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Zillow Zinged

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

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. Just think how much more difficult it would have been to flip in a declining market.”

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The Difference Between Pricing a Property and Appraising It

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

In recent years, on several occasions, I have been hired to appraise a property after a valuation service was provided for my client by another real estate professional. They had hired the former real estate professional to value their property for the purpose of a divorce.

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Loosening The Knot

Appraisal Buzz

Striving to look through the microscope of empirical thought, we must not forget that our subject is more than real property, it is real people. Imperfect though our efforts may be, we must work to untie the knot of each transaction and of the real estate market as a whole.

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3 Things An Appraisal Should Tell You That You May Not Know

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value? That can have a big impact on market value.

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Navigating the Appraisal Process – What You Need to Know

Simonson Real Estate

An appraisal is an objective, impartial, and unbiased opinion about the value of real property prepared by a State Licensed or Certified professional appraiser. Under fee simple ownership, a property owner may occupy the property and have the right to sell, lease, mortgage, or give an interest away. Note that U.S.

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Helping Lenders Navigate the Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Process

Simonson Real Estate

Under fee simple ownership, a property owner may occupy the property and also has the right to sell, lease, mortgage or give an interest away. Examples: Owner occupied properties don’t have a lease in place and so the property is appraised based on market rents. Clarify What Value or Values are Needed.

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Was This Home Overimproved or Underimproved?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Unless you’re in the property valuation profession, you may not have. 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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