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Appraiser Countersues Alleged Discrimination

Appraisal Today

Filed in August 2022 in the U.S. Plaintiffs cannot transform allegations of incompetence or a breach of appraisal industry standards into racial discrimination by baldly alleging that Mr. Lanham believed that Plaintiffs did not belong in their neighborhood and that their home was worth less than other homes because of their race.

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The End of Lender Appraisals?

Appraisal Today

The End of Home Appraisals? As with all banned words, Freddie’s list will lead to the need to ban additional words over time as appraisers, expunging the word “desirable,” will find synonyms when analyzing market reaction to the views of two homes or to the cul-de-sac location of a home versus the midblock location of a comparable.

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King County Housing Market ‘Springing’ in Right Direction

Will Springer Realtor

Existing-home sales, pending contracts and new-home construction pending contracts have turned the corner and climbed for the past three months.”  Locally, the number of home buyers signing pending-sale contracts has risen for four consecutive months – indicating an increase in demand. from February but down 9.4%