Comments on: When ‘Protected’ Becomes Pressure: You Have Until July 27 to Object

By: Retired Appraiser

Retired Appraiser — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:34:54 +0000

They have both complicated and destroyed this profession so completely that nobody in their right mind will enter it. God help those few souls who hope to inherit preexisting family firms. Boy are they in for a surprise.

Obtaining a combined JD/MBA degree is an easier endeavor in the long run and far more profitable.

By: Edwin Farr

Edwin Farr — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:50:28 +0000

Either the comments are working or they are changing the language yet again… There are no coincidences.

### AQB Extends Comment Period for Second Exposure Draft of Proposed Changes to the Criteria
The Appraiser Qualifications Board has extended the public comment period for its Second Exposure Draft of proposed changes to the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria.

In response to requests from federal and state regulators and other stakeholders, the Board will accept comments for an additional 33 days, through Sunday, August 30, 2026.

By: Baggins

Baggins — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:29:25 +0000

In reply to George Edward Nervik.

You can click and go through the same old test and get a 7 hour done in about an hour with the right browser. Hard to take this industry seriously anymore. Sorry to inform; the letters are for posterity. The strings of this industry get pulled behind the scenes and the groups conclusions are forgone before they even issue the call for letters or opinions for consideration. Predetermined outcomes is a function of the pay to play modeling. You’ll never ever ever get a vote in this industry, much less a fair say. That’s why we air all this out online, consumers need to know.

They can take the disparate impact out of uspap, but nobody is going to take that out of the new AVM final rule, which passed last July. It’s going to be an automated thing soon if you have not seen it already. MLS data review is no longer the same. Bifurcated markets, nonsensical deals that pass when markets are crashing, severe oversupply. Don’t mistake the skewed indicator for a straw buyer or special purchase; That’s the automation. Look at the raw data long enough you’ll see it too.

By: Joseph Fassari

Joseph Fassari — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:44:50 +0000

This job is insane. We look numbers, we look at conditions. We describe why we have a result. How we define it. I am walking away, there are too many incompetent morons shaping us. Numbers do not lie. Condition does not lie. Some analysis especially rural appraisals have limited data. How’s it defined has become a issue. Next they will have everyone………..

By: George Edward Nervik

George Edward Nervik — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:06:02 +0000

This fair housing stuff actually only harms the profession by requiring stupid classes instead of encouraging appraisers to actually take some new classes to learn something they did not already know. Weakening the profession – typical government.

By: Pray Hard

Pray Hard — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:40:13 +0000

Is Fannie going to remove their black lettered bold statement from appraisal forms and replace it with “This appraisal IS based on race, etc.”?

It’s always been duplicitous and now it’s gone fully insane. Leftism destroys everything.

By: Xpert

Xpert — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:26:02 +0000

I dropped my comment with the AQB already. This draft leans way too hard on outcome pressure and doesn’t line up with how we actually work in the field. Other appraisers need to speak up on this one. If you haven’t sent your comment yet, get it in.