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XXV Union of PanAmerican Valuers Congress
"Valuing Our World: Challenges Facing the Global Market"


XXV UPAV CONGRESS - VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS






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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS


AI Members Sworn In to Lead UPAV for Next Two Years
Five Appraisal Institute members were sworn in as members of the Union of PanAmerican Associations of Valuation’s board of directors during closing ceremonies Nov. 5 at the XXV UPAV Congress in Miami Beach, Fla., hosted by the Appraisal Institute.

Rafael E. Bonnin Suris, MAI, of Puerto Rico was sworn in as president. He was joined by Vice President Terry Dunkin, MAI, SRA, SRPA, of Sparks, Md.; Technical Vice President Juan Carlos de Jesús of Puerto Rico; Secretary Brendalí Sierra of Puerto Rico; and Treasurer Franklin Flato, MAI, of Spring Branch, Texas. Directors sworn in were Bruce Wiley, MAI, of Wellesley, Mass.; Kern Slucter, MAI, SRA, of Dimondale, Mich.; Julio Torres Coto of Mexico; and María Emilia Pereira of Venezuela. The board will serve through the next Congress in 2012, to be held in Mexico.

Coto also chairs UPAV’s Education Committee, and Pereira chairs the Information and Documentation Committee. Additionally, Eduardo Rottmann from Brazil chairs the Standards Committee, and Clemencia Parra from Colombia chairs the Inter-Institutional Relations Committee.

Also at the closing ceremonies, awards were presented in the UPAV manuscript competition, which included 47 technical papers. The Appraisal Institute Education Trust’s Charles B. Akerson, MAI, Award winner was Leandro S. Escobar Torres of Spain for his paper "Compared Tools for Measuring & Real Estate Risk."

The President’s Award went to George Dell, MAI, SRA, ASA, for "Auditability of Valuation: A Professional Solution to World Needs. The Legacy, The Science, The Opportunity." Another President’s Award went to John A. Blazejack, MAI, FRICS, CRE; Stephen F. Fanning, MAI, AICP, CRE; and George R. Mann, MAI, MRICS for "Price Versus Fundamentals From Bubbles to Distressed Markets." Special recognition went to Ronaldo Foster Vidal for "The Market of Historic & Cultural Properties."


Keynote Speaker: Bill Pittenger
Bill Pittenger is a business economist and real estate appraiser with nearly four decades of diverse experience in real estate, economic analysis, forecasting and valuation in private practice and on behalf of both private and public sector organizations. He holds the MAI and SRA designations of the Appraisal Institute. He has held senior positions at a $44 Billion super-regional bank (corporate chief appraiser); a $2.2 Billion community bank (chief real estate economist and risk advisor) as well as at two U.S. federal banking agencies. Pittenger is author of “The Bankers’ Guide to Federal Appraisal Regulation” as well as five other books and over 200 articles. He is an active teacher and public speaker. He has taught bank examiners at the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) as well as at all of the federal banking agencies. He has addressed the Consumer Advisory Council of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on Fair Lending and the Appraisal Process and has testified before the U.S. Congress or its committees.
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AI General Session Keynote Speaker: Norm Miller
Norm Miller holds a newly created position as V.P. of Analytics for the CoStar Group, a public commercial real estate data and market analysis company headquartered in Bethesda, MD. Norm recently left the University of San Diego where he was the Academic Director at the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate but retains the position of Distinguished Research Professor and as Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate. Previously he was at the University of Cincinnati where he was Academic Director and the founder of the real estate program. He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University.

Dr. Miller has numerous academic articles, books and articles in trade market publications on housing, brokerage, mortgage risk, valuation, sustainable real estate and many other topics.
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Recognizing Uncertainty and Valuing Flexibility in Appraisals Presentation and Workshop
Presentation - lead by Dr. Richard de Neufville and Michel-Alexandre Cardin
This presentation will cover:
  • Discussion of the reasons that “residual” value occurs sometimes between standard economic appraisal and market price
  • Suggested methodology with conceptual examples and a case demonstration
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Workshop - lead by Sarah von Helfenstein
This workshop-style presentation will provide additional case examples and a step-by-step walk through the methodology discussed in the morning session by de Neufville and Cardin. We will: (1) drill down into the definitions and inputs required to implement the proposed 4-step methodology; (2) further explain its mechanics; and (3) demonstrate, using real world case studies, how the proposed methodology provides substantial improvement over current appraisal practice in both the meaningfulness of the opinion of value and its supportability.
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Technical Tour of Marquis
Marquis living reflects the ideal Miami lifestyle, combining commercial, cultural and natural elements. Resting at 1100 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, Florida the newly crafted Marquis building overlooks both the vibrant arts and entertainment district and Miami’s scenic beach front. A perfect location for the 67-story crystalline sculpted piece of art, which is composed of three intersecting parallelograms sheathed entirely in glass.

