The latest ASC data reveals some concerning numbers: 62,831 active appraisers, 4.2% fewer than last year, with the biggest losses concentrated among residential appraisers. Chase Pursley, founder of ...

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 ...

Many say “history always repeats itself” and in the case of appraisals, it may be for the best. We sat down with Edward Pinto, the Co-Director of AEI’s Center on Housing Markets and Finance as he ...

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 ...

As we rounded out 2025, we put out a call for nominations for our second inaugural Buzzy Awards. We wanted to once again recognize appraisers across the nation who are innovators, champions of their ...

Emily Braman has spent more than 35 years tackling the kinds of appraisal assignments most appraisers would probably sweat about. A third-generation appraiser, MAI, SRA, and nationally recognized ...

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 ...

[avatar user=”Michele Wood” size=”thumbnail” align=”right” link=”https://appraisalbuzz.com/author/michele-wood/”]Michele Wood, Director of Research at ...