Revised Version of BPO Standards and Guidelines Released

The National Association of Broker Price Opinion Professionals (NABPOP) and eMortgage Logic released Version 4.0 of Broker Price Opinion Standards and Guidelines (BPOSG) effective September 16, 2010.

BPOSG is a compilation of standards and best practices for BPO practitioners – real estate agents and brokers. A Broker Price Opinion (BPO) is a report that is prepared by a real estate agent or broker that details the probable selling price of a house or property. The standards and guidelines contained in BPOSG are utilized in determining the probable selling price of residential real estate properties. BPOSG can be thought of as set of quality control measures that adhere to the fundamentals, techniques, procedures, and best practices for real estate price evaluations.

The standards portion dictates what a BPO practitioner must do such as ethics and conduct, disclosures, proper application of techniques, etc. Guidelines are best practices and/or procedures that are widely accepted, yet allow for flexibility in application. The guidelines contained in BPOSG allow for flexibility in order to meet a diversity of requirements that are needed throughout the valuation industry.

BPOSG has been well received within the industry since its first edition and the latest version serves to bring the guidelines up-to-date and make sure they are still relevant.

eMortgage Logic supports the education and training that NABPOP provides and encourages their partners to adhere to the BPOSG and become NABPOP certified.

President and CEO of the Scottsdale, Arizona-based NABPOP Ralph Sells said of the release, “The BPOSG has grown to be a collaborative effort by many industry professionals and has expanded in scope and recognition.”

Sells continued, “We feel the BPOSG is important and imperative to the success of our partners in the field as well as our employees reviewing BPOs. The BPOSG is quickly becoming the industry Gold Standard for real estate and mortgage professionals. I’m pleased with its wide use and acceptance and we look forward to new changes and ideas from the community since the BPO Standards and Guidelines are a dynamic document meant to grow and evolve.”