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Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser Examination (National Uniform Examination) — Appraiser Qualifications Board, The Appraisal Foundation

The Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser exam is the national exam from the Appraiser Qualifications Board for appraisers who value residential property, covering market analysis, the sales comparison, cost and income approaches, reconciliation, statistics and USPAP. The real exam has 125 questions, 110 of them scored, in four hours. SummitCert's portal gives you explained practice questions, flashcards, a timed 110-question mock exam and progress tracking by area.

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  • Real Estate Market
  • Property Description
  • Land or Site Valuation
  • Sales Comparison Approach
  • Cost Approach
  • Income Approach
  • Reconciliation
  • USPAP

Certified Residential Appraiser Exam exam requirements & cost

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Eligibility
You take the exam after completing the required qualifying education and experience hours, and you register and schedule through your state appraiser regulatory agency (The Appraisal Foundation)
Real exam cost
Set by your state appraiser regulatory agency and testing provider; confirm the current fee with your state agency
Format
125 questions (110 scored, 15 unscored) · four hours · administered at the state level through the testing provider your state agency contracts

The Appraisal Foundation lists the Certified Residential examination at 125 questions, of which 110 are scored and 15 are unscored questions used to evaluate future exam content, with four hours allowed. The exam is administered at the state level: you take it through the testing provider contracted by your state appraiser regulatory agency, which gives the details on testing locations, remote options and how to schedule. The portal mock has 110 questions in 240 minutes, matching the scored question count and the four-hour time limit; practice content is organised around the areas of the national content outline from real estate market analysis to USPAP. The Appraisal Foundation page does not state the passing score; confirm the scaled passing standard in the current candidate handbook from your state testing provider. The portal mock shows a percent score only as a rough self-check. The Appraisal Foundation does not set one national exam fee: fees depend on your state appraiser regulatory agency and testing provider, so confirm the current amount with your state agency. You take the exam after completing the required qualifying education and experience hours, and you register and schedule through your state appraiser regulatory agency (The Appraisal Foundation).

Last verified: October 2026·Exam blueprint: Verified on October 29, 2026 against The Appraisal Foundation National Uniform Licensing and Certification Examination page (Certified Residential: four hours, 125 questions with 110 scored and 15 unscored, state-level administration). Passing score, retake rules and fees are not stated on that page and are not quoted.·Primary source: The Appraisal Foundation: National Uniform Licensing and Certification Examination ↗
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The Appraisal Foundation lists the Certified Residential examination at 125 questions, of which 110 are scored and 15 are unscored questions used to evaluate future exam content, with four hours allowed. The exam is administered at the state level: you take it through the testing provider contracted by your state appraiser regulatory agency, which gives the details on testing locations, remote options and how to schedule. The portal mock has 110 questions in 240 minutes, matching the scored question count and the four-hour time limit; practice content is organised around the areas of the national content outline from real estate market analysis to USPAP. Format: 125 questions (110 scored) in four hours; the portal mock has 110 questions in 240 minutes, the scored part at the same time limit.

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