J. Boyles Appraisals, LLC will be closed on Christmas Eve 12/24 and Christmas Day 12/25, and also on New Years Day 1/1/2019. Wishing all my clients and associates a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Thank you for your business as always!

Greetings to all, just returned from Marlborough MA. Awesome CE class on Appraising Waterfront Properties. Very useful and valuable information. Another great class offering from the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers. Too bad there are rarely classes like this offered in Connecticut. 

The big news this week is that Fannie Mae will no longer require their Market Conditions form be included in appraisal reports. This controversial and confusing form has been around since 2009. I am sure all lenders will still require it though, or at least some extensive data. I will keep you posted.

Great news peers and clients! My email is up and running again on a new server. Please feel free to contact me with new appraisal orders or requests for information. Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Dear clients and colleagues,
My email was hacked the week of 3/5 and therefore compromised, rendering it virtually useless to receive/ send most emails. I am transitioning to another server on Thursday evening 3/22 which I am told takes 48 to 72 hours to complete. In the meantime please feel free to call or text with any new orders, questions, or concerns until my email is up and running again. I will blog again asap. Thank you for your patience, Jack Boyles

The AQB meeting of 2/1 in Washington, DC is bringing up new changes in appraiser qualifications. Hopefully a less stringent path to certification! Of course these new requirements will vary state to state. Please see The Appraisal Foundation website linked to my home page for further details.

Please honor our Vets by thanking them every day of the year, not just on Veterans Day!

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Now thanks to my friends at ALM, you can now obtain a fee quote and/ or further information from the home page. Much easier and time saving. Speak with you soon!

Recently I was called by a prospective client who insulted my intelligence (actually he insulted his own) by questioning my base single family fees as too high. I felt I was being harassed by an AMC! You get what you pay for.