Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Why is the ASB proposing to remove the definition of Personal Inspection? As of 2023, if the ASB gets its way in a few weeks, the word “inspection” or “personal inspection” will no longer be defined in USPAP. USPAP Compliance & Hybrid Appraisals WHO does the SUBJECT INSPECTION?

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Appraisers Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

To reference a photograph as an “inspection” is misleading enough on its own, but to put “observation” and “inspection” in the same sentence as if they mean the same thing is “intentionally” misleading if you ask me… and that is more serious than unintentional fraud.

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ISA

MARCH 30, 2022

Knowing how busy we all are, I am sure that many of you read the ISA Education newsletter posts regarding these changes in terminology to align with USPAP terms and definitions and then put them aside. Colleagues, This is a reminder of the terminology changes made in 2020 and 2021 that affect your appraisal reports.

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Appraisal Start-ups Compliance Marketability 75

ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 14, 2021

Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support, and Remove Barriers to, Coordinated Care and Individual Engagement. An individual invoking the access right could instruct a covered entity to transmit PHI to the individual’s designated personal health application, a newly defined term. Available at [link]. Third Parties.

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Appraisers Blog

JULY 27, 2023

The persons whom wrote Dodd Frank included the C&R billing rule specifically for amc’s, with a $10k/$20k recurring daily fine provision, which was specifically meant to stop the expansion of the amc industry, to stop those companies from pilfering the appraisers fees and defrauding consumers in the process.

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Appraisal Compliance Marketability Equity 90

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it was initiating proceedings against a former audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for violating professional standards in reviewing the financial statements of Mattel, Inc. That proposal was not adopted.

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