Ann O'Rourke - Chief Appraiser & Publisher of AppraisalToday https://appraisersblogs.com/author/ann-o-rourke/ Appraisal News and Tips for Real Estate Appraisers Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:45:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/appraisersblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ABfavicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ann O'Rourke - Chief Appraiser & Publisher of AppraisalToday https://appraisersblogs.com/author/ann-o-rourke/ 32 32 52046035 UAD and Forms Redesign https://appraisersblogs.com/appraisal-modernization-UAD-n-forms-redesign https://appraisersblogs.com/appraisal-modernization-UAD-n-forms-redesign#comments Wed, 06 May 2020 12:30:26 +0000 https://appraisersblogs.com/?p=23899 Last year the hot topic was Appraisal Modernization – mostly bifurcate appraisals and UAD changes. In late 2019, FHFA decided to not do much more on bifurcated. However, the GSEs have been working on UAD fields. There is an active work group of appraisers advising the GSEs on UAD changes. There has been a sample of what is being worked on floating about the internet. Per Danny Wiley, Senior Director of Single Family Valuation at Freddie Mac since 10-19, in a Facebook post, this a very preliminary UAD list and is not to be relied on as representing what will...

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]]> https://appraisersblogs.com/appraisal-modernization-UAD-n-forms-redesign/feed/ 56 23899 CA Appraisers 50% Decline & Fees Up 76% https://appraisersblogs.com/california-appraisers-sharp-decline-n-renewal-fees-sharp-increase https://appraisersblogs.com/california-appraisers-sharp-decline-n-renewal-fees-sharp-increase#comments Fri, 03 Jan 2020 13:30:53 +0000 https://appraisersblogs.com/?p=23330 The Number of CA appraisers drops from 20,120 to 9,987. Renewal fees up 76% for 2020. Excerpt: It’s time to assess and reflect on the numbers as the decade ends. It’s noteworthy that the total population of Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (BREA) licensees has now fallen below 10,000 for the first time since the Bureau began keeping records. The numbers reflect some interesting trends. Licensee population counts vary daily as licenses are granted and others expire, so this data is a recent snapshot in time. Also, approximately 7% of licensees are trainees, 8% report out-of-state addresses, and some percent...

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]]> https://appraisersblogs.com/california-appraisers-sharp-decline-n-renewal-fees-sharp-increase/feed/ 45 23330 The Future of Residential Lender Appraisers https://appraisersblogs.com/residential-lender-appraisers-future https://appraisersblogs.com/residential-lender-appraisers-future#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:30:15 +0000 https://appraisersblogs.com/?p=20798 What if you don’t want to do desktop bifurcated appraisals or the very tough appraisals that don’t work for AVMs? Or, wait, once again, for the lender market to finally come back. There are many forces trying to get field appraisers out of doing full valuations for mortgage loans. Automation and Artificial Intelligence will increase this trend, as it has done in other professions. For example, Quicken dramatically decreased demand for manual bookkeepers. Once lenders can determine which properties will work with an AVM, there will be fewer human appraisals. Recently, several appraisers emailed and called me saying their non-lender...

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]]> https://appraisersblogs.com/residential-lender-appraisers-future/feed/ 8 20798 Is it jUSt PAP? https://appraisersblogs.com/unpopular-uspap-appraisal-standards https://appraisersblogs.com/unpopular-uspap-appraisal-standards#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:30:15 +0000 https://appraisersblogs.com/?p=16248 …standards written in weasel words… Appraisal is not rocket science, but it’s been around for about 300 years and it worked pretty well when the principles were kept simple and the consequences for ignoring them were disastrous. It would also have been nice if individual lending institutions still had to hold their own loans into perpetuity. The “Just Pap” is more unpopularly known as the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, which came into being after the last big residential mortgage greeding frenzy (the failure of S&Ls in a 17%-mortgage-rate environment during the late 1980s). Before your friendly author proceeds...

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