Regulators are considering whether to increase the threshold for residential real-estate transactions requiring an appraisal from $250,000 to $400,000. Liens taken out of an “abundance of caution”. FIRREA, not all federally related transactions require a FIRREA-compliant appraisal. For those properties, the threshold remains at $250,000. Want to learn more about the decision to raise the appraisal threshold to $400,000? Watch the ValueNet™ video for an overview of the ValueNet appraisal technology platform. The National Credit Union Administration’s (NCUA) new appraisal threshold rule for commercial real estate loans will go into effect on October 22, 2019. Under the NCUA’s new appraisal rule , credit unions will not be required to obtain an appraisal for commercial real estate transactions less than $1 million. thereby exempted from the applicable FIRREA appraisal requirements). The FDIC board of directors today approved a final rule to raise the appraisal thresholds for commercial real estate transactions from $250,000 to $500,000 — an increase from the original proposal, which called for the appraisal threshold to be raised to $400,000. Appraisal Management Company Registry Fees; Final Rule (Federal Register September 25, 2017) The FIRREA Appraisal Threshold Debate. See also supra. Email askAG@accurategroup.com to request your copy of our new whitepaper: The FIRREA Appraisal Threshold Debate: Are We Asking the Right Questions? Effective October 9, 2019, the change is the first increase to the appraisal threshold since 1994. More specifically, such appraisals are not required for any of the following transactions (among others): Transactions of $250,000 or less (the “de minimis threshold”). For commercial real estate transactions exempted from the appraisal requirement as a result of the revised threshold, regulated institutions must obtain an evaluation of the real property collateral that is … Such exempt transactions, which would not be affected by the Threshold, generally include, but are not limited to, those in which (1) a lien on real estate has been taken as collateral in an abundance of caution, (2) a lien on real estate has been 200 W. Madison, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60606 888-7JOINAI (756-4624) | aiservice@appraisalinstitute.org Is the timing right for a change? note 12. The final rule increases the threshold level at or below which appraisals are not required for commercial real estate transactions from $250,000 to $500,000. The FDIC, the Federal Reserve, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the Federal Agencies) have adopted a final rule that raises the threshold level at or below which appraisals will not be required for residential real estate transactions from $250,000 to $400,000. OCC Bulletin 2018-10, Exempt Commercial Real Estate Transactions: Final Rule Discusses raising the commercial real estate appraisal threshold from $250,000 to $500,000 and the exemption of an appraisal requirement. The market is just eight years removed from the last financial crisis. The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) is a set of regulatory changes to the U.S. savings and loan banking system and the real estate appraisal …