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Understanding Appraisal Factors That Impact Home Sales: Insights for Real Estate Agents

Birmingham Appraisal

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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Gross Living Area Discrepancies with Public Data May Differ and How They Occur

Boston Appraisal

In most cases, the process of obtaining the GLA requires appraisers to inspect and measure a subject property. These inspections and measurements must conform to the standards and guidelines of the American National Standards Institute, also known as ANSI.

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Gross Living Area Discrepancies with Public Data May Differ and How They Occur

Boston Appraisal

In most cases, the process of obtaining the GLA requires appraisers to inspect and measure a subject property. These inspections and measurements must conform to the standards and guidelines of the American National Standards Institute, also known as ANSI.

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Home Appraisals – What Do They Look For?

D Fritz Appraisals

Home appraisers are trained to inspect and measure your property and perform comparisons that result in an accurate valuation for the current housing market. There are two main parts to a Home Appraisal: Inspection of the property. Type and age of plumbing and other systems (condition would be determined during a home inspection ).

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Inventory needs to increase to balance housing market: Fed Beige Book

Housing Wire

Days on the market are lengthening, and home inspections are becoming the norm again. One real estate agent said that the housing market was in a recession and stated that the only reason that there had not been significant declines in home prices was because of extremely low inventory levels. However, housing affordability worsened.

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5 Ways to Help First-Time Homebuyers

McKissock

A skilled real estate agent can play a major role in guiding these fledgling property owners through the maze that is a real estate transaction. In an interview with Entrepreneur , property experts say that a real estate agent can make or break a home-buying experience. Download for free here. Avoid Pitfalls.

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Drones for Real Estate Photography and Appraisals

D Fritz Appraisals

Using drones for real estate photography is a topic that drew a lot of chatter in the early 2010’s as a hotly debated topic among real estate agents. With commercial drone use now legal in Canada, it’s worth considering whether drone photography and videography is also helpful for real estate appraisal inspections.