Maureen Sweeney - Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser https://appraisersblogs.com/author/maureen-sweeney-sra/ Appraisal News and Tips for Real Estate Appraisers Sun, 27 Jun 2021 04:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/appraisersblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ABfavicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Maureen Sweeney - Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser https://appraisersblogs.com/author/maureen-sweeney-sra/ 32 32 52046035 Racial Bias in Real Estate: Is it the Appraisers’ Fault? https://appraisersblogs.com/racial-bias-in-real-estate-is-it-the-property-appraisers-fault https://appraisersblogs.com/racial-bias-in-real-estate-is-it-the-property-appraisers-fault#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:30:14 +0000 http://appraisersblogs.com/?p=25438 In the past year, the appraisal industry has been under attack from various academics who claim “racial bias” on the part of real property appraisers providing appraisal services to lenders who provide home mortgages. These academics do not fully understand various types of valuation specialties, the appraisers who practice in these specialties, and the myriad of laws that must be followed. Help is needed to explain the appraisal industry, including the specialties and the types of reports. An understanding of the different components of the appraisal industry is necessary to assist various academics, journalists, the media, the public, and the public...

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]]> https://appraisersblogs.com/racial-bias-in-real-estate-is-it-the-property-appraisers-fault/feed/ 17 25438 Reconciling the Erosion Within My Profession https://appraisersblogs.com/reconciling-the-erosion-within-my-profession-preserving-the-public-trust https://appraisersblogs.com/reconciling-the-erosion-within-my-profession-preserving-the-public-trust#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:30:02 +0000 http://appraisersblogs.com/?p=24356 The continued reliance of unregulated aggregators and bifurcated products continues to erode the public trust at the expense of discarding the profession specifically intended to promote the public trust. How does this protect the public?… On June 14, 2005 Steve Jobs told a class of graduates, “you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward” Around the same time, I was appointed as the sole residential member of the appraisal licensing board of my state. Little did I realize that this 2005 governor-appointed position would eventually lead me to sharing a stage in 2018 with...

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