2018 – Volume 62 – Book 2
Canadian Property Valuation Magazine
2018 – Volume 62 – Book 2
- Accelerated innovation in commercial real estate
- Canada’s National Housing Strategy
- Improve your appraisal writing skills
- Appraiser Duty of Care – Lessons Reinforced Royal Bank of Canada v. Westech Appraisal Services
Issue Articles
2018 – Volume 62 – Book 2
Professional Practice Matters – Real Property Appraisal Standard Rules: Stating, Describing and Analyzing Data
As a new member of the Investigating Sub-committee, Co-chair Kim Maber, AACI, P.App advised me of the most common Real Property Appraisal Standard issues found by members of the committee in reports subject to investigation. The most common issues have…...
2018 – Volume 62 – Book 2
Appraiser Duty of Care – Lessons Reinforced: Royal Bank of Canada v. Westech Appraisal Services Ltd.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia decision in Royal Bank of Canada v. Westech Appraisal Services Ltd. 2018 BCSC 473 (Westech Appraisal) delivered on March 23, 2018 provides an excellent case study on the scope of an appraiser’s duty of…...
2018 – Volume 62 – Book 2
Improve your appraisal writing skills
“Give us the tools and we will finish the job.” (Winston Churchill, February 1941) Real estate appraisers rely on a primary communication tool – technical writing – to clearly explain our opinions to clients. How well do we communicate –…...
2018 – Volume 62 – Book 2
Canada’s National Housing Strategy
Housing is at the centre of a vigorous debate about the kinds of communities we want to have in this country. Daily headlines remind us of the affordability pressures many Canadians are facing, especially in Toronto and Vancouver. In June…...
2018 – Volume 62 – Book 2
Accelerating innovation in commercial real estate
Virtually every industry is currently working to create greater value through process efficiencies, better data and analytics, and new applications that help to streamline business and commercial real estate (CRE) is no different. In an article I wrote last year…...