Appraiser News

Police are warning residents to stay vigilant as a series of imposters, one posing as an appraiser for a bank, appear to be targeting a Phoenix neighborhood.

The police department stated officially to be sure of someone’s identity if they are in your house, or lurking about the neighborhood.

Read on to learn more.

The North American Conference of Appraisal Organizations (NACAO) recently met in Cleveland as part of The Appraisal Foundation’s Spring Board of Trustees Meeting.

Valuation Review attended this meeting to stay on top of appraiser issues key industry veterans from this group seek to improve.

Read on to find out just who NACAO is, and what their purpose is in serving the valuation profession.

At the National Association of Appraisers (NAA)/Appraiser eLearning conference and trade show (ACTS) in Nashville, NAA President John Dingeman, a veteran appraiser, addressed the audience on how to prepare reports.  

Valuation Review attended Dingeman’s session.

Read Part II of this conference feature to learn more.

At the 2018 National Association of Appraisers/Appraiser eLearning conference and trade show in Nashville, Roxana Gumucio, executive director of the Tennessee Real Estate Appraiser Commission, gave conference attendees an update on the status of appraising in her state.

Valuation Review was in attendance.

Read on to find out what information she shared.                                    

Conservation easement appraisals provide many benefits to the public. But the short supply of public conservation easement funding may mean its future is limited.

Luke Von Esh, a Macon, Ga., appraiser with more than a decade of experience, contacted Valuation Review to share his thoughts about this topic.

Read on to find out more of what he told us.

Pacific Union Financial selected Total Expert to deploy its new proprietary marketing operating system, EXPmarketing. Read on to earn more about this system and its impact on appraisers.

At the National Association of Appraisers (NAA)/Appraiser eLearning conference and trade show (ACTS) in Nashville, NAA President John Dingeman, a veteran appraiser, addressed the audience on how to prepare reports.

In particular, making sure appraisers tell (write) the story because pictures don’t always do that. Valuation Review attended Dingeman’s session.

Read on to find out what he shared with the attendees.

The Tennessee Real Estate Appraisers Coalition (TREAC) released some facts to clarify what constitutes an evaluation.

The information also included how such evaluations are regulated by the state.

Read on to learn what important questions were answered by the TREAC.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on May 22 that would roll back many post-financial-crisis banking rules found in the Dodd-Frank Act.

President Donald Trump signed S. 2155 into law May 24. Valuation Review reached out to several appraisal organizations for their reactions.

Read on to learn what they told us and what this legislation will do for appraisers and their relationships with the banks.

LRES Corp. recently announced that its current chief strategy officer has been promoted to company president.

Valuation Review continues its conversation with LRES President Mark R. Johnson who shared more ideas as to how the appraisal profession can prosper.

Read Part II of this story to learn more.