About Miller Samuel
Established in 1986, Miller Samuel is a family owned residential real estate appraisal and consulting company covering the New York City metro area. The firm provides appraisal valuations in aggregate of as much as $5,000,000,000 annually. Our commercial appraisal affiliate is Miller Cicero, LLC with a similar coverage area. Miller Samuel authors a series of widely followed market reports on the New York City metro area and South Florida.

The Miller Samuel Story
The company was founded by the Miller family who had a variety of real estate experience including appraisal, sales and rental brokerage, property management and development along with a strong interest in technology. Near the end of a successful effort to raise capital to launch a real estate brokerage business, it became apparent that there was a large void in residential valuation expertise. In midst of the 1980s New York City housing boom, Manhattan did not have a traditional multiple listing system and co-op apartments, the predominant residential housing type, were not available in the public record. Hence, Miller Samuel was born in Manhattan on October 1, 1986 and over the ensuing decades expanded appraisal coverage to include the New York City metro area.

Jonathan J. Miller, CRE, CRP

Jonathan Miller is President and CEO of Miller Samuel Inc., a real estate appraisal and consulting firm he co-founded in 1986. He is a state-certified real estate appraiser in New York and Connecticut, performing court testimony as an expert witness in various local, state and federal courts. He holds the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) and Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) designations. He is an Appraiser “A” Member of the Real Estate Board of New York and a member of Relocation Appraisers and Consultants, Inc.

Miller Samuel provides appraisal services on roughly $5 billion worth of property per year in the New York City metropolitan area. He is also co-founder of Miller Cicero, LLC, a commercial real estate valuation firm.

He is the author of a series of market reports considered the “report of record” covering the New York City metropolitan area and South Florida that are relied on by the media, financial institutions and government agencies including the Federal Reserve, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the NYC Office of Management and Budget, the New York State Budget Division Economic Advisory Board and others. He co-authored a research paper for NYU School of Law and the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy titled The Condominium v. Cooperative Puzzle: An Empirical Analysis of Housing in New York City, published in 2007 by the Journal of Legal Studies at the University of Chicago.

Mr. Miller serves on the New York City Mayor’s Economic Advisory Panel representing the residential real estate sector and has participated in studies on valuation issues with academic institutions including New York University, Princeton University, Columbia University and Baruch College. He is a well-regarded real estate commentator, covering US and regional housing issues in the media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, AP, CNBC, CNN, ABC and others.

Mr. Miller is a New York State Real Estate Instructor for both qualifying and continuing education courses as well as a New York State Real Estate Appraiser instructor for both qualifying certified general and continuing education courses. He interviews a wide variety of housing and economic experts for his podcast, The Housing Helix with Jonathan Miller.

Dina A. Miller

Dina Miller is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Miller Samuel Inc. She is a certified residential real estate appraiser in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts and has been actively appraising properties since 1986. She is also co-founder of Miller Cicero, LLC, a commercial real estate valuation firm.

Dina is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She was an independent fee appraiser as well as an on-site and off-site real estate rental agent in New York City prior to co-founding Miller Samuel.

She has performed extensive assignments for mortgage origination, relocation, foreclosure, asset valuation, trust and estate purposes over her career. In addition to appraising, Dina manages the day-to-day operations of Miller Samuel with responsibilities for training, hiring, appraisal review, client relations and quality control.

Cheryl H. Miller

Cheryl Miller is a co-founder and the Chief Financial Officer of Miller Samuel Inc. and Miller Cicero, LLC. She is a certified residential real estate appraiser in New York and Connecticut. Cheryl is a graduate of Michigan State University and was an active real estate salesperson and independent fee appraiser in New York prior to co-founding Miller Samuel in 1986.

Cheryl actively manages all financial aspects of Miller Samuel Inc. and Miller Cicero, LLC with responsibilities in accounts payables, accounts receivables, payroll, employee benefits and both corporate and employee insurance.