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NORSK TAKST (NT)

Coordinates
Visiting Address:
Klingenberggata 7 A
NO-0161 Oslo
Postal Address:
PO BOX 1516, Vika
NO-0117 OSLO
Tel: +47 22 08 76 00
Structure
President: Sture J. Pettersen
Vice-President: Roger Andersen
Managing Director: Are Andenæs Huser
Secretariat: 10 staff
Number of qualified valuers through valuation companies (individuals): 1.325
Number of valuation companies: 520
Member of TEGoVA since: 1983
Category of membership: Associate
NTF represents 520 valuation companies and approximately 1325 independent valuers.
Permanent Representatives to TEGOVA

Sture J. Pettersen
President

Are Andenæs Huser
Managing Director
Tel: +47 900 36 522
Fax: +47 22 57 26 66
Brief History and Role
NTF represents 520 valuation companies and approximately 1325 independent valuers and surveyors. NTF has two subsidiary companies, Norges Eiendomsakademi AS - NEAK (The Norwegian Real Estate Academy Ltd.) and Verdi NTFS AS (Value NTFS Ltd.). The three entities in the group employ 20 persons of which 10 are employed by NTF. The headquarter are located in the center of Oslo.
Principal Areas of Policy
* Public Affairs
* Education
* Code of Ethics & Professional Standards
* Certification
* EU Affairs
Principal Activities
* Participation in legislative process relevant to the real estate market
* Professional Standards
* Design and approval of professional reports
* Code of Ethics
* Defining specifications for valuers in the area of:
• CPD
• Computer applications
• Educational requirements for valuers
*Certification of valuers belonging to NTF
* To give the valuation business a public image
* Conferences
Organisation
All 1325 valuers belong to one of 18 local departments.
The General Assembly of NTF meets every year - all members are invited to attend.
A board of district branches' chairmen meets every fall to discuss budgets and goals for the next year.
The executive board of Norsk takst consists of 5 persons meeting on a monthly basis.
Membership Includes
Regular members are valuation corporations only.
To qualify for membership, a valuation company must have at least one certified valuer connected full time to the company, either by employment or by contract.
To ensure recruitment of qualified people to the valuation business, a certificate for valuers in training has also been established.
Publications
EVS
AVAG translated the European Valuation Standards 2016 into Norwegian.
Other
All communication with members takes place through electronic media.
The web-site of NTF has a public section (including a brief English chapter) and an extranet for members only.
The communication on professional matters takes place either in the extranet or through a regular newsletter distributed by e-mail.