The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), acting for and on behalf of the Federal Reserve and all interagency regulators, solicits internationally recognized appraisal expert Steven N. Siegler, ASA, FRICS, and Equity Development Systems, Ltd., to develop, implement and monitor the new National Appraisal Ordering and Appraisal Review Protocols of multidisciplinary valuations throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and all US territories as part of Dodd-Frank.
About EDS Appraisal Services
EDS Appraisal Services value assets across industries and asset classes throughout the world. Our multidisciplinary valuers are internationally recognized and accredited ASA/RICS/MAI & USPAP/IVS appraisal instructors—all well-published Super Appraisers® Elite-Rated valuation luminaries.
We specialize in providing appraisal expert-witness testimony and litigation support services to attorneys and law firms globally, and we have prevailed in Billions-of-Dollars at issue in some of the world’s most important—high-profile—and valuable valuation-related litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Our Appraisal Services are provided by our discipline-specific and multidisciplinary senior appraisers holding international accreditation with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and/or The Appraisal Institute (AI) and/or The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The ASA is the oldest and largest multidisciplinary appraisal—valuation organization globally, with some 5,000 members in 137 countries. The Appraisal Institute is a global association of real estate appraisers, with nearly 23,000 valuation professionals in almost 60 countries throughout the world.
RICS, with headquarters in London, is the leading organization of its kind in the world for more than 100,000 qualified professionals in commercial and residential development, construction and project management, brokerage, planning and finance, and valuation. Our experts include Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and International Valuation Standards (IVS) and RICS ‘Red Book’ instructors, former state and federal appraisal regulatory compliance officers, and Value Adjustment Board (VAB) magistrates.