New Year’s Resolutions Should Include Review Of Personal AssetsGiven the current economic situation, it is clear that maximizing personal assets is important. The American Society of Appraisers suggests that people take the opportunity at the beginning of the new year to resolve to document and assess personal assets.
“The contents of most peoples’ homes are [...]

ASA Responds to Treasury Dept. ‘Making Home Affordable’ ProgramReleased: March 6, 2009
HERNDON, Va. – The nation’s leading professional appraisal organizations (the American Society of Appraisers; the Appraisal Institute; the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers), representing 35,000 real property appraisers in the U.S., [...]

Reliable Valuations Of Mortgaged Properties Are Key to Success of Administration’s Foreclosure Relief PlanReleased: February 23, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation’s four largest organizations of professional real estate appraisers—the Appraisal Institute, American Society of Appraisers, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, and National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers—delivered the second of [...]

Appraisal Organizations Oppose Proposed Banking Agencies’ “Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines”; Urge That They Be Withdrawn and Greatly StrengthenedReleased: January 23, 2009
HERNDON, Va.—The American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) and the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers (NAIFA) have filed written comments with the federal [...]