Appraiser News

A little over a month ago, an ex-employee of the Appraisal Institute (AI) revealed in a lawsuit that misreporting of student qualifying and continuing education test scores took place at the organization.

But now, accusations have escalated to sexual harassment claims against AI’s former president and current vice president, as reported by The New York Times.   

Read on for more details and a response from AI.

Valuation Review concludes its conversation with the National Association of Appraisers’ 2025 “Appraiser of the Year” JoAnn Apostol.

In Part II of this feature story, Apostol shares more insights into appraising, as well as her thoughts from a business owner’s perspective.

Read on for the conclusion to this story.

From The Appraisal Foundation’s (TAF) May newsletter, the State Harmonization Task Force project was announced, with TAF President Kelly Davids sharing more May highlights with appraisers.

At the 2025 National Association of Appraisers’ (NAA) Appraiser’s Conference & Trade Show, JoAnn Apostol, of Deer Creek Appraisals, received NAA’s coveted “Appraiser of the Year” award.

Valuation Review caught up with Apostol following the conference for her thoughts on receiving the award, as well as other topics of note for all appraisers.

Read Part I of our interview with Apostol.

At the 2025 National Association of Appraisers’ Appraiser’s Conference & Trade Show (ACTS), panelists Jeff Bradford, president/CEO of Bradford Technologies, a la mode’s Joel Baker and AIVRE founder and CEO Jake Lew presented “Navigating the New Appraisal Report.”

Valuation Review caught up with Lew following the conference for more insights as to what he shared with ACTS attendees. 

Read on for more information about how appraisers can tackle the new reports.

Aivre, a real estate appraisal software company, has cut the time it takes to complete an appraisal by more than half, thanks to its integration with Restb.ai's computer vision and image recognition technology.

At the 2025 National Association of Appraisers’ Appraiser’s Conference & Trade Show, Nationwide Appraisal Network Chief Appraiser Bill Waltenbaugh spoke on the topic of “Real World Applications of AI in Appraisals.”

Valuation Review conducted a post-conference interview with Waltenbaugh who shared with us what he presented.

Read on for the full conversation with the chief appraiser.

For this month’s appraisal tips from Dustin Harris, “The Appraiser Coach,” Harris offered sound advice from his blog posts.

Appraisal suggestions come from “Taking Time to Recharge” and “The One Thing You Can Control.”

Read on for more helpful tips from Harris.

Newmark recently announced the appointment of a new senior managing director and Valuation & Advisory market leader for the New England region. He will oversee operations across Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont from the firm’s Boston office.

Valuation Review concludes its interview with the Appraisal Institute (AI) President Paula Konikoff.

In Part II, the AI president speaks to technology advancements for appraisers, and other matters of importance for the profession.

Read on for final thoughts from Konikoff.