William (Bill) Balsom
AACI, P. App., Partner
Phone: (709) 738-1000
Cell: (709) 682-7205
Email: bbalsom@kba.ca
As an independent appraiser for over forty years, Bill has extensive appraisal and consulting experience encompassing a broad spectrum of residential, commercial and industrial real estate. He has presented technical reports and expert testimony before all levels of court. As a consultant, Bill has provided advice on several special purpose projects including due diligence, lease negotiations, and office/warehouse accommodation studies. Bill has traveled the province extensively performing property assessment reviews and appeals, achieving substantial tax savings for local, national and regional clients.
Bill has developed sound expertise in real estate expropriation and arbitration matters, as an expert witness, board member and panel chair.
- Applied Arts Diploma in Appraisal Assessment from Cabot Institute – 1978
- Canadian Residential Appraiser (CRA) – Appraisal Institute of Canada – 1983
- Accredited Appraiser, (AACI, P. App) – Appraisal Institute of Canada – 1988
- 1978 -1979 – Parnham and Kirkland Appraisals
- 1979 – 1990 – Property Appraisals Limited
- 1990 – Present – Partner – Kirkland, Balsom & Associates – Atlantic Realty Advisors
- Accredited Member – Appraisal Institute of Canada
- Canadian Property Tax Association (CPTA)
- St. John’s Board of Trade
- Supreme Court of Newfoundland
- Provincial Court of Newfoundland
- Arbitration and Expropriation panels as witness, board member and panel chair.
- Various Provincial Assessment Review Courts