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Cleveland Appraisal Blog
APRIL 11, 2023
With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Isn’t that all that appraisers do? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value?
Cleveland Appraisal Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
FINISHED SQUARE FOOTAGE On more than one occasion some who have read my appraisal reports felt that my opinion of value was too high. They felt that way because of sales they saw on Zillow that appeared to be comparable and sold for less than my opinion of the market value of the property I appraised.
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Cleveland Appraisal Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
One big one is their Zestimate’s inaccuracy at predicting market value, and more specifically, they were relying on their own Zestimates to make important decisions like buying & selling homes. They are excellent at marketing. And to be honest, they do provide some useful information to the public.
Cleveland Appraisal Blog
MAY 26, 2023
The opposing side in one of the cases required that a new valuation be completed by a state-certified appraiser. In the other case, my client’s attorney recommended having their marital property appraised. But the owner felt that a real estate agent could do the same type of valuation as an appraiser.
Walitt Solutions
MAY 24, 2024
, I find in those discussion groups a lot of the same types of questions my firm discovers when we provides assistance to appraisers, whether that is part of coaching or part of support around a state complaint filed against the appraiser. My market value conclusion came in below the purchase contract price.
Town & Country Residential Appraisals
MAY 8, 2023
When it comes to appraising a property, appraisers must take into account all agreements of sale. According to Standards Rule 1-5 in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), we are required to analyze any contracts for sale.
McKissock
AUGUST 13, 2021
What is in the sales contract that an appraiser actually needs to see? For a typical “as-is” Market Value assignment with a straightforward contract with no contingencies or conditions, there is probably nothing that an appraiser actually needs to see. When contract prices and value often differ.
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