This article was reposted with permission from Chase Pursley. See original article here. Using data from the Appraisal Subcommittee’s (ASC) Federal Registry, we’ve analyzed the licensing of real ...

The agency’s Request for Information on Minimum Property Requirements raises a question the industry has been slow to ask: not about which repairs to require, but about who the FHA appraiser is ...

On this episode of the Appraisal Buzzcast, host Hal Humphreys sits down with Humza Ahmed, founder of Automax AI, to talk about how artificial intelligence is already helping appraisers save time and ...

While they are not “about” appraisers, the Executive Orders will absolutely reshape the environment in which we work. Appraisers who treat these as background noise will find the ground shifting under ...

The world of real estate appraisal is constantly evolving (much to our dismay sometimes), and as professionals in this field, it is crucial to stay ahead of the curve by embracing innovative tools and ...

It is one of the most loaded questions in real estate appraisal right now, and I have spent the last 90 days trying to answer it. Not theoretically. Not by reading white papers or watching YouTube ...

This is part three of a three part series on appraisal review – Read parts one and two. When interacting with executive managers, I am often posed with the following question “How do you know when you ...

Today, we talk with someone who recently joined the growing list of software providers verified for UAD 3.6 by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—but that’s not the company’s only big announcement. Reggora ...

Imagine standing before a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, ready to flip the switch. You plug in the lights and nothing happens. You check the plug, the length of the wire and each bulb, one at a ...

Let me introduce myself the same way I do at every conference, training, and awkward industry mixer where everyone’s holding business cards and pretending they’re not checking their phones. I’m Joe. I ...

Staff vs. fee panel. It’s one of the longest-running [...] Staff vs. fee panel. It’s one of the longest-running debates in appraisal history, and today we’re going to address it. Hal is joined by Todd ...

Last spring, Fannie Mae introduced a policy update that had appraisers and lenders talking. But this change was really just a reminder of what’s already standard practice: analyzing and adjusting for ...