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Billionaires Row Continues to be Challenged

Miller Samuel

Since contract data is not public record and is easily manipulated, I estimated the state of the key buildings as best I could, using ACRIS for closed sales, Streeteasy contract tags, and feedback from market experts in and around the brokerage community. I was asked by the New York Post to provide a snapshot of this submarket.

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Build or Buy: Consider What's Right for You

Eppraisal

You also have a say in every architectural choice, from the floor plans to the materials builders will use in construction. Generally, the process includes a preliminary phase — which involves signing contracts for the architectural design and site plans — and pre-construction, where the project gets approval.

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Why Appraisal Workfiles Are Important

Appraisal Today

Upon arrival, you’re greeted by a lavish motor court leading to timeless modern architecture. With shifts in existing and pending home sales, new home sales, construction activity, and economic indicators such as inflation and mortgage rates, appraisers are navigating a complex landscape. built in 1825 Excerpts: 8 bedrooms, 5.5+

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Appraiser Has Very Big Problems With Borrower

Appraisal Today

After a major interior makeover, the architecturally significant home is in Houston‘s upscale Piney Point Village neighborhood. That’s what makes midcentury architecture so appealing: It brings the outside in.” An example of this in real estate appraisal is the purchase and sale contract. Excerpts: five bedrooms, 4.5

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USPAP Myths for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

baths An architectural masterpiece designed by World renowned architect Harry Gesner and a wonderful fusion of modern architectural style with Gothic castle. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) increased to 6.76 percent the previous week.

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What is Your Appraiser Level? Why Does It Make a Difference?

Appraisal Today

Although architectural styles used to signify something of their region—think Craftsman homes in the Northwest, Colonial in the Northeast, or the sprawling California ranch house—today’s architectural styles are less locationally driven and more about the individual lifestyles being framed within them. percent from 6.39 percent from 6.26

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2024 USPAP Changes Clarify Nondiscrimination

Appraisal Today

The vast majority of complaints (but not all) stem from an appraisal that comes in below the contract price or the targeted refinance “number” where the homeowner, or even the buyer, identifies as part of a minority racial or ethnic group. Care was taken to move as little earth as possible during construction. percent from 7.90