These are the real estate appraisal resources Austin Fernald, a California certified residential appraiser, uses or points clients to: the organizations that set appraisal standards, the regulators that license appraisers, the agencies whose guidelines shape mortgage appraisals, and a few practical lookup tools.
For plain answers to common homeowner questions, see the home appraisal FAQ, the appraisal terms glossary, the guide to appraisal forms and the full list of RealVals appraisal services.
Standards and regulators
- The Appraisal Foundation (TAF), which publishes USPAP and appraiser qualification criteria
- Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
- Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC), the federal agency that oversees state appraiser programs
- ASC National Registry of credentialed appraisers in every state
- California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (BREA), which licenses appraisers in California
- BREA appraiser license search
Appraisal organizations
- Appraisal Institute (AI)
- American Society of Appraisers (ASA)
- American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)
- National Association of Appraisers (NAA)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Mortgage and housing agencies
- Fannie Mae Selling Guide, which holds Fannie Mae's appraisal requirements
- Freddie Mac Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which sets FHA appraisal rules
- National Association of Realtors (NAR)
Appraisal tools
- FEMA Flood Map Service Center, for flood zone lookups
- CoreLogic SwiftEstimator (formerly Marshall and Swift), a paid building cost estimator
- MeasureFloorPlan.com, a floor plan measuring tool built by Austin Fernald
- ZoningPoint.com, a zoning map search site also run by Austin Fernald
