volume 21

Altered Appraisal Reports

Now you see it, now you don’t: that’s what appraisers are saying about data that is disappearing or changing after a report leaves their desktop. Here’s what is happening and why, according to appraisers, vendors and other industry insiders. A certified appraiser, who wishes to remain anonymous fearing blacklisting, recently contacted her errors and omissions insurance… Read More

Director’s Message

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WRE Issues

Director’s Message HVCC Appraiser Talkback Blog and Survey Giving Voice to Appraisers Nationwide Appraisers called the real estate/lending collapse years before it happened, based on what they were seeing- liars loans, inflated values, excessive pressure, an over reliance and misuse of AMVs, but no one was listening. It’s our belief that those “in the trenches”… Read More

Slow Times: Survival of the Fittest

Editor’s Note: This survival guide for home inspectors provides valuable advice for anyone in business today. Slow Times: Survival of the Fittest By Glenn R. Curtis C.M.I. Master Inspector If the connection between naturalist Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and your business isn’t obvious, it should be: in tough times only the strong make… Read More