Editor’s Note: Despite getting the short end of the stick, appraisers have stood up, fought back and made progress since the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) was imposed on the profession over two years ago. And the final story is not written yet. Why Appraisers Should Pat Themselves on Back By David Brauner, Editor...…
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Texas Fee Survey Unpacked by David Brauner, Editor The most recent appraisal industry survey reveals interesting results, mainly because both appraisers and appraisal management companies (AMCs) participated. The Texas Appraisers and Appraisal Management Company Survey, as the title suggests, sampled appraisers and AMCs in Texas only. Despite this limitation, certain survey results will be of...…
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Survey Results: How Reasonable are Appraisal Turn Times? (And is Quality Affected?) by David Brauner, Editor As of this writing, 2,455 appraisers have participated in the OREP/Working RE How Reasonable are Appraisal Turn Times? Survey. Find the data below. Appraisers report that turn times are unreasonable much of the time. Further, turn time demands do…
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Customary and Reasonable Fees Survey Results Please click on your state to download the Customary and Reasonable survey results. If the PDF for your state doesn’t open, please make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Reader. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky…
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Staff from the Federal Reserve Board recently requested survey results from the OREP.org/Working RE Customary and Reasonable Fee Survey, with over 16,500 appraisers participating. Why? Because customary and reasonable fees and other issues related to the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Legislation are not settled, according to the Federal Reserve, who is tasked with implementing the law-…
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