If we were chicken little and watching what is happening with the lenders, we might say the sky is about to fall – drying up the main source of revenue for so many appraisal companies. If your new ...

Did that great bluesman, Robert Leroy Johnson (1911-1938), travel to the crossroads of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi? There, at midnight, so the legend goes, did he get down on his ...

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 ...

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 ...

My name is Kevin P. Grant. You could definitely call me a small-town guy, having been raised by a pair of pretty amazing parents in the small town of Sheboygan, WI. I majored in Business and Finance ...

Big changes are on the horizon! In this episode, we’re diving into the upcoming UAD updates and what they mean for the industry. And who better to break it all down than the newest Valuation Visionary ...

My name is Carlos Fong, owner of Expert Valuation Services in Miami, FL. I got into the appraisal industry through family, as my two uncles and aunt are Certified Residential Appraisers in South ...

In this episode, we sit down with Paul Chandler, a leading voice in the appraisal industry. As President of the Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and Chair of the Industry ...

Mortgage rates continued to decrease this week, with the average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage falling to 6.62%, down from 6.64% last week, according ...

While the AMC Final Rules are not intended for appraisers, appraisers are certainly stakeholders. In this pre-recorded webinar Alan Hummel, Senior VP and Chief Appraiser for Forsythe Appraisals, and ...

Appraisers often find themselves in a wide variety of settings and situations. I mean, we are entering people’s homes, somewhere that most people see as their comfort zones and a place they are not ...

Last fall, we put out a call for nominations for our first inaugural Buzzy Awards. We wanted to recognize outstanding appraisers and firms and others in the industry from around the country. In this ...