‘Wildly Inappropriate Behavior’: Real Estate Group Is Accused of Cover-ups

The Appraisal Institute faces concerns that one of its leaders has a history of harassing women and that it did not disclose that some certification exams were incorrectly scored.Cindy Chance, left, a former chief executive of the Appraisal Institute, sued the trade group on Thursday, claiming sexual harassment and retaliation. Her suit follows that of Alissa Akins, right, who says she was fired after blowing the whistle on errors in the tests used to train and certify appraisers.