Marquis’ exterior features hurricane resistant glass artwork by artist Tom Patti. The glass creates a pattern of spectral color that moves across the building as the sun traverses the Miami sky. Inside, Marquis is composed of 292 exquisite condominiums, which are wrapped in floor-to ceiling windows and which feature gourmet kitchens, spa-inspired master baths and top-of-the line finishes. Also featured within Marquis is a 8,000 square foot spa and fitness center, the five star Tempo Miami boutique hotel, the Sky Pool Deck, a signature restaurant and many other amenities fit for luxury living.

Upon entering Marquis you will be welcomed by the grand lobby finished in Himalayan silk marble floors and Cashner marble, the walls combine an elegant pattern of Mink marble and Macassar Ebony wood panels. This unique and inspiring building developed by Leviev Boymelgreen Marquis Developers, LLC is sure not to disappoint. Come tour the Marquis and experience the centerpiece of Miami’s sophisticated living.

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Technical Papers
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Many thanks to the individuals who submitted papers for The Union of Panamerican Valuers Associations Manuscript Competition. The winning technical papers will be announced at the UPAV Closing Ceremony on November 4, 2010.

Paper titles submitted include:
  • "Appraising in Challenging Markets: Methodology and Procedures To Use Offer Prices in the Direct Comparison Approach"
  • "Rural Land as the Base for Development and Infrastructure in Latin America…How to accomplish re-assessment? Mexico as a Case Study"
  • "Leading Technology for a Changing Appraisal Environment Worldwide"
  • "Contribution of Urban Re-classification and Urban Value Re-capture"
  • "Dissertation - A Mathematical Model for Determining Homogenization Factors of Land in the Evaluation of Rural Properties in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil"
  • "Strategic Plan Based on Re-engineering to Consolidate Direction of Cadastral Mapping for Valencia Municipality, State of Carabobo"
  • "Valuation of Intangibles, Commercial Brands"
  • "Price Versus Fundamentals From Bubbles to Distressed Markets"
  • "Depreciation of Goods"
  • "Evaluation and Certification Methodology for Professional Skills"
  • "Economic Property Rights Derived from a Lease Contract: Its Impact on Value"
  • "Factors to Consider in Evaluating Coalmines in Mexico"
  • "Guidelines to Determine a Professional Soccer Player's Value"
  • "The Market of Historic & Cultural Properties"
  • "Integration of a Green Metric into Appraisal Methodology"
  • "Evaluation of Waste and its Commercialization as Consumable in Energetic and Industrial Processes"
  • "Appraising Cross Border Property Investments - The Future Convergence of Valuation Standards and Qualifications in Support of the Global Market"
  • "Multicriteria Analysis Applied to Real Estate Appraisal"
  • "Looking at Today’s Global Valuation Profession: A volatile decade provides lessons for our future"
  • "Innovation in Residential Valuation Tools: Integrating Data and Analytics"
  • "Discounted Cash Flow Modeling in a Distressed Market: Investment value versus Market Value"
  • "Solutions in Distressed Markets"
  • "Compared Tools for Measuring and Managing Real Estate Risk"
  • "Evaluation Work: Determining Rent in Popular Shopping Malls"
  • "Work of Expertise: Depreciation and Devaluation of Paralyzed Works"
  • "Evaluation Work: Factors Influencing Profitability of Apart-hotels in Brazil"
  • "Associated Urban Operation Água Espraiada: Real State Market Analysis in the Berrini Area"
  • "Impact of Public to Private Partnerships in BRICs"
  • "Form Follows Function: Reporting Market Trend Data Via The URAR and 1004MC"
  • "Security of Property Values Through International Real Estate Infrastructures"
  • "ABNT NBR 14653 Evaluation of Goods: The concretization of the Brazilian evaluation standards design 1998 - 2010"
  • "Reasonable Appraisal of Urban Real Estate"
  • "Land Appraisal in Depressed Markets"
  • "Valuing Our World: Potential Roles for AVMs and CAMA"
  • "TasaExpress.com: Using Geographic Information Systems as a Tool to Real Estate Appraisal in Countries with Inflationary Economies"
  • "Sustainability: Challenging the Valuation Paradigm"
  • "The use of valuation data bases and analyses and GIS-tools for the assessment of urban infrastructure impact along Line 4 of the São Paulo Subway Company"
  • "Price Versus Fundamentals: From Bubbles to Distressed Markets"
  • "Taking USPAP Globally"
  • "Geospatial Models Applied in Real Estate Evaluation"
  • "Evaluation of Real Estate Market by Spatial Regresion Models"
  • "Evaluating the Impact of Large Urban Projects on the Property Market using Inference Techniques"
  • "Tax Benefit Analysis in Financed Purchasing of Housing in Chile. Reduction in Tax Base in Natural Persons Income Tax Return."
  • "Imperfect Markets: Importance of Real Estate Offering"
  • "Auditability of Valuation: A Professional Solution to World Needs. The Legacy, The Science, The Opportunity"
  • "Valuing an Environmental License: Valuation Analysis of the Socio-Economical, Environmental and Judicial impacts of the extraction of materials, from the Dagua River, for an infrastructure based project in the Buenaventura Port"



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