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	<title>Appraiser Talkback Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Customary and Reasonable Fees: Now What? New WRE Survey Seeks Answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: Recent financial reform legislation gives hope to many appraisers, as it requires that they be paid customary and reasonable fees. But now what? Working RE explores the issue below and announces a new survey designed to shed light on fees for appraisers nationwide. Participation is anonymous. The results will be available for free. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organize and Discuss Solutions for the Appraisal Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boycott: Winds of Change?
Appraisers are known for their individualistic nature, which often thwarts collective action. But organizers take note: 68 percent of respondants to the Working RE/OREP HVCC Survey: One Year On, agree that “refusing to work for unrealistically low appraisal fees could be an effective strategy for raising fees back up to pre-HVCC levels.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customary and Reasonable fees: Making Your Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: New financial reform legislation provides support for customary and reasonable fees for appraisers. Many see the standardized fees set by the Veteran’s Administration (VA) as a logical benchmark. Find a listing of VA fees by state/area along with important VA links posted free at WorkingRE.com.  
Customary and Reasonable fees: Making Your Case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Reform Passes: Tonic for Cynical Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: Find a comprehensive summary from the Appraisal Foundation of the appraisal-related changes contained in the recently passed Financial Reform Bill at WorkingRE.com, Sidebar: Appraisal Foundation&#8217;s Summary of The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010.  
Financial Reform Passes: Tonic for Cynical Times
by David Brauner, Editor
The groundbreaking financial reform legislation that recently passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HVCC Silver Lining:  Lenders Souring on AMCs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HVCC Silver Lining:  Lenders Souring on AMCs?
by Michael Antoniak 
Could there be a silver lining to HVCC (Home Valuation Code of Conduct)?
P. David Rij, veteran appraiser and partner, San Diego Appraisal Company, San Diego, CA, thinks so. Based on what he’s seen and heard during the first half of 2010, he now believes HVCC [...]]]></description>
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