Webinar: 2023 Year in Review by Appraisal Buzz

About This Webinar

Join Scott Reuter of Freddie Mac and Cristy Conolly of Class Valuation for this interactive webinar where we discuss what happened in 2023 and what we can look forward to in the industry next year.

We will discuss these topics and more.

AIR & PDCIR – Compliance, what is/isn't a violation? Intent to influence or pressure, enforcement.
ROVs – Emerging work in ROV space in 2023 / OCC Project REACh update
Objective Reporting - Descriptive commentary, is it ok to say this?
Supporting your adjustments

Presenters

Appraisal Buzz

The Appraisal Buzz is a newsletter designed to keep the real estate appraisal professional and lending community plugged into what's happening in the world of appraising.

Scott Reuter

Director of Valuation for Freddie Mac

Scott Reuter is the Chief Appraiser and Director of Valuation for Freddie Mac in McLean, Virginia. He is a State Certified-General Appraiser, and has over 30 years of experience in valuation, appraisal and collateral risk management concerns. Scott holds a B.A. from The Ohio State University (June 1982), and has completed the Executive Leadership program at Cornell University, Johnson School of Business (Dec 2007). His previous management experience includes positions with Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and General Electric, prior to being recruited to Freddie Mac in 2016. His team at Freddie leads the effort for ongoing development and refinement of property valuation risk management strategies; underwriting products, and establishing and maintaining a credible quality assurance process across multiple lines of business support. Scott and his team interact with both sellers/clients as well as stakeholders across the appraisal industry to reinforce Freddie’s appraisal quality requirements.

Cristy Conolly

Cristy Conolly is the Executive Vice President of Valuation Modernization at Class Valuation. As a certified residential appraiser, Cristy brings valuable firsthand experience to the role. Cristy has held roles as Chief Appraiser, Senior Vice President of Compliance, and Senior Vice President of Operations at national appraisal management companies for the last decade. Her diverse experience gives her the unique perspective to understand the needs and challenges of the valuation profession from various viewpoints. Cristy is passionate about the thoughtful and responsible modernization of the valuation profession. She has a strong focus on collaboration with industry stakeholders to improve outdated processes and bring equality and diversity into the industry.

Cristy served on the Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board (FREAB) from 2016-2020, acting as Chairwoman in 2019. She was on the founding Board of Directors for the Collateral Risk Network (CRN) and was honored to be the recipient of the Valuation Visionary award in 2020 and Women With Vision award in 2022.