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Company news - new hires, promotions, new offices, new businesses

• Companies looking for other companies to purchase
• Companies looking for appraisers
• New appraisal companies
• Company expansion, new hires, etc.
• Appraisers available for employment

Companies looking for appraisers

• 6/00 Appraisal Enhancement Services is looking for appraisers/reviewers in different areas of the country. Alan Wright at 1-800-657-2400 x 247 abwright@ousleyinc.com 
   www.ousleyinc.com 

Companies looking for other firms to purchase

• (7//00) Mitchell, Maxwell & Jackson, Inc., a New York based appraisal and consulting firm is looking to purchase Metropolitan New York, New Jersey and Connecticut appraisal firms. Will consider retaining staff & present
  ownership. Please reply in confidence to Steven Knobel at
  SKnobel@mail.mmjappraisals.com , through our website: www.mmjappraisals.com , or call 212- 319-7300.
• (7/00)  Looking to buy a residential appraisal firm based in the metropolitan Phoenix area. If you are interested please call Brandon Barnett at 412-901-4253, 617 S. Rockford Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281, or email at bbarnett@realink.com .
  

Appraisers available for employment

New appraisal companies

Company expansion, new hires, etc.

First American/eAppraiseIT adds four new appraisers (6/00)

First American/eAppraiseIT is proud to announce the addition of four new members to our Quality Assurance Team; Patricia Perrine; DeAnna Gladieux, Al Baker and Rick Hortsmeyer. Our corporate headquarters is located in Poway, California with service centers in Poway, California and Danvers, Massachusetts.

Patricia Perrine comes to us from Washington Mutual Bank. Pat worked primarily as a staff appraiser for WAMU performing field inspections. Pat has been a valued member of the appraisal industry for 13 plus years. Pat's email address is pperrine@firstam.com

DeAnna Gladieux joins us via Martin Appraisal Services, which is based out of Toledo, Ohio. DeAnna brings 7 years appraisal experience, primarily performing field inspections. DeAnna's email address is dgladieux@firstam.com

Al Baker comes to us from Hansen Quality Loan Services. Al has 10 plus years experience in the appraisal industry. Al's primary responsibilities at Hansen were in the QA Department as a staff reviewer. Al's email address is albaker@firstam.com

Rick Hortsmeyer also comes to us from Hansen Quality Loan Services. Rick has been part of the appraisal industry for 7 plus years. Rick's primary responsibilities at Hansen were as a staff reviewer in their QA Department. Rick's email address is rhortsmeyer@firstam.com

Primis -  the first appraisal firm to "go IPO" (2/2000) (6/00 update- IPO on hold due to slow IPO market)

Finally, an appraisal company goes public. On January 20, 2000, Primis filed an S-1, Registration Statement for up to $86.2 million of common stock in an initial public offering. Number of shares and share price has not been set yet. 

The filing has some fascinating information, including what they paid for the appraisal firms they purchased (from $18,000 to over $2,000,000). To read the 200+ page filing, go to the SEC’s Edgar database at http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar  and type in Primis in the search box. 

The info on prices paid for appraisal firms is reprinted in the February, 2000 issue of Appraisal Today.. 

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