Topics of Interest to the Appraisers Research Foundation

  • Any significant valuation issues.
  • Alternative uses of contaminated properties.
  • Trends that affect the valuation of food processing and distribution facilities.
  • Supported allocation of value components of properties that include real estate, personalty and business value.
  • Peculiarities of church valuations, their sales, conversions and the applicable approaches to value.
  • Utilizatoin of GIS and other technology for measuring valuation.
  • Water rights and their impact on irrigated farmlands.
  • Impact of conservation easements on contiguous and surrounding property.
  • Recognizing false or bogus data – approved for research.
  • Non-market supported sales.
  • Trends in housing designs and demands.
  • Alternative uses of big box properties.
  • Changing consumer trends and the impact on property use and value.
  • Provenance issues resulting from internet sales of fine arts.
  • Contemporary issues in business, personal property and real estate valuation.
  • The impact of energy in the value of real estate.
  • Trends in golf courses that affect value.
  • Appraisal fraud.
  • Issues of eminent domain that affect value, such as inverse condemnation.
  • Avoiding misuse of appraisal reports.

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