Appraisers Blog

JULY 22, 2022

To establish an independent agency to be known as the Federal Valuation Agency that would oversee the appraisal industry in the name of “equity.” Related Posts: Federal Agency in Charge of Appraisers Having a federal agency in charge of appraisers will be a NIGHTMARE. Leave it to the states as it is….

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Appraisers Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What could this fashionista and socialite have in common with the Appraisal Foundation, an obscure publisher with a government franchise and guaranteed annual grants from a tiny captured federal agency? Appraisers Should Bristle Stealthy vice again masquerades as public virtue. Crack in the Foundation?

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The first was the response that I received to my last data update , where I looked at the profitability of businesses, and specifically at how a comparison of accounting returns on equity (capital) to costs of equity (capital) can yield a measure of excess returns.

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 2, 2025

A growing number of investors in recently taken-private sports and entertainment giant Endeavor Group Holdings have sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery for a post-deal appraisal of more than $1 billion in stock based on the deal price as of Wednesday, challenging the $27.50 per share paid by private equity firm Silver Lake.

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IVSC

JANUARY 26, 2022

Johnnie White CEO, American Society of Appraisers. We spoke to ASA Chief Executive, Johnnie White, to find out more about his vision for the future of the appraisal profession… How has your career to date led you to the role you have now? As CEO, I interact with appraisers and allied professionals daily.

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Appraisers Blog

JULY 20, 2022

The appraisal industry should be as straight forward as lawn mowing, but due to the special interests pressures within the value industry, it has become convoluted and dysfunctional. Can you imagine if they ran the lawn mower industry like they try to run the appraisal industry? I’m on about lawn mowing lately.

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Appraisers Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Are the multitudes of policy decision makers even aware that the ‘appraisal management industry’ in many situations currently fulfills more vendor assignments to persons whom do not hold appraisers licenses, than those that do hold appraisers licenses? Something about the supposed ‘resistance’?

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 5, 2023

If you have been reading my posts, you know that I have an obsession with equity risk premiums, which I believe lie at the center of almost every substantive debate in markets and investing. How, you may ask, can equity risk premiums be that divergent, and does that imply that anything goes?

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Appraisers Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Quite possibly the most thorough appraisal article I’ve ever read on modernization risks. Back in 2014-2016 words like ‘leveraging’ or phrases like ‘value added’ became the mantra of those demanding changes to better facilitate loan fraud, and diminution of recognized appraisal standards.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 21, 2023

In this post, I will begin by chronicling the damage done to equities during 2022, before putting the year in historical context, and then examine how developments during the year have affected expectations for the future. Actual Returns Your returns on equities come in one of two forms. Stocks: The What?

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Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

UPDATE Class Action Suit: The HUD PAVE Initiative and the Systematic Attack on Independent Appraisers Over the past few years, the U.S. The real goal of these investigations appears not to find racism but to make the investigation itself the punishmentruining the health, finances, and careers of appraisers caught in HUDs system.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

I’m sure it won’t be long until they’re “outsourcing” appraisals to India or some such anyway. Appraising is not even appraising any longer anyway. They already outsource reviews. Are those people licensed, certified, designated?

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

My appraiser pal in Aurora hired an inspection assistant whom is an appraiser, and is getting good traction after several years of attorney marketing. The business model of an amc is predicated upon taking advantage of appraisers, eliminating the appraiser, and replacing the appraiser with lower priced outsourced services.

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Eighty thousand appraisers insurance policies up against a never ending ngo and 501c group grants hand out from gse’s, to incentivize complaints against appraisers. Even at the lowest possible levels, the local school boards, the primary talking point has shifted to we’ve had enough of the race and equity based narratives.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 21, 2025

One appraiser, accused without due process, used FOIA to uncover the truth & expose a system masked as equity.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 20, 2025

One appraiser, accused without due process, used FOIA to uncover the truth & expose a system masked as equity.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 13, 2025

One appraiser, accused without due process, used FOIA to uncover the truth & expose a system masked as equity.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

HUD Secretary Fudge decided to convene a special meeting of master minds with absolutely no real diversity, equity or inclusion included.

