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The current edition of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) is effective through 2023. The new edition becomes effective January 1, 2024, and there is no end date.
One of the notable changes to the 2024 USPAP is an update to the ETHICS RULE related to nondiscrimination. USPAP prohibiting bias is not new, the addition makes that stance more explicit.
Effective January 1, 2026, appraiser education will include topics on fair housing and appraisal bias. The Appraiser Qualifications Board adopted these changes in June: eight hours of qualifying education and seven hours of continuing education on topics of valuation bias and fair housing laws and regulation, for all license types. Afterwards, license holders will be required to take a four-hour valuation bias course every two years.
On October 24, the Appraiser Diversity Initiative's “How to Become a Real Estate Appraiser" workshop is hitting an online platform from 6-8 p.m.
💗 During each ADI workshop, scholarship opportunities are presented.
👇 Click to sign-up.
More and more states around the country are starting to accept PAREA as a legitimate form of gaining appraisal experience. The Appraisal Foundation is tracking 44 “PAREA-ready” states including Texas.
TALCB has followed this discussion since PAREA was first adopted by the Appraiser Qualifications Board in 2020.
The Appraisal Institute began taking online-only registrations for its PAREA program on September 6. Published online is information on what PAREA is, another provider preparing to launch its own program, and other methods of gaining appraisal experience.
TALCB does not endorse or recommend the above or any other education provider.
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“We will always need appraisers”
 It was a room full of professionals with loads of knowledge that eager attendees were ready to pull from. This “How to Become a Real Estate Appraiser Workshop” was hosted in Houston by the Appraiser Diversity Initiative (ADI) on August 24. The series of speakers included Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification (TALCB) Director Melissa Tran (pictured at podium). She and the others fielded questions like “What does the future of the industry look like with technology changing?”
Apply to Serve as a Volunteer Appraisal Reviewer
Committing to serve as a Volunteer Appraisal Reviewer is a way for experienced appraisers to serve the public interest and contribute to the appraisal profession. Volunteer Appraisal Reviewers assist TALCB in performing appraisal reviews for experience audits, work product review requests, or complaint investigations. If you are interested in applying to serve as a Volunteer Appraisal Reviewer, follow the instructions and submit your application.
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