Episode 8: The road to Irish Blue Book valuation – European Valuer interviews Patrick Davitt FIPAV REV, CEO of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers (IPAV)

• The Ireland of the past: Red Book and nothing else
• The financial and property crisis proved to be the catalyst for the introduction of European Valuation Standards
• How IPAV supported by TEGOVA persuaded the Central Bank of Ireland to take up EVS 
• The hard slog of getting valuation-commissioning government departments and banks to rewrite their procedures and template valuation reports to accommodate EVS