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Equidam

APRIL 16, 2025

But there’s another important context where valuation comes into play: issuing equity compensation to employees. the valuation used for employee stock options is often determined by a 409A appraisal, which can place the companys worth at a fraction of its last fundraising round. In the U.S., In the U.S., Now lets go deeper.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 14, 2025

One appraiser, accused without due process, used FOIA to uncover the truth & expose a system masked as equity.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 13, 2025

One appraiser, accused without due process, used FOIA to uncover the truth & expose a system masked as equity.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

I stated I was an appraiser and a Latina woman with a unique and diverse perspective. I thought she just didn’t want input from appraisers because we would prove that her “research” and “data” are flawed and being misinterpreted. I’ve watched quite a few meetings with her about appraisal bias.

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 29, 2022

shareholder has petitioned Delaware's Court of Chancery for an appraisal of his shares following the education publishing company's $2.8 billion merger this month with affiliates of private equity firm Veritas Capital, telling Law360 that the deal wasn't "properly shopped." A Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.

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Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

NPR topped the online edition of its article with the headline, “Black and Latino Homeowners are About Twice as Likely as Whites To Get Low Appraisals.” Freddie never called the appraisals “low.” The problem? While the Freddie Mac study finds no evidence of undervaluation, the NPR story about the study somehow does.

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Startup Valuation Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

According to Equitest's Review on techozens.com - Equitest is: "The Best & Trusted Business Appraisal Software for Startups, CPA". As the name suggests Equitest is an intuitive valuation software that makes the equity valuation process simple and affordable for businesses, startups, and professionals.

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Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

[link] AAF’s research team has focused on a number of career staff who have an outsized influence on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within the US Government. If you have additional information on individuals profiled on this site, or suggestions for additional dossiers, please share that information below.

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Appraisers Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

And just like that, real estate appraisers from across the country have now added a new line item to their résumés, websites and marketing material: RESTORATION VALUE MAGICIAN. NAR Report Paints a Different Picture The study also shows the appraisal was the LOWEST scored item on the list of discriminatory practices. Here is a thought.

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Appraisers Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

Being an appraiser means being unbiased, impartial, and objective. For a HUD DEI committee that looks pretty one sided. Thought exercise. What if that entire panel was white or hispanic? What would the response be? Animal Farm-some people are more equal than others.

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 14, 2024

I found it interesting that the Appraisal Foundation immediately jumped on the BLM bandwagon and is leading the charge for us to be SJW’s, righting perceived economic wrongs, instead of appraisers. What are we supposed to do when appraising for equity conflicts with GSE guidelines, which it is guaranteed to do?

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

link] Corporate media outlets have buried, downplayed, or otherwise shelved a new study which reveals that “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies cause people to become ‘hostile’ – essentially seeing racism where none exists. In reply to Baggins.

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Appraisers, since 2011, the GSEs (called the ‘Enterprises’) have been collecting and analyzing appraisal data using their proprietary Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) which was overlaid on four of the standard GSE appraisal forms, SFR’s and Condo’s only. Appraisers, of all the issues I’ve written about or questioned….

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The ranks of the new DEI bosses at the financial institutions are no more diverse than the appraisers their institutions see as the enemy. If the lack of diversity of appraisers is inherently bad, how could the same not be said for the DEI bosses? The post Top DEI Bosses Have a Problem – Diversity appeared on Appraisers Blogs.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 25, 2022

Delaware Court Limits Discovery in Appraisal Action. The Law and Economics of Equity Swap Disclosure. Tags: Capital formation , International governance , IPOs , Mergers & acquisitions , Private equity , SPACs , Special purpose vehicles. Posted by Yolanda C. Garcia and Annabeth L. Posted by Lucian A.

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

The question posed; Is there a problem with racism in the appraisal industry/ The photo which will live in infamy, Mr Perry raised his hand and nobody else did. One by one as the industry players realized the appraisers are racist model could be wildly profitable for them as well, they all started raising their hands too.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Go to their website and search for appraisal related information. From the monthly conservator audit and advisement reports for GSE’s, to their appraiser bias advisory papers. Intimidating appraisers is back in fashion and is in fact, now an operational requirement. You will be shocked what you find.

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IVSC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Hosted by the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) and the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers, Singapore (IVAS), this session will explore the intricate challenges of valuing financial instruments, a key area in today’s evolving financial landscape. He is an Associate Member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA-BV).

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Appraisers Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

An appraiser used to routinely post that the appraisal and most underwriting activities are meaningless anyways, the lended amount hardly matters, they have shifted models to primarily qualify the borrowers income, most of the downstream activity after that is moot. Gift me more equity or else. Everything is not what it seems.

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