |
What does “Misleading” Mean?
|
| October 24, 2018: |
Uberrimae Fidei (what?)
|
| October 17, 2018: |
Risk of Land Volatility
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| October 10, 2018: |
Being the Connected Appraiser— Building Business with Connected Tools |
| October 3, 2018: |
Understanding Competency |
| September 19, 2018: |
A Very Credible Napkin |
| September 12, 2018: |
Talking Fees and Antitrust |
| September 7, 2018: |
Professionals Bill by the Hour |
| August 22, 2018: |
It’s Just a Machine…. |
| August 7, 2018: |
Big Data, Big Risk? |
| August 1, 2018: |
Certifications: Understanding What You’re Signing |
| July 25, 2018: |
Risk Management Corner |
| July 11, 2018: |
Market Update: Interest Rates and Appraisal Volume |
| June 27, 2018: |
Hybrid Appraisals and Risk Management
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| June 20, 2018: |
Applying USPAP Fairly in a Review
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| June 6, 2018: |
Desktop Appraisals: Risk and Reward
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| May 30, 2018: |
Are You Committing Appraisal Fraud?
|
| May 23, 2018: |
So You Want To Sell Your Appraisal Business?
|
| May 2, 2018: |
I Can’t…Therefore it’s Not Possible
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| April 25, 2018: |
Why Appraisers Need Uniform, Federal Enforcement of USPAP
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| April 18, 2018: |
Common Appraisal Errors (Part 2)
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| April 4, 2018: |
Mobile Appraising: “But I Can’t See That Little Red Dot!”
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| March 28, 2018: |
Changing Markets
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| March 21, 2018: |
Transitioning Into Non-Lender Work
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| March 12, 2018: |
Appraisal Waivers Up for Key Vote
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| March 7, 2018: |
Cultural & Religious Effects on Value |
| February 21, 2018: |
Big Changes to College Degree, Experience Requirements |
| February 7, 2018: |
How Can Appraisers Thrive? |
| January 31, 2018: |
Navigating Hybrid Appraisals |
| January 24, 2018: |
Choices are Good |
| January 10, 2018: |
AQB Considers Changes to College Degree, Experience Requirements (Again) |
| November 29, 2017: |
Accommodation of Personal Interest |
| November 29, 2017: |
Adjustments: Sample Size, Relevance and Credible Solutions |
| November 15, 2017: |
Preparing for Your Deposition |
| November 8, 2017: |
How Much Value Does That Extra Bedroom Add? (Understanding Regression) |
| October 25, 2017: |
Solve Problems, Don’t Just Answer Questions |
| October 18, 2017: |
Have You Talked to Another Appraiser Lately? |
| October 11, 2017: |
Beyond USPAP? |
| Sept. 27, 2017: |
2017 Fee Survey: Analyzing the Data |
| Sept. 13, 2017: |
Mentoring Fellow Appraisers |
| August 30, 2017: |
Lenders (and AMCs) Responsible for Appraisal Quality? |
| August 16, 2017: |
One Easy Trick to Get More Work |
| August 2, 2017: |
Fannie Mae’s Top Appraiser On the Future |
| July 26, 2017: |
PACE Financing: What Appraisers Should Know |
| July 19, 2017: |
Why Fannie Mae Shouldn’t Keep Data Secret |
| July 5, 2017: |
Facebook AND Face to Face Marketing |
| June 21, 2017: |
Appraiser’s Life: How Busy Are You? |
| June 7, 2017: |
Appraisers, Dentists, and Antitrust Law |
| June 2, 2017: |
Louisiana Appraisal Board: Anti-Competitive? |
| May 24, 2017: |
Fungible |
| May 10, 2017: |
AVMs to Finally Replace Appraisers? |
| May 8, 2017: |
Appraiser Q&A- Supporting Adjustments |
| April 26, 2017: |
I Messed Up (Really!) |
| April 12, 2017: |
2017 Tech Insights |
| March 22, 2017: |
AQB Digs In: College Degree, Experience Requirements to Change |
