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    The Appraisal Journal

    AI's Quarterly Peer-Reviewed Journal

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    Issue 2 2025

    The Appraisal Journal is Appraisal Institute’s quarterly peer-reviewed journal.

    Winner of a Gold Circle Award from The Center for Association Leadership (ASAE), the Journal is recognized as the appraisal profession’s premier technical and academic publication. Nearly 20,000 appraisers and others rely on the Journal for well-researched, innovative and thought-provoking articles that help them thrive in their practice and advance the profession.

    More than 350 pages are annually written by leading practitioners on topics ranging from how recessions impact the real estate market, to housing prices for foreign buyers, to special issues in land valuation, and so much more.

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    Celebrating Our Contributors 

    Contributing authors to the Journal win awards for their insightful, engaging content. The Journal presents three annual awards recognizing exceptional contributions to the publication.

    Armstrong/Kahn Award

    This award recognizes the most outstanding original article published in the previous year. Read the article from our most recent winner.

    Nicholas W. Carter, MAI, SRA
    David C. Lennhoff, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS
    "Where's the Real Estate? Redundancies, Servers, Edge Sites, and the Search for Real Property's Role in the Modern Data Center"
    The Appraisal Journal • Issue 1-2 | 2024

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    Swango Award

    This award highlights the best original article on residential or general appraising, or technology-related topics.

    Jim Amorin, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, CDEI, CAE
    "Navigating Ethical Frontiers: Real Estate Appraisal in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
    The Appraisal Journal • Issue 1-2 | 2024

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    Richard U. Ratcliff Award

    This award recognizes the best original article written by an academic author.

    Marcus “Tim” Allen, PhD
    Kimberly R. Goodwin, PhD
    Jennifer A. O’Sullivan, PhD
    “Do Foreign Buyers Really Pay More? Evidence from the Miami Condo Market”
    The Appraisal Journal, Winter 2023*

    *Note that the Richard U. Ratcliff Award was not awarded for 2024.

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