Tag Archives: Appraisal Institute

As mainstream media has highlighted recent instances of discrimination in home valuations, the GSE has taken steps to reverse the course and promote diversity and inclusion in the appraisal space.

James L. Murrett, MAI, SRA, of Hamburg, New York, began his one-year term as president of the Appraisal Institute on January 1, 2018. The Appraisal Institute is the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers with nearly 19,000 professionals ...

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The Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers, recently announced Jefferson L. Sherman of Ohio as its 2018 VP.

After 10 years of service, the Appraisal Institute recently accepted the resignation of CEO Frederick H. Grubbe, MBA, CAE, through their Board of Directors.

The Appraisal Institute announced the election of a new VP to head the association of real estate appraisers. J. Scott Robinson, MAI, SRA out of North Carolina will take on the role of 2014 VP beginning January 1.

A large percentage of appraisers are confident their future is bound to look brighter, according to a recent survey from the Appraisal Institute. Among the residential appraisers surveyed, 80 percent said their business outlook is either ""somewhat"" or ""very"" positive for the next one or two years, while 78 percent of commercial appraisers said the same. Additionally, 86 percent of residential appraisers and 55 percent of commercial appraisers said demand for their services is strong.

The Appraisal Institute joined other organizations for a two-day meeting earlier this month to form a coalition in an effort to develop and embed a single standard for the way properties are measured worldwide.

The Appraisal Institute has released guidelines to instruct its members on how to deal with distressed sales and foreclosures when seeking comparables. According to the organization, some homeowners claim appraisers have undervalued their homes by relying on nearby foreclosed and distressed homes to assess a property's value. The Appraisal Institute stresses that qualified appraisers know what adjustments to make when using distressed sales as comparables, but because the issue is ""particularly crucial"" in the current market, it's offering additional guidance.

The state of Hawaii has enacted House Bill 320, a statute that permits a licensed real estate broker or real estate salesperson to prepare broker price opinions (BPOs) and charge a fee for their service. Under previous legislation, if a real estate licensee charged a fee for a BPO other than the commission involved in the normal sale of a property, then the licensee was in violation of the state's legal code for real estate appraisals. The change, which took effect in July, came about through a unified effort by a number of industry groups, and it's been a long time coming.