Rebuked appraisers reborn as real estate agents

By Joe Eaton

In 2007, a mortgage lender flagged the work of veteran Florida home appraiser Jerome Woolf for review, a process that often leads to an appr

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"… ent companies remain unregulated in all but three states, according to the Appraisal Institute, an appraisal industry trade group.  And evidence from California and …"

The appraisal bubble

By Joe Eaton

In 2004, years before plummeting real estate values turned Fort Myers, Florida, into a top five foreclosure capital, appraiser Mike Tipton f

Excerpts from this story referencing "Appraisal Institute":

"… ” said Bill Garber, director of government and external relations at the Appraisal Institute, a trade association representing appraisers.The Home Valuation Code of Co …"