Last year we published ASC Data Analysis 2025: 66,715 unique active appraisers holding 91,290 licenses. This is the 2026 ...

Despite software challenges and a slow flow of orders for the new reporting, appraisers have spent years preparing for the industry’s biggest reporting change in decades. The transition to the new ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week, Hal sits down with Angela Craig, who is breaking new ground in the appraisal world. As the first person to complete both the Licensed Residential and Certified Residential PAREA programs ...

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 ...

While they are not “about” appraisers, the Executive Orders will absolutely reshape the environment in which we work. Appraisers who treat these as background noise will find the ground shifting under ...

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 ...

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 ...

Did Fannie Mae just throw a wrench into how residential appraisal reports for mortgage transactions are completed with their recent announcement on Market Conditions? As an appraiser, it is highly ...

We had an overwhelming response to this year’s Buzzy Awards. Participation more than tripled compared to our inaugural year, and we are incredibly grateful to the appraisal community and our Buzz ...