McKissock

JANUARY 31, 2023

As part of our Question of the Month survey series, we asked members of our appraisal community, “What’s one thing you wish real estate agents knew about the appraisal process?” Thank you to the large number of appraisers who shared their input! ” “To answer the phone when an appraiser calls.”

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Birmingham Appraisal

AUGUST 23, 2023

How Can Appraisers and Agents Work Together? In the often chaotic world of real estate, the appraiser-agent relationship can contribute to a smoother process. There are many areas that appraisers and agents can inform and educate one another so that each of their jobs is done more successfully.

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Appraiser and Agent Collaboration is a Good Thing The importance of collaboration between real estate agents and appraisers can be a touchy subject. On one hand, the real estate agent’s main goal is to advocate for their client while the appraiser must be an impartial and non-biased third party.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 13, 2023

Appraisal Tips For Real Estate Agents As a real estate appraiser with over 30 years of experience, I have seen many changes and challenges in the appraisal profession and the real estate market. I believe that appraisers and agents have a common goal: to help their clients buy or sell a home.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 21, 2023

Helping Agents Understand Appraisal Factors That Impact Home Sales In the world of real estate, accurate property valuation plays an important role in the home buying and selling process. Real estate agents, as trusted guides for their clients, must possess a good understanding of the factors that influence property appraisals.

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National Association of Realtors

MARCH 11, 2021

The appraisal process remains a challenge for real estate agents across the country. Learn some of the best ways to work with appraisers to make more deals.

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Birmingham Appraisal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Tips To Make An Agent’s Life Easier The job of a real estate agent is extensive. There was a popular post that many agents were sharing on Facebook recently that listed all of the hats that an agent must wear. Most agents put together this information for potential buyers so why not share it with the appraiser?

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East Coast Appraisal

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you are buying a home, your mortgage company orders the appraisal and you receive a copy of the URAR with your closing paperwork, if not sooner. If you are selling a property, you do not receive a copy of the appraisal. Your listing agent will, however, let you know if the property appraised at or above the agreed-upon price.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Mat Ishbia, CEO of UWM, said in a statement that the move is meant to “jump-start purchase season” and that this offering will give independent mortgage brokers a significant edge with real estate agents and borrowers in a rising rate, purchase-focused environment. Sponsored Video.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

“This is a standardized data collection done at the property, which brings objective, transparent data into the whole process,” he said. “I I think that not only drives this program, but paves the way for a better appraisal process when an appraisal is needed.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2023

Clear Capital – the 2022 HousingWire Tech100 mortgage company , founded in 2019, has completed more than 250,000 data collections for agency loans, which utilize appraisal modernization programs. The company has a panel of more than 4,200 brokers and agents, allowing lenders to provide 97% coverage nationwide.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Guide them through escrow Once you’ve won the offer, help your clients through the contingencies, inspections, the appraisal process and the final walk-through. All of these action items are things that professional, experienced real estate agents should practice already. This is how repeat and referral business happens.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JULY 12, 2023

How Agents Can Use The Law of Diminishing Return When Pricing a Listing As a real estate appraiser with over 30 years of experience, I have witnessed firsthand the critical role that accurate pricing plays in the success of real estate transactions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2021

Find out more about technology and solutions specifically geared to empower the community lender to offer personalized service to borrowers and to the real estate agent partners from loan application to closing. ” The post Reggora gets Series B funding, eyes 2-day appraisals appeared first on HousingWire. Presented by: Maxwell.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As we’re implementing technology, we always try to think of things that are going to improve the experience for all stakeholders: homeowners, real estate agents, investors, rating agencies, appraisers, loan officers, mortgage brokers. Everybody is affected by the appraisal process. SW: What keeps you up at night?

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Birmingham Appraisal

AUGUST 2, 2023

A Guide to Selecting the Right Appraiser Selecting a real estate appraiser is a crucial decision that can significantly impact your financial transactions and investments. Trustworthy appraisers uphold the highest ethical standards, maintaining objectivity and impartiality in their work. As always, thanks for reading.

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Empire Appraisal Group

JULY 1, 2021

5 Appraisal Topics Every Agent Should Know. Source: 5 Appraisal Topics Every Agent Should Know | Realtor Magazine. Appraisers are an integral part of the real estate sales process. Interacting With an Appraiser at a Property. Agents can also explain why some sales are not comparable.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2020

According to FHFA director Mark Calabria, modernizing the appraisal process has the potential to create a more “streamlined and accurate collateral valuation process.” According to the FHFA, hybrid appraisals would increase coverage for rural markets and high-volume areas where time becomes a greater issue.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

MYTH: The appraisal process for VA loans is more stringent and difficult than conventional loans. REALITY: The appraisal process is similar to conventional and other government-sponsored loans. The VA approves and contracts with local appraisal professionals to ensure a seamless process.

