Wigs on the Green: AMCs- Curse, Challenge or Champion?

AMCs- Curse, Challenge or Champion?

A 90-minute, (Dodd-) Frank discussion about the impact of AMCs on appraisers and the spectrum of valuation professionals

with Tim Andersen, Marty Wagar and moderated by Hal Humphreys

Episode 3 Description:
Appraisal Management Companies have been blamed for everything short of the weather, which makes them an ideal subject for a proper public scuffle. In this ninety-minute episode of Wigs on the Green, Hal Humphreys steps into the ring to moderate while Tim Andersen and Marty Wagar square up over a question the industry still refuses to settle. Are AMCs a curse, a challenge, or an unlikely champion of appraisal independence? This is a Dodd-Frank discussion in every sense of the phrase, frank, pointed, and occasionally delivered with the rhetorical equivalent of a left hook.

This session skips the polite throat clearing and goes straight for the ribs. Why do AMCs exist? What did Dodd-Frank actually change, and what myths have appraisers been shadowboxing ever since? Appraisers can still talk to lenders. Lenders still need credible value opinions. Somewhere in between stands the AMC, alternately referee, punching bag, and payday. Expect clean arguments, dirty questions, and just enough blood on the canvas to make the truth easier to spot.