Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In my city of 78,000 population, there are over 10,000 buildings constructed prior to 1930, including many classic Victorians. Many downtown mixed-use buildings (retail and apartments) are in my city. So, don’t say something open ended like: “the intended use is to provide a fair market value of the property.”

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Note: This update does not apply to newly constructed manufactured homes because these items must be present on all new units. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) increased to 7.70 The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs increased to 6.52

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Spend hours writing volumes of supporting documentation to justify the market value of a property you already decided on when you pulled into the driveway. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) increased to 6.76 percent of total applications from 39.4

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Property Metrics

AUGUST 13, 2020

A liquid asset is one that can be sold immediately at market value. If an owner had to sell a piece of real estate by the end of the day, chances are that it would be for a price far below market value. The degree of illiquidity varies according to location, property type, and market cycle. Construction Risk.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 17, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on real estate market, USPAP and contracts, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. My Comments on Market Changes. USPAP and the Contract. Excerpt: But USPAP and the contract have a very unique relationship. 8-minute podcast.

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JULY 1, 2022

Excerpt: What’s the difference between a newly constructed home and a hundred-year-old home? When developing an opinion of the market value of a property, what appraisers are really measuring is how much depreciation a property has suffered from, and more specifically how much depreciation the improvements on the land have depreciated.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

If it had a market value of $345k, it would have listed at $345k!”. “Owning this house is a bit like being a celebrity in very weird, eclectic circles,” he said in a recent interview, noting how architecture students would regularly visit to study the home’s sculptural construction. To read more click here.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 14, 2023

For many different reasons, properties can come on the market in less-than-par condition. At some point it’s no longer “normal market value minus cost to cure equals as-is value.” The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 6.30

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