2020 – Volume 64 – Book 2

Real estate damages: the appraisal of properties impacted by detrimental conditions By Randall Bell, PhD, MAI, founder of Landmark Research Group, who specializes in damage economics and valuation, including environmental, geotechnical, construction defects, natural disasters and eminent domain issues; and…...

Appraisers operating during the worldwide pandemic COVID-19: the very sound of the term leaves people the world over filled with fear and anxiety as to what the ultimate consequences of the virus will be with respect to human life, economic…...

LEGAL MATTERS ‘Market value’ versus ‘normal value’ in economically depressed times By John Shevchuk, Barrister & Solicitor, C.Arb, AACI (Hon), RI We generally understand ‘market value’ to be the price agreed by a willing vendor and willing purchaser, both appropriately…...

Preserving the future of the residential appraiser By Timothy R. Groulx, FRI, CRA, P. App., Lakewood Appraisal Services, Thunder Bay, ON Data harvesting and automated analysis to provide evaluation of mortgage risk has been going on for years in Canada…...

Agricultural Appraisal Guidelines provide clearer direction on farmland appraisals In the fall of 2019, the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF, Chicago, Il, – ncreif.org) Farmland Committee published the NCREIF Agricultural Appraisal Guidelines (Guidelines), which represent the first…...