You do realize appraisal is not limited to whites? So what you inferring is only the white appraisers are racist. You must have performed extensive research to come to that “educated” conclusion or could it be YOU are the racist? Hmmm, now that.is a more reasonable conclusion.

It appears to be you who is biased, based upon the information that is and isn’t available in this case. Isn’t that ironic?

The correct way to solve the question at hand would be to analyze which appraisal report most nearly matches the market data available. eg. appraisal reviews on both reports, and the case, if it has merits, could be won on that alone.
But that’s not how the plaintiffs are attacking Mr. Lanham. Shane gave them access to all his appraisals. ALL of them back to the opening of his business and a NON APPRAISER is acting as an expert witness. Much like Mr. Perry from the Brookings Institute did in 2019. Where there isn’t smoke, they’re going to make their own.

The plaintiffs have apparently discovered that there is no case based upon the merits of the appraisal reporting, so they are going to toss a bunch of nonsense into a cauldron and try to nail this poor guy.

A ton of research has already been completed on this case, if you were not aware. It appears that the appraiser in question did nothing unethical. The question should actually lie with the other appraiser who appears to have over inflated the appraisal-intentionally or not. Also, appraisers must abide by state and national laws, and Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. An appraiser has absolutely nothing to gain by completing a biased report, but has everything to lose by doing so including risking jail time. Who would do that? There are way too many checks and balances, in one of the most regulated professions in the US. Anyone can “claim” anything, prove the appraiser was biased. Guilty until proven innocent? That seems to be your motto.

Implicit bias is not “intentional”. That’s the whole point. I suggest you read up on what exactly implicit bias is and how it functions. After all…a $300K appraisal difference between who was supposed to be a white homeowner and a black homeowner cannot just be ignored, right?

OREP does

Cannot locate it. Do you have a link please? Thank you.

None of the associations will get involved. It is on the appraiser and their E&O.

Links are easy.

https://www.appraisersguild.org/contact_aga.php

I have the same question. Is this covered by an appraisers additional general business liability policy? WorkingRE magazine mentioned that many appraisers EO insurance policies do not cover discrimination claims.

Special Request: If you are an appraiser and know if any given popular EO insurer for appraisers handles discrimination claims, please state the details within your next post. We all need to know if EO insurance is enough or not.

To think that a portion of all our captive audience USPAP book fees actually went to funding the lawsuit against this and probably other appraisers as well… He might as well be sued by TAF directly. They paid for this.

Thank you.