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January 25, 2011 Appraisal Institute Acknowledges It’s Not Easy Appraising Green

The Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers, has launched the Valuation of Sustainable Buildings Professional Development Program, an educational program designed to teach real estate appraisers how to better assess the values of high-performance (or “green”) residential and commercial buildings. Home builders and others have complained that appraisers often don’t [...]

May 6, 2010 Appraisers Seeking Resources to Determine the Value of Green Buildings

Real estate appraisers are struggling to determine the value of green building construction because the market is still in its infancy; there is lack of comparable property data and other market information. The current real estate market poses difficulties for any new construction appraisal, and the nascent green building construction market is exceedingly more difficult [...]