FHA INFO 2025-60: FHA Updates Appraiser Roster Management Policies and Procedures

December 23, 2025 - Today, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) published Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2025-24, Updates to FHA Appraiser Roster Management.

This ML updates the policies and procedures for roster appraiser management in FHA Connection (FHAC). These updates are essential to ensure that the FHA Appraiser Roster remains accurate and reliable, thus ensuring all appraisers meet FHA eligibility guidelines.

These updates also provide better clarity and easier identification of the FHA Roster Appraisers’ status at any point in time and better align FHA Appraiser Roster requirements to FHA policies, processes and systems. Once an appraiser has completed the application process and is approved to be placed on the roster, its eligibility records are maintained indefinitely in FHA systems. However, there are circumstances that may impact an appraiser’s status and eligibility to perform FHA appraisals at a point in time.

Specifically, this ML updates the appraiser:

• roster application form;
• tracking documentation requirements for state appraiser certifications;
• renewal process;
• post-approval requirements;
• remedial education requirements; and
• removal of eligibility from the roster.

The provisions of this ML are effective immediately and apply to all Single-Family Title II forward and Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) programs.

Appraisers and other interested parties are encouraged to review the ML in its entirety and contact the FHA Resource Center (referenced below) with any questions.