I think the numbers are being manipulated or at least misreported. Can’t pin it down but some months ago I think I was shown 76,000 total (unique names). To be honest, at this point I don’t care.

And I have just summarized this, yet again, here.

https://appraisersblogs.com/states-back-LREAB-fnma-ends-1004MC#comment-22171

Moderator, please make that comment a full article titled; The C&R compensation argument.? Feel free if you want to.

I would definitely say that based on 20 years of income vs amount of work, we are paid less for the number of hours it takes to complete an appraisal with higher business costs which we cannot seem to get the industry to pay for like other professions do.

https://kaplan.com/release/real-estate-appraisal-trainees-entering-growing-market-facing-dramatic-increase-in-education-requirement/

https://www.accountingedu.org/real-estate-appraiser.html (statistic data at the bottom)

I’m not sure the historical numbers are straight forward. Anyone have an asb appraiser count nationally by time, like 10 years? Specifically looking for income comparison numbers. I recall the numbers being higher.

1. Appraisers visit the property – Dismissing the idea of any hybrid product and the notion that appraisers want to sit behind a desk all day.
2. The profession is growing. This includes all areas, not just lender work. Lender work may actually be shrinking, but that has opened the doors for more work direct from consumers, and agents. DIdn’t the IRS just announce they now require an appraisal for charitable donations over $5,000?
3. The opportunities that are now available to appraisers and the ones that will be forth coming will allow appraisers to actually run their business the way they want instead of how the AMC wants you to work.

All in all, I see this as a positive for the profession.