James Ward's Blog

Big Changes in Appraisal Standards Begin Sept 1 2011: Appraisals continue to be a challenge in many real estate transactions. If you live in Texas and have ever had value come in low, then you know how frustrating it can be to look at the comparable sales and try to make sense of how the Certifie...

Unless you have been completely out of the “loop” and not in tune with what has been going on in the U.S. financial markets as of late - on Friday evening, Standard and Poor’s (the S&P) announced a cut/downgrade of the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+. Never in history has the U.S. been rated l...

According to the "psychometric consultancy' outfit AptiQuant, users of Internet Explorer have a lower than average IQ. Based on what? Who really believes this stuff? AptiQuant sent online IQ tests to more than 100,000 people and, based on the responses it got, came to the fascinating conclusion t...