Studies in the School of Appraisers will take place in Riga from this year August 21 to 24. It will give a comprehensive look on the profession of a real estate property appraiser. To be admitted in the School of Appraisers, the participant should be a student of the last course or a graduate in economics, law or construction. 

“We established the School of Appraisers to select and train promising and responsible young people who are interested in real estate property industry and wish to achieve a professional and prestigious qualification in the future. We especially welcome participants from regional towns where shortage of qualified professionals is observed the most,” says Latio Appraisal Unit Head Roberts Ardavs. „By means of this school, we hope to attract new people to this profession and to launch employment relations with the best of them as well as to financially support them in further education. The profession of a real estate property appraiser is well-paid, demanded on the job market and a prestigious occupation, which will retain its importance after ten or more years.”   

To encourage participants from regions to be enrolled in the School of Appraisers, Latio will pay both for studies and living in Riga. Those who are interested should submit a motivation letter and CV until August 1, 2018, to e-mail personals@latio.lv. Telephone for additional information +371 67142618.

The real estate property appraiser estimates the value of various objects – land, buildings, apartments, offices, industrial and trading premises for a certain work task and purpose. Such valuations are usually needed for purchasing or selling a property, receiving a mortgage credit, drafting financial reports of a company, investing assets into the fixed capital of a company, legal formalities, etc. 

There are two possibilities of obtaining the appraiser’s profession. One is studies in a four-year appraisal programme in Riga Technical University. The other possibility is prior education in economics, law or engineering and eight-month courses granting qualification of a real estate property appraiser’s assistant.