When the FDIC Comes A’ Knockin’
The implosion of the real estate bubble reverberated across the American landscape. Neither residential nor commercial markets were spared. This implosion not only had a very palpable effect on the economy, but on the political debate of this nation as well. That political debate—as it seems is often the case—has turned to finger-pointing. Those fingers have now curled up into a fist, and that fist is now knocking on the doors of appraisers across the country. In the aftermath of the economic downturn, many banks were taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) after their balance sheets dived...
