We definitely hit a nerve, with our series on appraisal fraud.

The initial article Appraisal Fraud: A need to Sort out the Victims from the Perps? published on April 25 elicited the most response. The comments ranged from criticism of the appraisal process or of appraisers themselves; indictments of real estate agents, the National Association of Realtors and lenders; to suggestions for reforming the system. If appraisal fraud is a subject you care about - and if you own a home there is a good chance you should care a lot - please click on in the upper left of this screen to see some of the thoughts that appraisers and others have posted.

Publish Date: 05/11/2005