Resources

The Appraisal Foundation

Authorizes by Congress as the Source of Appraisal Standards and Appraiser Qualifications.

Here you can view the current Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), review USPAP Q&A, and get guidance about valuation methods.

www.appraisalfoundation.org

Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board

Here you can find the information about

www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/RE/Freab.html

The 2016 Florida Statues

Here you can find the current appraisal law for Florida.

http://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0475/0475PARTIIContentsIndex.html

USPAP

Uniform Standards of Appraisal Practice. This is the standard and LAW for appraisers in Florida.

www.uspap.org

National Appraiser Registry

If you want to verify an appraiser is licensed.

www.asc.gov/Nationsl-Registry/FindAnAppraiser.aspx

Dodd-Fank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

Passed as a response to the Great Recession, it brought the most significant changes to financial regulation in the United States since the regulatory reform that followed the Great Depression. It made changes in the American financial regulatory environment (including the appraisal industry) that affect all federal financial regulatory agencies and almost every part of the nation's financial services industry. Appraisal Activities are addressed under Title XIV 4.14.6 Subtitle F – Appraisal Activities.

www.Dodd-frank.com

Dodd-Fank Section 129

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Here you look up to find out if an appraiser is FHA approved and find out about FHA appraiser guidelines.

http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/sfh/appr

Fannie Mae

The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) and, since 1968, a publicly traded company. Founded in 1938 during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal, the corporation's purpose is to expand the secondary mortgage market by securitizing mortgages in the form of mortgage-backed securities (MBS), allowing lenders to reinvest their assets into more lending and in effect increasing the number of lenders in the mortgage market by reducing the reliance on locally based savings and loan associations (or "thrifts").

https://www.fanniemae.com/singlefamily/index

Fannie Mae Appraiser independence-requirements

Fannie Mae Appraiser independence-requirements FAQs

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Find out if an appraiser is VA approved and about VA appraiser guidelines.

http://benefits.va.gov/homeloans/appraiser.asp

Appraisal Institute

http://www.appraisalinstitute.org

National Associations of Appraisers

http://naappraisers.org/

National Association of Realtors

http://www.realtor.org/