| March 1, 2017: |
AMC Fined for Removing Appraiser from Panel |
| February 15, 2017: |
Express Yourself |
| February 1, 2017: |
Fees Rising! (New Fee Survey asks how much) |
| January 18, 2017: |
Appraiser Shortage or Just Fed Up? |
| January 4, 2017: |
Training Success Stories |
| December 28: |
Customary and Reasonable: Measuring the New Normal |
| December 14, 2016: |
Common Appraisal Errors |
| December 7, 2016: |
Insurance IQ: Driving to Work |
| November 30, 2016: |
Sharpening Skills: Are Granny Flats Undervalued? |
| November 16, 2016: |
Drones for Appraisal Use |
| November 9, 2016: |
What’s Your (Appraisal) Problem? |
| October 26, 2016: |
Latest AQB Proposal on College Degree, Experience Requirements |
| October 12, 2016: |
Disciplinary Process – How It Works, Your Rights & Likely Outcomes |
| September 28, 2016: |
Too Busy? Turning Away Work? Get Help! |
| September 21, 2016: |
Do Your Math (and Raise Your Fees) |
| September 14, 2016: |
Training the Next Generation |
| September 7, 2016: |
Five Steps to Growing an Appraisal Firm |
| August 31, 2016: |
Dispelling Myth of Appraiser Shortage |
| August 24, 2016: |
Making Case for an Appraiser’s Judgment |
| August 17, 2016: |
How Do you Tell an Appraiser from an Agent? |
| August 3, 2016: |
Insurance IQ |
| July 27, 2016: |
A Little Marketing Here and There |
| July 20, 2016: |
Extraordinary Assumption or Hypothetical Condition? |
| July 6, 2016: |
Real Estate Fraud – What’s an Appraiser to Do? |
| June 22, 2016: |
Time Adjustments |
| June 15, 2016: |
TAF Considers Skipping Experience Requirement |
| June 8, 2016: |
Time Has Come Today |
| June 1, 2016: |
True Cost of Low Appraisal Fees |
| May 19, 2016: |
AQB Proposes Alternative to College Degree Requirement |
| May 11, 2016: |
Repurchase Demands and Unacceptable Appraisal Practices – Part 2 |
| April 27, 2016: |
Words That Matter |
| April 13, 2016: |
Future of Appraisers Survey |
| March 30, 2016: |
College Degree Requirement Misguided |
| March 16, 2016: |
Wash. AMC Fails, Leaves Appraisers Unpaid |
| March 11, 2016: |
Repurchase Demands and Unacceptable Appraisal Practices – Part 1 |
| March 2, 2016: |
Late Appraisal: USPAP Violation? |
| February 17: |
The Decline of Appraisers |
| February 10, 2016: |
Legal Doom |
| February 3, 2016: |
Appraisers Win $36 Million Class Action |
| January 27, 2016: |
Getting Neighborhood Description Right |
| January 22, 2016: |
AMC Fined Over C&R Fees |
| January 20, 2016: |
Working Well with AMCs |
| January 6, 2016: |
USPAP: Shifting (Quick) Sand for Appraisers |
| December 21, 2015: |
Wildfires and Appraisers |
| December 8, 2015: |
Search Parameters and the Best Comparables |
| November 24, 2015: |
Mapping for Success with Google |
| November 23, 2015: |
Giving Thanks (and Giving Back) to Our Veterans |
| November 13, 2015: |
Incorrect Reporting of Sales & Listing Data in Appraisal Reports |
| November 10, 2015: |
Contributory Market Value Riddle |
| November 4, 2015: |
What the Appraisal Foundation Thinks |
| October 30, 2015: |
Appraiser/Whistleblower Wins $85 Million |
| October 28, 2015: |
Understanding USPAP – Part Three: SR-2 |
| October 14, 2015: |
Claims, Complaints and E&O Insurance |
| September 30, 2015: |
Future of Valuation |
| September 25, 2015: |
Observe, Analyze and Report- In that Order |
| September 16, 2015: |
What Appraisers Keep Getting Wrong |
| September 9, 2015: |
TRID: What’s It Mean for Appraisers? |
| September 2, 2015: |
Why Your Words Matter (in your appraisal) |
| August 26, 2015: |
Appraiser Landmark $36 Million Settlement with BoA |
| August 19, 2015: |
Appraising Lake Property |
| August 10, 2015: |
Facing License Denial, Coester Sues Virginia Board |
| August 5, 2015: |
How Much Are You Worth? |
| July 29, 2015: |
