Last year we published ASC Data Analysis 2025: 66,715 unique active appraisers holding 91,290 licenses. This is the 2026 follow-up. All processing code, SQL, and the two-stage matching method are in ...

I wish the UAD 3.6 deadline would hurry up and get here.  There, I said it. That may not be the prevailing sentiment across ...

The November 2nd mandate is almost here. Are you ready for what UAD 3.6 actually looks like out in the field? Glen Calderon has already completed more than 15 UAD 3.6 appraisals, and he’s sharing the ...

This article was reposted with permission from Chase Pursley. See original article here. Using data from the Appraisal Subcommittee’s (ASC) Federal Registry, we’ve analyzed the licensing of real ...

Industry leaders converged in Denver Colorado last week to discuss some of the changes coming to the industry. Some major announcements were made and there was a lot of discussion on what is to come ...

The agency’s Request for Information on Minimum Property Requirements raises a question the industry has been slow to ask: not about which repairs to require, but about who the FHA appraiser is ...

Earlier this year, we asked our real estate appraisal community, “What’s the ONE thing that is most often overlooked by appraisers?” The top answer we received was “Highest and Best Use.” Highest and ...

How do you defend your adjustments in the era of UAD 3.6? Today, Hal Humphreys sits down with Solomon co-founder Scott Cullen to discuss why objective, data-supported adjustments are becoming even ...

This is an important word for appraisers…even a polarizing word. That polarization often circles around a subtle tension between two types of analysis: qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative ...

For decades, residential real estate appraisers have relied on clipboards, graph paper, tape measures and glue sticks to appraise homes. Site visits involved hand-written notes, manual measurements ...

Although a “perfect” adjustment may not exist, the search for perfect adjustments in appraisal reports is becoming a hot topic with many interesting articles, continuing education courses, and ...