For the past several years, the appraisal profession has battled the fact that a significant percentage of its workforce is aging. And as a greater number of appraisers approach retirement age, fewer ...

In 2020, a Black homeowner in Indiana believed two appraisals lowballed the value of her home. She then removed items that identified her race and asked a White male friend to be there during a third ...

Building on the 2021 announcement of the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (“PAVE”) and a series of federal agency actions in the intervening months, 2024 brings new ...

The nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers announced it will begin issuing two review designations in 2014. The AI-GRS, (Appraisal Institute – General Review Specialist) ...

This is Part 2 of a four-part Bisnow investigative series exploring the appraisal profession, its importance to commercial real estate and the broader economy, and the people and organizations that ...

This is Part II of HousingWire’s deep dive into the appraisal profession, and the wave of racial bias claims that has rocked it. In Part I, we looked at the origins of the profession, its present ...

In the wake of reports that some real estate appraisers are performing appraisals despite lacking sufficient knowledge of the local market, the Appraisal Institute has criticized those who violate the ...

Changes are coming to the appraisal profession's top rulemaking body – just not the kind regulators or critics had in mind. The Appraisal Foundation, which has been the subject of growing scrutiny in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover residential real estate, including buying, selling and trends. The coronavirus pandemic has drawn widespread attention to ...

Most Americans know that owning a home sets the foundation for creating generational wealth. But have you ever wondered how the value of a home is determined? Property appraisers are responsible for ...

(NNPA Newswire) – To address systemic racial disparities in the real estate appraisal profession, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced an historic conciliation ...

Appraisers are at an inflection point. The issues pressuring the industry are decades in the making: an easing of mortgage borrower policies, a lack of recruiting into the profession and, perhaps most ...