President Donald Trump’s recent announcement regarding the potential privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac carries ...

We’re diving into one of the biggest updates coming to the appraisal industry— The GSE’s new Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD). Jim Morrison and Hal Humphreys are joined by Kim Angellone, who’s been at ...

The latest edition of the Appraisal Buzz Magazine is here! This year, our magazine includes exclusive articles covering a wide range of topics, including disaster risk, adaptive reuse appraisals, the ...

Steve Kahane is a certified residential appraiser outside of Houston, TX. He transitioned from commercial properties to residential after moving from Chicago to Texas 16 years ago and has appraised ...

Lamar H. Ellis, III is from Atlanta, Georgia and holds the prestigious MAI and SRA designations with the Appraisal Institute. He is also an approved instructor. Lamar was an early adopter of Drone ...

This article is written by Brent Bowen – author, CE instructor, and Chief Appraiser at Texas Valuation Professionals, Inc. His training webinar on Market Indexing ...

Ever have an underwriter ask for more information on an appraisal or need some clarification on one of your appraisals? What is behind this? Is it the lender, if so, why are they asking? Is it the AMC ...

Daniel A. Bradley, SRA, CDEI is the Director of Online Appraisal Curriculum for McKissock Learning. He has been a practicing real property appraiser since 1987, and has been instructing and authoring ...

Joan N. Trice is the founder and CEO of Allterra Group, LLC, publisher of Appraisal Buzz, and host of the annual Valuation Expo, the largest conference for the valuation community. Joan also hosts the ...

By now, most appraisers are aware that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) have embarked on a complete overhaul of the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD). UAD originated in 2010 and since then we ...

Many say “history always repeats itself” and in the case of appraisals, it may be for the best. We sat down with Edward Pinto, the Co-Director of AEI’s Center on Housing Markets and Finance as he ...

Although a "perfect" adjustment may not exist, the search for perfect adjustments in appraisal reports is becoming a hot topic with many interesting articles, continuing education courses, and ...