If you need an appraisal in Maryland
Call Kenneth Robinson..
Ken Robinson has over 32 years of experience, and began appraising in 1982 as a trainee with his father, a well-known appraiser in the Baltimore area. Ken continued his training with a local Harford County appraiser. In 1983, Ken was employed by Baystate Appraisal Company, a subsidiary of the former Loyola Federal. As a staff appraiser at Baystate, Ken completed many complex appraisal assignments including water front homes, farms, and multi-million dollar homes. In 1987 Ken completed appraisal assignments for the Resolution Trust Company to resolve the liquidation of assets of Old Court Savings and Loan Association. Ken was placed on the FHA FEE panel in1984, and was one of only 60 appraisers on the panel.
As an FHA appraiser, Ken became fluent at the various FHA rules, outlines, and the 4150.2 FHA regulating handbook. In October of 1991, he was within the first one hundred appraisers to obtain a Maryland Certified Residential Real Estate license. Soon after, Robinson Appraisal Group, LLC was established. Robinson Appraisal Group was contracted by FHA in 2000 to review many of the appraisals involved in the Flipping Scandal of the late 1990’s. That same year, the local FHA field office established a list of appraisers and the volume of assignments completed over a five year time period. Robinson Appraisal Group completed nearly 1500 appraisal assignments, while their busiest competitor completed only around 350.
Ken has completed numerous courses and has an in depth knowledge of the residential appraisal business. In January of 1990, Ken obtained the SRA designation of the Appraisal Institute. The SRA designation required various courses, five years of experience, an in-depth review of 125 appraisal assignments completed within the last five years, as well as a lengthy demonstration report describing all aspects of residential appraising. Within the Appraisal Institute, Ken was a member of the Ethics and Counseling Regional Panel in 1994. In addition to the Appraisal Institute, Ken is also a member of The Harford County Board of Realtors and Maryland Association of Appraisers. The associates of Robinson Appraisal Group are knowledgeable and familiar with appraisal assignments of all types of 1-4 family residential properties, all types of condominiums, finished lots, raw land, proposed subdivisions of single family properties, relocation ERC appraisals and estate appraisals. They are both flexible and accommodating when scheduling appointments. If you need an appraisal in Maryland look no further.