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What is the Market in ‘Market Value’?

George Dell

Everyone knows what’s a market — (or do they)? Market Value is the ultimate goal of appraisals, of AVMs, of evaluations, of BPOs, hybrids, exceptions, and all forms of opinions (everyone has one). So, market value must be based on “the market”! To measure it, we must first know what it is.

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Understanding Zillow’s Square Footage is Important!

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

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. So, what’s the big deal?

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REcolorado MLS CEO on the power of data and the MLS

Housing Wire

Gene Millman, president and CEO, REcolorado The value of the MLS cannot be understated. REcolorado has strategically boosted that value with a focus on building a trusted, cooperative, and comprehensive real estate marketplace to position customers for success. Here’s what he had to say about the future of the MLS.

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Tom Ferry launches AI coaching chatbot TomAI

Housing Wire

The firm describes TomAI as a “version of ChatGPT trained on 20+ years proven-effective real estate strategy from hundreds of the industry’s leading coaches and thousands of market-dominating agents.” It’s truly like having a convo with a coach who knows exactly what I need to hear and how to guide me, whether it’s at 8 a.m.

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Side’s Hilary Saunders discusses the evolution of brokerage models

Housing Wire

I think what we are definitely going to see is a fall-off of the old way of doing things,” Saunders told attendees at HousingWire ’s The Gathering. “I I think what we are definitely going to see is a fall-off of the old way of doing things,” Saunders told attendees at HousingWire ’s The Gathering.

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Reverse mortgage payouts have fallen, but borrowers may still find value: AARP

Housing Wire

These sentiments echo what Simmons shared with RMD at the beginning of this year when asked about how business is progressing after the general tumult observed in 2023. It] depends on an individual’s capacity to borrow, the reasons for borrowing and what they’re going to use the money for,” McClary told AARP.

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Here’s how brokerage valuation works

Housing Wire

Second, the residential housing market is highly seasonal, highly cyclical and as we are all keenly aware, highly volatile. Second, the residential housing market is highly seasonal, highly cyclical and as we are all keenly aware, highly volatile. approach to value. Like selling a home, comps are heavily considered.

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