APB Valuation Advisory #3: Residential Appraising in a Declining Market
The Appraisal Foundation is pleased to announce that the Appraisal Practices Board (APB) has adopted “APB Valuation Advisory #3: Residential Appraising in a Declining Market.” The APB is an independent...
View ArticleStatement of Frank Gregoire (NAR) Before Appraisal Oversight Hearing
Frank Gregoire’s written testimony to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity before the Appraisal...
View ArticleDifferences Between Neighborhood and Market Areas & Analysis
When examining appraisal reports, it is commonly noted that the Neighborhood section of the 1004 appraisal report contains data for sales of properties that are comparable and competing to the subject,...
View ArticleAppraisal Practices Board: A Free Resource for Appraisers
Congressional Hearing Provides Opportunity to Clarify Purpose – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2012 Washington, DC — The Appraisal Foundation (TAF), a non-profit education organization dedicated to...
View ArticleThe Dawn of a New Era in Appraising
A new frontier in appraising is upon us… Approximately 30 years ago the automobile industry began to introduce computers into cars and since that time they have never been the same. What was once...
View ArticleTAF Suspends Most APB Operations
APB was based on the housing crisis of 2008… Appraisers, The news release below was issued on Jan. 26, 2017. I for one, appreciate what’s been done so far by the Appraisal Practices Board to help...
View ArticleBaby or Bath Water? And Is it Time to Take Back USPAP?
About half of AICPA members don’t believe in USPAP… When I first heard that “they” were trying to do away with the Appraisal Practices Board (APB) of the Appraisal Foundation (TAF), I tried to keep an...
View ArticleThe Black Swan – Another Meltdown
Another Meltdown – The Inevitable Outcome of a White Swan: Why would we allow another Financial Meltdown to occur? …When revenues and profits decline, lenders and financial institutions throw caution...
View ArticleCoronavirus Will Cause Our Next Recession
A Black Swan has Appeared – Coronavirus will cause Our Next Recession In a previous post entitled The Black Swan published in August, 2019, I wrote, “though more common now, especially in Australia,...
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