Board of Registration of Real Estate Appraisers

Effective November 9, 2012, the Board adopted amendments to the following Board regulations: 264 Code of Massachusetts Regulation (CMR) 2.00, 4.00, 6.00 and 9.00. 
Please click on the Board’s “Statutes and Regulations” link to view the new regulations. 
The following is a brief synopsis of the key amendments to the regulations: 
(1) 264 CMR 2.00: definitions of Appraisal Review, Appraiser-in-Training and Supervising Appraiser 
(2) 264 CMR 4.00: reduces the licensure period to two (2) years to mirror the statutory amendment and sets the continuing education hours to twenty-eight (28) hours which shall include a 7-hour Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Update course 
(3) 264 CMR 6.00: Scope of Practice for Real Estate Trainees and Appraisers-in-Training; Supervisory Appraisers; and Mandatory License Identification (4) 264 CMR 9.00: reduces the course approval period to two (2) years except for USPAP Update courses

Appraiser Board Vacancies: 
The Appraiser Board seeks to fill two (2) Board vacancies: State-Licensed Appraiser and Public Member. A Public Member is a person who has never been licensed by the Appraiser Board or by the Real Estate Board. The Public Member represents a consumer of appraiser services. If interested, please complete the online application located here.