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Appraisers and Property Data Collectors

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NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Liability, Bias, reviewers with little experience, GSE modernization, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. acre lot A spectacular midcentury modern home, cantilevered 16 feet in the air, recently hit the market for $3 million in Oakland, CA.

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VA Approves Desktops and Exterior-Only Appraisals

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Fannie: Learn how valuation modernization is changing collateral underwriting – Video, 1 hour, 23 minutes. Excerpt from emailed notice: “Valuation Modernization: New perspectives on collateral underwriting” is a must-see for underwriters and appraisal reviewers. It has a giant rock in it.

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

This looks a lot like the housing boom that we saw prior to the 2007–09 financial crisis.” That percentage was last seen in September 2007 – yes, at the start of the housing crisis (as the chart shows). He was one of the authors of a recent report that found signs of a housing bubble in the real estate market. It’s a 5-bedroom, 7.75-bath

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FHA: Cosmetic vs. MPR Repairs

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NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraisal “modernization”, bias hearing, bad appraiser, USPAP, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == Appraiser pleads guilty in $1.3B billion tax fraud scheme. Owners with conservation easements can claim an income tax deduction.

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How to Find Comps With Few Sales

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acre lot, built in 2007 The chateau was listed in 2014 for $12.8 Resembling a modern French Chteau, it features a freshwater lake, manicured gardens, and three levels of luxurious living spaces. But the waterfront building’s more-recent design is rooted in a nautical past. Excerpts: 8 bedrooms, 7.5+ baths, 12,770 sq.ft.,

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Appraisers and Local Market Analysis

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It’s a modern Cape with two bedrooms upstairs and two downstairs,” Maiser says. It started in 2007 in Vacaville, near Sacramento, CA. The wild designs that cover the walls and ceilings are made of caulking compound, paint, Styrofoam, and wood. “We Vault built in 1959 for The Bank of Boston, by the Army Corp of Engineers.

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FED’S ACTIONS TAKE STEAM OUT OF HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

Waller went on to say this adjustment is in no way like the horrific housing/financial crises of 2007-2010. Design hints of the past blend seamlessly with custom contemporary interiors to bring forward a home well worth living in. That’s the first time a Fed official has acknowledged the U.S. We are nowhere near that! bath , 7490 sq.