APPRAISAL INSTITUTE ANNUAL MEETING 2011 PANEL SESSIONS*

PLEASE NOTE: The panel sessions do not qualify towards state credit.

 

Keynote Address

Monday, Aug. 15 • 7:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University

The Interim Final Rule: Understanding Customary and Reasonable Fees

Monday, Aug. 15 • 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

This session will explain the Interim Final Rule on Appraisal Independence issued by the Federal Reserve effective April 1, 2011. The Federal Reserve is transitioning the authority for this rule to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Understand how the CFPB intends to implement this important rule and how banks are interpreting the "two presumptions of compliance."

 

Understanding International Valuation
part 1, part 2

Monday, Aug. 15 • 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Real estate has gone global and international expertise is in high demand. This session will highlight the changes of the recently released International Valuation Standards (IVS) and discuss trends in global valuation practices. Attend this session to understand appraisal practice in other countries, how IVS is different from USPAP, and how it is applied internationally and in the United States in financial reporting and mortgage financing.

 

Rebuilding Real Estate Capital Markets: Understanding RMBS and CMBS 2.0
part 1, part 2, part 3

Monday, Aug. 15 • 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Secondary markets for real estate financing are beginning to rebound and take new shapes and forms. Backed by government proposals to rely more heavily on property and loan level information, both the residential and commercial mortgage backed securities markets are positioning for a rebirth. Attend this session to understand the new paradigm in capital markets and how appraisals will be used in future loan origination.

 

Special Assets: Understanding the Valuation Needs of Asset Managers and Special Servicers
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Monday, Aug. 15 • 4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

With more than $1.4 trillion dollars of outstanding debt in commercial real estate and approximately 35 percent of residential loans "under water," lenders must contend with record levels of distressed real estate. Asset managers have recently used AVMs and BPOs for collateral valuation, however, appraisers are quickly entering this space with a bevy of valuation services that answer client questions in cost competitive and profitable manner. Attend this session if you want to understand the needs of distressed commercial and residential special asset managers and how appraisers can provide these clients solutions.

 

CRE Appraisal Client Forum
part 1, part 2, part 3

Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

This session with spotlight the needs and concerns of users of commercial real estate appraisal services, highlighting areas of opportunity for appraisers and areas that require strengthening and due diligence. Attend this session to keep your pulse on the needs of major CRE appraisal clients.

 

Government Relations Federal and State Update Sessions

Federal Update: Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

State Update: Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
These sessions will provide an overview of federal and state legislation and regulations impacting real estate appraisers, including the Dodd-Frank Act, the Interim Final Rule on appraiser independence, the Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines, federal agency rule changes, state AMC registration, and efforts to combat BPO expansion. Attend this session to hear directly from the leaders of the Appraisal Institute’s Washington office on current threats and opportunities facing appraisers at the federal and state levels.

 

Residential Appraisal Client Forum
part 1, part 2, part 3

Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

This session will spotlight the needs and concerns of users of residential real estate appraisal services, highlighting areas of opportunity for appraisers and areas that require strengthening and due diligence. Attend this session to keep your pulse on the needs of major residential appraisal clients.

 

Real Estate Appraisal Stakeholders Forum
part 1, part 2, part 3, Forgotten Basement

Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

This session will feature respective "valuation/appraisal" committee chairs from real estate trade organizations and stakeholders of the appraisal process. Hear from leaders of the real estate industry about concerns facing their organizations that relate to appraisals, and how the appraisal profession can work better with leading organizations within real estate. Attend this session if you want to hear firsthand how other industries view the appraisal process and how appraisers can offer solutions to meet industry challenges.

 

In the Wake of the Interagency Appraisal Guidelines: Outstanding Issues and Advancing the Profession

Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

On December 2, 2010, the federal bank regulatory agencies released revised appraisal and evaluation guidelines - the first update since 1994! This panel discussion will include industry experts who will highlight how the updated guidelines impact real estate appraisers. You’ll hear the agencies' expectations of regulated financial institutions, find out about important appraisal practice issues, as well as hear perspectives from both commercial and residential bank appraisal departments.

 

General Appraiser Client Forum
part 1, part 2

Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 1:15 – 3:15

This session will spotlight the needs and concerns of the legal and accounting communities highlighting areas of opportunity for appraisers and areas that require strengthening and due diligence. Attend his session to keep your pulse on the needs of real estate attorneys and accounts.

 

Effectively Marketing Your Appraisal Business

Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Can you double the value of your business in a tough economy? Yes, it’s possible. But not with yesterday’s tools, or with tired last-century methods that grow less effective year by year, like most advertising, all Yellow Pages, and people with “sales” in their title. It’s time to get serious about strategic integrated branding, including company and product naming, design, active websites, digital video, search engine optimization … practical marketing disciplines coordinated to optimize brand “findability” and differentiation.

 

Government Client Forum
part 1 , part 2

Tuesday, Aug. 16 • 3:30 p.m. - 5:30p.m.

This session features presentations highlighting appraisal demand and current opportunities with government agencies. Hear directly from agency chief appraisers to understand how the government agencies are using appraisal services, what trends agencies are seeing with regard to land acquisition and public sector asset management, and opportunities that exist for working for government agencies.

 

Closing Keynote Presentation

Wednesday, Aug. 17 • 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Keynote Speakers
KC Conway, MAI, CRE, Colliers International
Norm Miller, PhD, University of San Diego

 

Alternative Valuation Services
part 1, part 2, part 3

Wednesday, Aug. 17 • 10:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Technology is fueling a variety of new valuation services in residential real estate valuation. Desktop appraisals, restricted use appraisals, AVM assisted appraisals, etc. are coming to the forefront in a variety of applications and uses, particularly in collateral monitoring, loan modification, and asset management. Under some of the latest offerings, and hear from their developers on their uses and applications to date.

 

Going Concern Appraisals

Wednesday, Aug. 17 • 10:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

The bank policies have recently been revised and/or clarified to emphasize the allocations of real property, intangible property and personal property when conducting appraisals of special purpose properties. This session will summarize policy changes made by the Small Business Administration and those found in the Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines and expectation of appraisers in this area.

 

Valuation for Financial Reporting Forum: International Accounting Convergence & Valuation for Financial Reporting
part 1, part 2

Wednesday, Aug. 17 • 10:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Several government and accounting industry policies are under review, which, depending on final drafts could result in a significant realignment of how real estate assets are reported on financial statements. Specifically, the Financial Accounting Standards Board is in the midst of developing an "Investment Property" standard. The comparable standard under International Financial Reporting Standards (IAS 40) provides for an option to report real estate assets at fair value.

Under these circumstances, third party appraisers are often used to supplement financial statements to build confidence in the financial statement and to improve transparency. Attend this session to understand how these new rules may be applied in the United States and how your services may be used to improve investor confidence in financial statements.

*Schedule and sessions subject to change.