What if it Can’t be Supported? Your Value as a Local Expert |
| July 22, 2015: |
Understanding USPAP Part 2: SR – 1 |
| July 1, 2015: |
Road to Supporting Value: Ranking & Reconciliation |
| June 17, 2015: |
Are You a Tier 1 or Tier 2 Appraiser? |
| June 8, 2015: |
First Enforcement of C&R Fee Provision: Louisiana Makes History |
| June 3, 2015: |
Bank’s Letter to Appraiser Started Off With… |
| May 20, 2015: |
Appraisers Entitled to Overtime, Court Holds |
| May 11, 2015: |
Blacklisting Lawsuit Continues |
| May 6, 2015: |
Supporting Market Conditions Adjustments |
| April 27, 2015: |
Lies, Damn Lies… and FMNA ‘statistics’ |
| April 22, 2015: |
Appraising with Regression |
| April 8, 2015: |
AMC’s – Bridge Too Far? |
| March 25, 2015: |
Understanding USPAP – The Preamble |
| March 11, 2015: |
Extracting an Adjustment – One Way To Measure |
| February 25, 2015: |
Appraiser Efficiency in the New World of CU |
| February 11, 2015: |
Life After the New CU System |
| February 3, 2015: |
Collateral Underwriter: First Feedback |
| January 27, 2015: |
Taking Success Into My Own Hands |
| January 20, 2015: |
Collateral Underwriter – Too Much Too Soon |
| January 14, 2015: |
Fannie Mae Warning Letters on the Rise |
| December 17, 2014: |
Oregon Board Sanctions AMC |
| December 3, 2014: |
USPAP, Retrospective Appraisals and the Titanic |
| November 19, 2014: |
Troubling Times at Fannie Mae |
| November 5, 2014: |
Case Closed: Appeal Dropped in ESA/Chase Bankruptcy |
| October 29, 2014: |
Appraisers, AMCs & Building Bridges |
| October 22, 2014: |
Complaints: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You |
| October 8, 2014: |
Adjustments: Your Opinion Doesn’t Count |
| September 24, 2014: |
Review Appraisal Liability |
| September 17, 2014: |
HUD Blacklisting: Guilty Until Proven Innocent |
| September 10, 2014: |
Appraisal Board Sanctions AMC for Late Payment |
| August 27, 2014: |
Highest and Best Use Analysis |
| August 20, 2014: |
Board Complaints: You Can’t Fight City Hall…Or Can You? |
| August 13, 2014: |
Blacklisted for Refusing Low Fees |
| July 31, 2014: |
12,346 Appraisal Failures Every Week |
| July 22, 2014: |
Green Building – How Can We Know Value? |
| July 16, 2014: |
Court Certifies Class and Approves Nationwide Class Settlement for Review Appraisers |
| July 2, 2014: |
Overseas AMC Staff: Could I Speak to “Villiam?” |
| June 18, 2014: |
So You Want to Increase Business… |
| June 4, 2014: |
Trainees, Employees and How to Build a Business |
| May 28, 2014: |
State Board Moves to Curb Frivolous Complaints |
| May 21, 2014: |
Training the Future |
| April 30, 2014: |
We Need to Do What? Verifying AMC Licensing |
| April 23, 2014: |
Smoking Gun Allows Appraiser to Sue over Blacklisting |
| April 9, 2014: |
New Pressure: Agents Filing Complaints |
| March 26, 2014: |
Importance of Good Scope of Work |
| March 21, 2014: |
“Paperless” Appraising |
| March 12, 2014: |
Fannie Mae’s “Do Not Use” List
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| February 26, 2014: |
Top 5 Questions Asked of Appraisers and How to Answer |
| February 13, 2014: |
You Only Have to Make 700+/- Decisions in the Next Six Hours |
| February 5, 2014: |
Fighting Appraisal Board Complaints |
| January 26, 2014: |
Victory for Customary and Reasonable Fees in Louisiana |
| January 16, 2014: |
OCC: Lenders Responsible for AMCs |
| January 1, 2014, 2014: |
Beware of Consent Decrees |
| December 27, 2013: |
Positive Resolution to Chase Blacklisting Saga |
| December 18, 2013: |
“Low Bid” Appraisal – AMC Rebuttal |
| December 4, 2013: |
“Low Bid” Appraisal Ordering and Its Effect on Quality |
| November 27, 2013: |
Conversation with Fannie Mae |
| November 19, 2013: |
Feds to Reconsider Customary and Reasonable Fees – Maybe |
