On March 25, 2013, the Appraisal Institute is hosting its annual Central Valley Spring Conference event at the Doubletree Hotel in Modesto, and the session "Commercial Market Overview" is among several interesting topics to be discussed.  A panelist of experts will examine general and specific market factors associated with office, retail, and industrial real estate markets in the Stanislaus and San Joaquin county area.  Market participants will gain an insider's look at the depth of the market's challenges as our panelist examine factors influencing supply and demand, and market statistics related to sale prices, rents, vacancy, absorption, and capitalization rates.  Michael Lockard, MAI of RowLand Valuation is happy to serve as moderator for our panelist which includes Wendy Coddington of Lee & Associates, Tom Solomon and Tim Bettencourt of Cosol Commercial Real Estate, and Duke Leffler, CCIM, SIOR of PMZ Commercial Real Estate.  

The lineup of additional real estate topics includes:  Residential Market Overview, Lender's Perspective of the Banking Industry, Agricultural Market Overview, Residential Hot Topics, State of the Appraisal Profession, Marshall and Swift Commercial, and Marshall and Swift Residential.

Register for the conference online at the NorCal Chapter of the Appraisal Institute's website.     

Join us as we discuss the roles of the appraiser in the public acqusition process and our interaction with legal counsel at the "2012 Annual Spring Conference" to be held in the Central Valley at the Doubletree Hotel, Modesto, March 19, 2012.  Michael Lockard, MAI, R/W-AC, RowLand Valuation, is serving the Appraisal Institute as the Chair for the conference and as Moderator for the Eminent Domain and Commercial & Industrial Market Update (Stanislaus and San Joaquin) sessions.     

In addition to the Eminent Domain break-out session, commercial real estate appraisers will benefit from the information provided by top commercial brokers.  Conference highlights for residential appraisers and real estate professionals includes analyzing REO and short sales, avoiding common and fatal mistakes found by appraisal reviewers, San Joaquin and Stanislaus residential market statistics and perspectives, and Central Valley foreclosure trends.

During our agricultural market update session, all attendees will gain insight in trends and valuation of permanent tree plantings, a major agricultural land use in the local region.  The keynote speaker will be Dr. Jeffrey Michaels, Director of the Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific, Stockton.

The Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute's Annual Spring Conference is one of the Central Valley's largest and longest running one-day real estate appraisal event.  Register for the conference online at the NorCal Chapter of the Appraisal Institute’s website.