To be an appraiser these days is about as meaningful as being a price checker at the Dollar Store. Lie prostrate on a leather sofa and repeat after me three times… “I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore”. Next step, borrow a few dollars from your kids piggybank and run down to Block Buster and rent “Network”.

My friends refuse to hang out with me anymore. I am Miss Doom and Gloom. It isn’t the current state of the economy that disturbs me, albeit abysmal, it’s our seeming inability to find a course of action. Inertia is a terrible thing. (Just ask my Aunt Myrtle but that’s a story for another day.) It’s always difficult to analyze a problem when you are in the midst of it but paralysis is not a solution.

What might help is if we could get a final version of the Home Valuation Protection Code (HVCC) set into motion. No, it’s not a panacea but it’s a nice place to start. And we all need to get back to work! Confidence in the markets is a delicate thing. An announcement by OFHEO, NYAG’s office, Fannie and Freddie might be just what the housing market doctor ordered.

In a momentary out of character let’s be an optimist moment I planned a webinar on HVCC. Our webinar is planned for Thursday, September 4. Come as you are. In fact, make it a fuzzy slipper day. In addition to hearing from Jacquie Doty- Freddie Mac and Bob Murphy- Fannie Mae, Rick Langdon- Wachovia will offer up a lender perspective.

And regarding the massive Congressional Bail Out bill, we will hear from Don Kelly, Zaio. It’s a lot to wade through and I am counting on Don to distill for us what the impact is upon the appraisal community.

REGISTER for this historic event today.

See you on line!

Joan Trice
jtrice@appraisalbuzz.com