Birmingham Appraisal

MARCH 21, 2023

A Look at How Market Trends are used in the Real Estate Appraisal Process The real estate market is constantly changing, and market trends play a crucial role in helping an appraiser determine property values. A real estate appraisal is a process of determining the market value of a property.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

2024 USPAP Source: Appraisal Foundation The 2024 Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice is now available for purchase in physical and digital formats. When USPAP started, it was very exciting as appraisers had to decide what needed to be changed or added. This covers all Definitions, Rules, and Standards.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

More Crazy Appraisal Stories! Excerpt: Restraining Orders & Appraisals – Never a Great Mix. The majority of my appraisal work is on divorces and estates, both of which have their fair share of crazy stories. I was appraising a home for a divorce several years ago. Many thanks to Appraisal Buzz for the image above.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2022

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), recently issued $305 million in Fannie Mae MSR-backed notes to “qualified institutional buyers” via an offering dubbed Series 2022-FT1, PFSI’s SEC filing shows. The post Pennymac launches two MSR-backed private offerings appeared first on HousingWire.

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Hank Miller Team

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Someone certain to be on the radar of all is the appraiser; sometimes an ally, sometimes an enemy. Home Sellers & Appraisers When an owner decides to list, their first move to solicit a real estate agent. Blame the market, not that the home was overpriced. The appraiser’s word is final, the agent needs to get it done.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Fannie Mae Filed a Complaint Against Me October 18, 2023 Excerpts: In June of 2021, I completed an appraisal for a conventional purchase. The appraisal was ordered by an AMC on behalf of a lender. At that time, the real estate market was still being wildly affected by the COVID pandemic. There were no “better comps” to be used.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 17, 2022

Excerpt: We continue to see claims alleging that the rural property appraiser failed to adequately identify or report details surrounding a water source. In one claim, the appraiser correctly noted that the property was serviced by a “private water well.” Appraisers – check the water source! Hybrid appraisal survey ).

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Appraisal Today

JULY 1, 2022

Excerpts: Appraisers, this article was prompted by my ‘coming in contact with several appraisal reports where different regional appraisers report the physical location of the subject property “in” a particular City associated with the postal ZIP Code for that City. Appraisal Business Tips . Humor for Appraisers.

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

Appraisal Changes By Dan Bradley Excerpts: On January 18, 2023, HUD issued an announcement regarding revisions made to Handbook 4000.1. The most significant of these revisions was the elimination of the requirement to include the 1004MC form as an attachment to the appraisal report. How much do appraisers contribute?

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Appraisers are still required to comply with USPAP when responding to an ROV request, including the confidential nature of assignment results. My comments : ROVs are a PITA for many appraisers. Greg Stephens is a very experienced appraiser and reviewer. Reconsideration of Appraised Value. Appraisal Business Tips

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Appraisal Today

JANUARY 20, 2023

Top Ten Reasons Why It Is Great to be an Appraiser! 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. To read more, click here My comments: It has been a while since appraisers made negative concession adjustments.

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Town & Country Residential Appraisals

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Most people know that appraisals need to be completed for lending purposes. But did you know there are a number of other reasons you should be contracting an appraiser to perform a professional valuation on your property? When you are a cash buyer you definitely want to get an appraisal.

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Listing Spark

MARCH 15, 2022

Here are a few tips on how to avoid hurting your home appraisal: What is a home appraisal? Home appraisals are a method by which an appraiser reviews a home and compares them to homes in a specific neighborhood to determine their fair market price. What is the home appraisal process like?

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Lamacchia Realty

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

“The Zestimate® home valuation model is Zillow’s estimate of a home’s market value. A Zestimate incorporates public, MLS and user-submitted data into Zillow’s proprietary formula, also taking into account home facts, location and market trends. It is not an appraisal and can’t be used in place of an appraisal.” -via

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The inter-bank rate stands at about 3.1%, coincidentally the exact figure that Freddie Mac reported at the start of 2022 as the average mortgage rate in the U.S. supply in 2022, according to an August report from leasing platform RentCafé , which forecasts 15,300 new units this year in the Seattle region. Not in 2022.

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