Louisiana Chapter of the Appraisal Institute

Welcome to the site of the Louisiana Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. Founded in 1990, the Louisiana Chapter is one of over 90 other Appraisal Institute chapters whose goal is to be a national leader in appraisal education and to promote a spirit of friendship among our Designated members, Candidates for Designation, Practicing Affiliates and Affiliates.

The Louisiana Chapter is comprised of over 300 real estate professionals more than half of which hold either the prestigious MAI or SRA designation. In addition to exhibiting a higher level of competence than the minimum standards required of appraisers who are merely licensed or certified, our Designated members, Candidates for Designation, Practicing Affiliates and Affiliates are committed to upholding a rigourous code of professional ethics. We invite you to attend one of our Chapter meetings, and we encourage you to learn more about the benefits of joining the Appraisal Institute.

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Early Bird Deadline Approaching for the AI Annual Meeting If you haven't registered for the Appraisal Institute's Annual Meeting already, take advantage of the early bird registration deadline of May 18.

False Appraisals Part of $20 Million Mortgage Scheme Five people were charged with using allegedly fraudulent documents and appraisals and inflated purchase prices to obtain mortgages for more than 100 Philadelphia properties, a scheme that resulted in $20 million in fraudulent loan proceeds, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Valuation Review reported April 22.

FHA Wants to Boot Bad Lenders, Pursue Claims The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development wants the Federal Housing Administration to be able to kick out bad lenders from its single-family program and has been pressuring Congress to allow it to do so, National Mortgage News reported April 22.

Banks Now Walking Away From Homes Banks have begun walking away from thousands of vacant properties after beginning foreclosure and then dropping the cases because they don’t want to be on the hook for maintaining abandoned properties, National Mortgage News reported April 24.

At 1,400 Homes, Blackstone Makes its Largest Bulk Purchase Private-equity firm Blackstone Group bought 1,400 homes in Atlanta — its largest ever bulk purchase of residential properties — that will be added to its portfolio of single-family rental homes, National Mortgage News reported April 25.