Craig Owyang, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS, CRE^®

Craig Owyang is a senior vice president and shareholder in Valuation Advisory Services at Kidder Mathews Sacramento office.

Craig is based in the Sacramento office and generally serves the Northern and Central California regions while concentrating in the Sacramento Metropolitan area, San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Joaquin Valley. Craig has been appraising since 1984. While he is versed in the valuation of offices, life sciences, retail/shopping centers, industrial, residential (single-unit, multi-unit, and subdivisions), and agricultural properties, his experience also includes large-scale master planned developments, mitigation banks, conservation easements, charitable contributions of various property types, port properties, and multi-property valuations for public improvement projects. He has also appraised a number of properties for the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Rental Comparability Studies (RCS), United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enhanced Use Leases (EUL), and the United States Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service. Craig has appraised numerous multi-property estates in mid 9-digit amounts as well as single assets as high as the low 10-digit values. His clients have included attorneys, public agencies, non-profit entities, private property owners, estates, and financial institutions.

Craig has been recognized as an expert in valuation in a number of courts as well as arbitration venues. He has acted on behalf of litigants as both a retained expert and as a third party neutral. Craig has been extensively involved with the Appraisal Institute and most recently chaired its Comprehensive Examinations Panel. Past positions with the Appraisal Institute include serving on its board of directors along with being the president of the Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. While not currently holding membership, Craig previously was awarded the MRICS designation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the ARA designation from the American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers.