The Appraisal Foundation is conducting its second demographic survey of appraiser professionals, and they need to hear from Texans! Respondents do not have to provide their email or other identifying information. Complete the survey by March 13, 2024. Survey results will be presented during the Appraisal Foundation’s Board of Trustees meeting in May.
The first Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board (TALCB) meeting of 2024 happened February 23. Some of the highlights include three new adopted rules, TALCB’s director joining the appraisal bias discussion at the federal level, and a call for public comments that could determine future Board-issued guidance.
The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) is inviting the public to provide input on a specialized assignment type where examples of peers’ actions are not readily available. This input will help the agency establish a framework to apply to all specialized assignments.
In the last four pages of the Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board’s (TALCB) staff reports is the section on enforcement. For fiscal year 2023 (July ’22–July ’23) less than four percent of license holders were the subject of a formal complaint filed with the Board, less than one percent of license holders received formal discipline, and typically more than 90 percent of complaints received are dismissed.
The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board’s (TALCB) final quarterly meeting of the year opened with goodbyes. The Board recognized Board Member Clayton Black (pictured, right) for his 10 years of service with the agency. Black’s first appointment to the Board was in February 2013.
The Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board (TALCB) met for its third quarter meeting of the year on August 18.
I started at TALCB in the summer of 2020. I was definitely unsure about what I was going to be doing here. I also knew I was only dipping my toe in the work of the Board, because I was completing a remaining term of a member who was leaving.
I’d come to a couple of meetings before my term started, and even after those meetings I still did not know how much work it would be or any insight into what I was going to do. I didn’t realize there was so much that happens behind the scenes, and it is all completed by the support staff here at TALCB.
The Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board (TALCB) is receiving state tips from Fannie Mae on discriminatory language in appraisals. Both organizations are working to make appraisers aware of the issue.
Appraisers should exercise care to avoid comments in a report that may be perceived as biased or illegally discriminatory.
The Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board (TALCB) is pleased to welcome John H. Eichelberger, III as a new member, and the reappointment of Rolando Castro. Both were confirmed by the Texas Senate on April 26, 2023. Texas Governor Greg Abbott appointed them with terms set to expire on January 31, 2029.
of Cypress, Texas is a director at Cushman & Wakefield, a real estate company. He is also an MAI-designated member of the Appraisal Institute.
The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board met last month and appointed Board Member Mark McAnally as secretary with Martha Gayle Reid Lynch re-appointed as vice chair.
The Board approved a new process for appointing new TALCB Mentors yearly. TALCB Mentors work one on one with appraisers required to complete remedial education.