April 3, 2025 · Virtual · Seminars

Commercial & Residential Appraisals: Reviewing & Interpreting

Learn the fundamental principles of the appraisal process, with a focus on reviewing the report for integration into the overall underwriting. The class will also provide an overview of the 2010 Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines, the 2018 FAQs on Appraisal Regulations and the Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines, with tips for integrating them into your existing policies, plus other practical issues that banks face.

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When

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Where

Virtual

Highlights

  • Why review appraisals? (beyond regulatory requirements)
  • Current guidelines
    – FIRREA and the five minimum standards
    – Latest appraisal guidelines issued in 2010 and 2018 FAQs
    – Recent updates to minimum dollar requirements and greater screening for USPAP compliance
    – Why banking guidelines are more focused on commercial real estate (CRE)
  • Issues with residential appraisals
    – Dominance of market approach and comps, including adjustments and bracketing
    – Increasing attention to condition of neighborhood and site
    – Residential-specific regulatory issues, including:
    – Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC)
    – Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) and the related Uniform Appraisal Dataset  (UAD)
    – American National Standards Institute (ANSI) guidelines for determining square footage
    – Examples of review forms
  • Issues with commercial appraisals
    – Multiple levels of review to consider (sample checklists included)
    – Administrative/compliance review
    – Technical/internal review
    – Types of appraisals by scope
    – Types of appraisals by format
    – Assumptions and limiting conditions
    – Property identification and ownership interest
    – Third-party or outsourced review and USPAP Standard 3
    – Approaches to value
    – How the cost approach works
    – Direct capitalization method for the income approach
    – Sales comparison or market approach
    – Outcomes: When to request revisions
    – Using your analysis to validate existing or older appraisals and documenting your conclusions
    – Brief overview of guidelines for evaluations when an appraisal is not required
Schedule

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Program

Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch

Who Should Attend?

Real estate lenders, commercial and consumer lenders, credit analysts, mortgage lenders, private bankers, small business lenders, loan review specialists, special assets officers, lending managers, credit officers and support staff involved in the construction, appraisal review and real estate lending process.

Virtual Presentation

Registrants will receive instructions in advance to access the online class and download the materials. Registrants will have access to a recorded copy of both sessions and materials for up to 90 days.

Registration Fees

First Registrant: $425

Additional Registrant: $375

All Non-Members: $850

Registration & Cancellation Policy

Register online or complete the attached form and submit via email. The fee includes access to the virtual seminar, program materials and session recordings.

IMPORTANT: Registration is per person. All attendees must be registered to ensure access to the program, materials, recorded content and to be eligible to receive CE credit.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
Cancellation/substitution requests must be made in writing. Email requests to education@texasbankers.com. Full registration fees will be refunded if written notice is received no later than March 25, 2025. Substitutions are permitted without penalty.

Continuing Education

Texas State Board of Public Accountancy: 7 CPE credit hours per day. There are no educational prerequisites.

Presenter

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Richard Hamm

Advantage Consulting & Training

Richard Hamm has been training bankers for more than 30 years, including both creating and teaching courses for the American Bankers Association (ABA) and the Risk Management Association (RMA), plus regional banking schools (Graduate School of Banking – Wisconsin, Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, Southwestern Graduate School of Banking and Barret School of Banking – Memphis), numerous state banking and community banking associations and individual banks.

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