On the structural questions facing American valuation
An order of magnitude smaller than the professions it serves, aging faster than its peers, and standing at the intersection of three simultaneous disruptions. What the data says about where U.S. real estate appraisal is going — and what it means for the people inside it.
Read Issue 01 →Every appraisal task category, mapped against what automated valuation models and machine learning can do today, what they cannot, and a defensible five-year forecast for each.
The argument that the profession is splitting into a commoditized residential commodity tier and an elevated commercial complex-asset tier — and the strategic implications for individual MAIs.
Specific, dated predictions on waiver share, the Certified General population, PAREA adoption, brokerage consolidation, and the MAI brand. On-the-record forecasts the editor expects to be held to.
The five durable adjacent paths for credentialed valuation professionals: tax appeal, asset management, brokerage capital markets, PropTech, and federal. Comp ranges, skill transfer, and structural reasons most practitioners stay put.
The Valuation Strategist is an independent publication on the structural questions facing the American real estate valuation profession. It is written for the people who do this work, the people who buy it, and the people who will decide what it looks like in ten years.
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