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“No Name” Licenses, No Accountability: From Highways to Housing

Two fatal crashes, one in Florida and one in California, have reignited national concern over so-called “no name” commercial driver’s licenses issued to foreign nationals without lawful immigration status. According to reports, truckers and government…

The 24-Hour Appraisal Funded by Appraisers

The 24-hour appraisal model runs on borrowed time and borrowed credibility. Guess who’s underwriting both. Reggora’s “24-hour appraisal” pitch was flimsy from the start, and now that we’ve seen the fine print, it’s not innovation…

App-solutely Clueless: When Sales Tries to School Appraisers

A newly funded bias-checking app claims to fix appraisal discrimination, by sidelining appraisers, duplicating existing standards, and redefining valuation from the sales floor. Appraisers, this bit of news about a new bias checking app fluttered…

When Appraisers Rally: Korea Sends the U.S. a Wake-Up Call

In Seoul, appraisers didn’t write op-eds. They didn’t file quiet complaints. They rallied. And Korea took notice. On September 29, the Korea Association of Property Appraisers (KAPA) staged a public protest outside KB Kookmin Bank’s…

NAR Calls Out Unregulated Middlemen: A Wake-Up Call for FHFA

When unregulated middlemen run the show, appraisers get ghosted, consumers get duped, and regulators get a velvet-gloved slap from NAR. In a housing market that demands clarity, Appraisal Management Companies, or AMCs, continue to operate…

How Bureaucratic Overreach Turned Real Estate Appraisers into Scapegoats

This is what bureaucratic overreach looks like: a maze of rules with no exit, a hearing held while you’re hospitalized, a lawsuit dismissed but still billed. Bureaucratic overreach isn’t a policy flaw, it’s a strategy…

A Review of MEIN COMP: The Last Appraiser

If Orwell moonlighted as an appraiser, and Kafka had a side hustle in compliance, “MEIN COMP: The Last Appraiser” by David Samnick would be their love child. But this isn’t dystopian fantasy, it’s a forensic…

The 24-Hour Appraisal Diet: Slim on Time, Light on Credibility

Brian Zitin’s declaration that the appraisal “bottleneck” has been obliterated by Reggora’s 24-hour turnaround reads less like a breakthrough and more like a tech startup’s victory lap around a profession it barely understands. According to…