Jim MacCrate, a regular contributor to Soapbox through his “Straight from MacCrate” column recently wrote a research paper with Noreen Whysel called:

Appraisal Reviews and Their Importance

which was recently listed on Social Science Research Network’s Top Ten download list for Litigation, Procedure & Dispute Resolution Journals. This article may be of interest to attorneys and others who read and review real estate appraisal reports. To view the top ten list for the journal click on its name Litigation, Procedure & Dispute Resolution Journals Top Ten and to view all the papers in the journals click on these links link(s) Litigation, Procedure & Dispute Resolution Journals All Papers.

Appraisal review is a big issue. We regularly perform reviews of other appraiser’s work in litigation and they review ours.