Matt D. Browne, MAI, R/W-AC | Managing Director
Matt Browne is Managing Director of O’Brien Right of Way Valuation and has more than 25 years of real estate appraisal and consulting experience. Mr. Browne enjoys serving clients by managing and executing multiple-parcel projects with the utmost efficiency and quality. Also, he has focused much of his career on litigation support and enjoys serving his clients as an expert witness in the Eminent Domain, DIV/Title Dispute, Bankruptcy, and other real estate spaces. He has extensive experience in testimony for Special Commissioners’ hearings as well as at the State and Federal trial level. Mr. Browne has valued properties in Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Mr. Browne has a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate Studies with a concentration in Finance and Appraisal from Marylhurst University. He is a designated member of the Appraisal Institute and the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) Chapter 36.
The main properties that Mr. Browne has appraised include vacant land, multifamily, hotels/motels, professional/medical office buildings, industrial, retail, single family residential and self-storage properties. In addition to these properties, numerous other specialty use properties have also been appraised.
Professional Activities
Appraisal Institute – Designated Member (MAI)
– Central Texas Chapter, Past President
Member – International Right of Way Association, Chapter 36 (R/W-AC)
- Region 2 liaison to the International Valuation Committee
TxDOT – Awarded Department of Transportation Professional Real Estate Appraisal Services (PREAS) contract
Media
“Fundamental Valuation Rules All ROW Practitioners Should Know, Part 2” Right of Way Magazine. May/June 2023
“Fundamental Valuation Rules All ROW Practitioners Should Know, Part 1” Right of Way Magazine. March/April 2023
“Fundamental Valuation Concepts in Right of Way Acquisition” IRWA Region 2 & 6 Seminar, Hilton Head, South Carolina. March 31, 2023
“Economic Unit Cases in Texas: Every Right of Way Practitioner Should Know” IRWA Chapter 36 Spring Seminar, Mansfield, Texas. April 30, 2021
“Analysis of the Uncommon Remainder” CLE International, Austin, Texas. February 10, 2020
“This Little House on the Parkway: Measuring Proximity Impact in Single Family Residences” IRWA International Education Conference, June 12, 2019
“Measuring the Value Impact of Residential Proximity to a Highway” IRWA Chapter 36 Spring Seminar, Southlake, Texas. May 3, 2019
“Paying for What is Taken: Allocating Land Value within An Economic Unit” IRWA Chapter 36 Spring Seminar, Mansfield, Texas. April 20, 2018
“Paying for What is Taken: Allocating Land Value within An Economic Unit” CLE International, Austin, Texas. February 2, 2018