for FRTs........
see.....FDIC regs........citing Title XI .......see letter (g) under definitions.....
http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/rules/2000-4300.html#2000part323.2
AUTHORITY: 12 U.S.C. 1818, 1819 ["Seventh" and "Tenth"], and 3331--3352.
SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 323 appear at 55 Fed. Reg. 33888, August 20, 1990, effective September 19, 1990, except as otherwise noted.
§ 323.1 Authority, purpose, and scope.
(a) Authority. This part is issued under <A href="http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/rules/1000-900.html#1000sec.8a">12 U.S.C. 1818, 1819 ["Seventh" and "Tenth"]
and Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 ("FIRREA") (Pub. L. 101--73, 103 Stat. 183, 12 U.S.C. 3331 et seq. (1989)).
(b) Purpose and scope. (1) Title XI provides protection for federal financial and public policy interests in real estate related transactions by requiring real estate appraisals used in connection with federally related transactions to be performed in writing, in accordance with uniform standards, by appraisers whose competency has been demonstrated and whose professional conduct will be subject to effective supervision. This part implements the requirements of title XI and applies to all federally related transactions entered into by the FDIC or by institutions regulated by the FDIC ("regulated institutions").
(g) Market value means the most probable price which a property should bring in a competitive and open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller each acting prudently and knowledgeably, and assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus. Implicit in this definition is the consummation of a sale as of a specified date and the passing of title from seller to buyer under conditions whereby:
(1) Buyer and seller are typically motivated;
(2) Both parties are well informed or well advised, and acting in what they consider their own best interests;
(3) A reasonable time is allowed for exposure in the open market;
(4) Payment is made in terms of cash in U.S. dollars or in terms of financial arrangements comparable thereto; and
(5) The price represents the normal consideration for the property sold unaffected by special or creative financing or sales concessions granted by anyone associated with the sale.