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Was This Home Overimproved or Underimproved?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

How about underimproved? What do these things indicate? The Appraisal of Real Estate, fifteenth edition on page 352, states that “…the relationship between land and improvements and the relationship between a property and its environment must be in balance for a property to achieve its optimum market value.

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Is Your “Crazy” Neighbor Lowering Your Home’s Value?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Let’s talk about it. They also complained about there being noisy. Part of our work as appraisers is to consider whether situations like this are influencing the market value of the home we are appraising. And having a difficult neighbor can at times diminish our view of what we feel the market value of our property is.

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What’s The Leaven Causing Home Prices to Rise Today?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Recently, some of my well-intentioned clients have asked if it is possible to appraise a home, based upon a “normal market”. Let’s talk about the difference between today’s market and the one during the years leading up to the bursting of the housing bubble in the Great Recession of 2008. How does yeast work? For instance, sourdough.

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How Depreciation Works

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

What is the primary reason a newly built home has a higher market value than the same home that is older? What is depreciation? What do they indicate and how do appraiser’s measure depreciation? What do they indicate and how do appraiser’s measure depreciation?

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Together Again – The MBA Annual Conference Recap

Appraisal Buzz

The appraisal industry was front and center at this show and most of the appraisal discussion centered around three specific topics: Technology, Trainees, and Diversity. First, they found that there was not a drop off in quality between the desktop appraisal and traditional appraisals.

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Tough Decisions: How Caregivers Can Help Elderly or Disabled Loved Ones in Decline

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

I hope that you are doing good and hanging in there! June reached out to me to see if I would be interested in having her write a piece for the Cleveland Appraisal Blog, on helping the elderly or disabled when they are in decline. No doubt you feel the same about your family and loved ones who may have declining health.

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Here are 4 macro trends impacting the 2022 housing market

Housing Wire

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. What are the drivers of housing demand in 2022? Here are 7 trends to watch in the 2022 appraisal market. After the series wraps, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. The event is exclusively for HW+ members , and you can go here to register.