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The Appraiser Coach

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I enjoyed the opportunity I had to talk to him and teach him about how the appraisal process works. We talked for about 40 minutes, and I left feeling like I had helped him understand a few things about how appraisals work and why his home would not be valued at the same price as his brother’s home many miles away.

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Midtown Appraisal Group

JUNE 22, 2021

Until the pandemic, like many appraisers, I often didn’t interact with property owners during the appraisal process: A financial institution would call with an appraisal request, I’d make arrangements with the real estate agent to pick up the keys or access the lockbox, and do the inspection when the owners or residents were at work. […]. (..)

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Counseling buyers, sellers, owners, and tenants on inspections and remediations, improvements, and the appraisal process. Completing Evaluations in compliance with the Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines. My comments: Real estate agents and brokers are salespersons. Appraiser and Publisher Appraisal Today.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A floor plan can give a seller a much more accurate sense of their property’s square footage, as well as a sense of how that might impact its marketability or the appraisal process. There’s no excuse not to have it on your listings now because if you’re a listing agent, it’ll take you five minutes and cost you nothing,” Allen said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Since trainees are not allowed to do appraisals without the supervision of a licensed appraiser, appraisers have little incentive to take them on. But relying on other sources for the data needed to conduct a desktop appraisal, the listing agent, for example, could be risky.

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Realtor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A good understanding of the home appraisal process will go a long way toward comprehending how your home’s value is determined. First, a home appraiser will pull comparable listings (called “comps”) from the nearby area. Here’s how to find a real estate agent in your area. That’s simply not the case.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

What Appraisers Wish Real Estate Agents Understood McKissock Survey Question: “What’s one thing you wish real estate agents knew about the appraisal process? I will always remember when, many years ago, a top local real estate agent asked me why I was driving around taking photos of homes.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 24, 2022

McKissock Learning and Incenter Appraisal Management are equally focused on empowering appraisers to remain the key stakeholders in the appraisal process. Additional webinars will be scheduled on an ongoing basis. For more information, please visit incenteram.com. About McKissock Learning.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The future of appraisals is murky at the moment, with so much of the housing industry moving to online platforms in an attempt to social distance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

It’s a model in stark contrast to that of inspections for traditional appraisals. It may also be viewed as revolutionary for an industry in which the most significant change to the appraisal process in the past few decades was the advent of appraisal management companies as an intermediary between lenders and appraisers.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 13, 2022

Reimagining the appraisal process has long been a goal for many, and I’m excited that our ability to create a property’s 3D Digital Twin will be used to benefit both cash-out refinance sellers as well as borrowers,” said Asteroom’s CEO & Co-Founder Eric Tsai. About Asteroom Inc.:

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Birmingham Appraisal

MARCH 26, 2024

I was asked a question recently by an agent who was having problems finding comps. They wanted to know if it was okay to use new construction sales in an appraisal of an older home. Appraisal Process To answer this it’s important to understand the appraisal process.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

John Bell, deputy director at the VA, said the agency has made strides in recent years to get loans processed and out the door in a timely manner. We now will have our first training group that will be intensely focused on just spreading the word, getting information out to lenders, veterans and real estate agents.

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Kairos Appraisal Services

JANUARY 9, 2023

Property comparables, called “property comps” for short, play a significant role in the home appraisal process.

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Birmingham Appraisal

MARCH 26, 2024

I was asked a question recently by an agent who was having problems finding comps. Appraisal Process To answer this it’s important to understand the appraisal process. When we appraise a house, we’re figuring out how much it’s worth.

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Rowe Appraisal Group

MAY 5, 2020

A couple of days ago I was sitting down to start writing a blog post on how to streamline the initial appraisal process, specifically gathering information on the subject property prior to doing the inspection. Tom’s blog post, as always, is top notch and has lots of good tips and suggestions for agents and homeowners alike.

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Rowe Appraisal Group

MAY 5, 2020

A couple of days ago I was sitting down to start writing a blog post on how to streamline the initial appraisal process, specifically gathering information on the subject property prior to doing the inspection. Tom’s blog post, as always, is top notch and has lots of good tips and suggestions for agents and homeowners alike.

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Empire Appraisal Group

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Forty-seven percent of real estate professionals say they have had a transaction fall through due to a problem in the appraisal process, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2022 Appraisal Survey. (nar.realtor). © eyecrave productions – E+/Getty Images.

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