Brown Associates is a commercial and residential real estate appraisal company that occasionally rents or sells properties as well. The company has been in Reading for ten years, and was located in Stoneham for twenty years before that. Brown Associates conduct appraisals for mortgage financing and various other purposes. Clients include banks, federal and state agencies, attorneys and private individuals. Owner Thomas Brown is an Federal Housing Administration approved appraiser and member of the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers. Staff appraisers are certified or licensed in Massachusetts and/or New Hampshire.