Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of the series on Excess of Appraisers and how this cyclical phenomenon is affected by the five frictions of modernization. The emerging excess of appraisers is inevitable and recurring. We have questioned the first two of the five frictions on modernization: practices, standards, education, regulation and client expectation. In this […]
How do Standards effect the excess of appraisers? The excess of appraisers is cyclical. It persists by the five forces of friction: practices, standards education, regulation, and client expectation. In this blog issue, we consider the second friction (appraisal standards). Together and separately these prevent improvements in valuation, including additional services of risk measurement, forecasting, […]
How can we fix the excess of appraisers? Easy — we do what we have always done, each time . . . 1) We will raise the standards (“cost of entry”). 2) We will make it harder to become an appraiser; 3) Lower fees will discourage newcomer appraisers. Each cycle, the ‘appraiser shortage’ cycles with […]
How can we fix the excess of appraisers? Easy — we do what we have always done, each time . . . 1) We will raise the standards (“cost of entry”). 2) We will make it harder to become an appraiser; 3) Let the lower fees discourage newcomer appraisers. In past issues of the Analogue […]