Keystone Society of Appraising Professionals

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=230 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="005c9c43.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="00a5da30.jpg" border=0 width="605" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keystone Society of Appraising Professio"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="keystone_home_page.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keystone Society of Appraising Professio"><U><B>Mission Statement</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="keystone_home_page4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keystone Society of Appraising Professio"><U><B>Membership</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=250 BGCOLOR="#CC9933" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>History</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Keystone Society of Appraising Professionals was established in 2005 by a select group of certified and licensed appraisers to provide peer review and support to professional real estate appraisers. </div> <bR> <div> It is recognized that appraisers are frequently sole operators that have little or no contact with peers within their business life, relying on their own expertise and experience to make decisions that impact countless lives. As such, there is a need for peers of equal competence and integrity to provide confidential reviews and detailed discussion of appraising assignments. </div> <bR> <div> The Goals of The Keystone Society of Appraising Professionals are to provide<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Confidential Peer Review of Real Estate Appraisals.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Expert peer review of appraisals being challenged by regulatory agencies, and </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Confidential Discussion and Assistance on difficult and unusual assignments</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> As the number of appraisers involved in Peer Review increase, the scope of The Keystone Society of Appraising Professionals will expand. We will continue to publish links to legislation that involve appraisers and are actively supporting increased accountability and professionalism in the appraisal profession. As such we support the Appraisers Petition, and seek to bring professionalism into appraising by supporting legislation that deals with preventing issues such as:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Withholding appraisal fees over value issues</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Applying  pressure to achieve a predetermined value.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Blacklisting appraisers without notice</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Blacklisting appraisers without rebuttal opportunities.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> If you are an appraiser and wish to be involved in Peer Review Support </div> <div> or to be involved in developing a voice for all appraisers, </div> <bR> <div> Get  in touch with "BenLuby" at</div> <bR> <div> <B>the</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://appraisers.freeforums.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://appraisers.freeforums.org/"><U><B>Appraisers Free Forum</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keystone Society of Appraising Professio"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="keystone_home_page.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keystone Society of Appraising Professio"><U><B>Mission Statement</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="keystone_home_page4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keystone Society of Appraising Professio"><U><B>Membership</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>