by Mel Black | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Appraiser Qualifications Board’s (AQB) meeting location rotates around the country. The AQB is known to accept comments from audience members who ask to speak. From The Appraisal Foundation… The Appraiser Qualifications Board will hold a...
by Mel Black | Nov 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Don’t be Afraid to Sign the Agency Disclosure The Scenario: Buyers see a house they like and call the listing agent shown on the sign out front to arrange to see the house. While at the house, the buyers tell the listing agent that their motivations,...
by Mel Black | Aug 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
With the national shortage of real estate appraisers, recently addressed by the OCC, and North Carolina’s hot real estate market, now is a great time to become an appraiser. For more on becoming a trainee and then being certified, visit the NC Appraisal Board or...
by Mel Black | Jun 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
On May 31, 2017 the FTC alleged that Louisiana’s Real Estate Appraisers Board is unreasonably restricting price competition for appraisal services in Louisiana. Click here to read the FTC’s press release.
by Mel Black | Sep 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
A listing agent’s source for the square footage of a property listed on MLS is getting much attention from the NC Real Estate Commission. After a couple disciplinary actions against the license of listing agents in 2015, this issue is now included in the Commission’s...
by Mel Black | Sep 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today, the NC Court of Appeals published an opinion (click here to see full opinion) upholding the trial court’s exclusion of a broker price opinion (BPO.) A broker prepared a 124-page BPO for use in a condemnation action related to Landmark at Battleground...
