Appraisal Partners Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

We make the process easy for you and there’s no need for stress or confusion. If you’re wondering how it’ll work, we’ve summed it up for you in the form of a 7 Step Online Appraisal Process. The first thing you need to do to begin the process of getting a property appraisal is fill out our online order form.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 24, 2022

Join us for our upcoming webinar on January 25th at 2 pm, “ The Future of Desktop Appraisals ” with Joshua Walitt and Mark Walser! Learn about all of the new features in RemoteVal – a free inspection app for appraisers! Buzz : What is your background in the appraisal industry? But – it presents challenges too.

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Appraisal Hub

MAY 5, 2024

In this blog, I aim to provide valuable insights and tips from an appraiser’s perspective, empowering real estate agents to navigate the appraisal process with confidence. Understanding the Role of Appraisers: First and foremost, it’s crucial for real estate agents to understand the role of appraisers.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Luke Tomaszewski, an appraiser doing home inspections in the aftermath of the housing bust, was traveling as much as an hour across Chicago just to snap exterior photos of bank-owned properties. At $50 to $100 per inspection, according to ProxyPics, it’s certainly less expensive than sending an appraiser.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

At Tavant , they’re taking a look at the past and present of appraisals to prepare for a better future. Problems with the current state of appraisals One of the current problems with appraisal is the barrier to entry, said Dawn Svedberg, vice president of sales for Tavant. Johnson said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

That’s when SPM conducted an internal analysis and found that its 82 underwriters were spending an average of 45 minutes to an hour reviewing the details of each appraisal, which limited each underwriter’s productivity to 1.5 Are borrower-assisted inspections here to stay? Presented by: CoreLogic.

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Appraiserblogs

MARCH 7, 2024

Mass Appraisal tend to exhibit a regressive nature… In the intricate landscape of real estate mortgage financing, the notion of appraisal waivers recently dubbed “Value Acceptance”, by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), has stirred considerable debate.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The team at Fannie Mae were the first to announce requirements lockstep with their Regulator that desktop appraisals will become a normal part of the appraisal product landscape. Appraisal Labels. Prior to 2020, the most common appraisal label in the mortgage origination ecosystem was the Full Appraisal.

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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! ” “That it’s a process that requires a good amount of time.”

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Riverfront Appraisals

AUGUST 31, 2021

This entire year, I’ve been blogging once a month with the purpose of assisting loan officers to better understand the appraisal process. This month’s blog post will be all about new construction appraisals. These appraisals present unique challenges, but I’ll […].

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

In addition to doing a physical inspection, the appraisal company will also do a comparative financial analysis of other homes in the area and assess how much they sold for. After doing the physical appraisal and running the comparables report, they will provide you with the appraisal report.

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Clear Capital

JULY 14, 2023

As the real estate and mortgage industries work to modernize the home valuation process, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to offer new alternatives to the traditional home appraisal. The introduction of inspection-based appraisal waivers offers an increasingly positive impact to both lenders and consumers.

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D Fritz Appraisals

OCTOBER 11, 2022

How Home Appraisers Decide on the Value of Your Property. There are many reasons you may need to know the value of your property and for this, you need a home appraisal. Home appraisers are trained to inspect and measure your property and perform comparisons that result in an accurate valuation for the current housing market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

From drive-through closings to drone-guided inspections, industry experts got creative to meet the growing demand for new homes for a surge of homebuyers and homeowners who wanted to take advantage of low interest rates. It’s incumbent on the appraiser to verify and determine they have accurate, reliable, credible information,” he said.

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East Coast Appraisal

AUGUST 22, 2023

An appraisal can help you determine the fair market value of your property, negotiate a better deal, or secure a favorable loan. However, getting an appraisal is not as simple as calling an appraiser and scheduling a visit. Discover some tips on how to prepare for a commercial property appraisal.

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Appraisal Technology was front and center at this show. Kenon Chen from Clear Capital discussed the digitization of the appraisal process. Of the 40,000 homeowner inspected hybrid appraisals created, most were on par or better than the traditional appraisals. This is an unprecedented situation.

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Homeowners, Don’t Make These Appraisal Mistakes When Selling Your Home As a real estate appraiser, I have seen many mistakes that sellers make during the appraisal process. These mistakes can significantly impact the value of a property and even lead to an appraisal being lower than the contract price.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Navigating appraisal challenges in today’s housing market. HousingWire recently spoke with PCV Murcor Founder, President and CEO Keith Murray, and COO Cindy Nasser on how the appraisal process can be streamlined in today’s tight housing market. Presented by: PCV Murcor. Poor data visibility.

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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 21, 2023

Real estate agents, as trusted guides for their clients, must possess a good understanding of the factors that influence property appraisals. In this blog post, I’ll discuss key appraisal factors, and common challenges, and offer valuable insights for real estate agents to navigate the appraisal process effectively.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 31, 2022

The first includes development and use of processes to ensure regulatory and policy requirements are being upheld by the business unit originating mortgage products. Appraisal reviews are present in two distinctly different processes within an institution’s risk system – Quality Control and Quality Assurance.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As mortgage underwriters, you understand that a timely appraisal is paramount to a smooth loan approval process. But what if you could skip a traditional appraisal entirely? Well, with the introduction of inspection-based appraisal waivers to the market, you can! How do inspection-based appraisal waivers work?

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Appraisal Today

MARCH 15, 2024

How To Appraise Rural Properties Excerpts: Appraising residential properties in rural areas can be both challenging and rewarding. Unlike the standardized expectations of urban and suburban properties, rural properties often present unique characteristics that require a nuanced approach to valuation.

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Birmingham Appraisal

AUGUST 30, 2023

A Look at Why Your Home May Not Appraise for The Expected Value When it comes to selling or refinancing your home, one of the crucial steps is the appraisal process. Appraisals determine the market value of your property, which affects your ability to secure a loan or make a profitable sale.

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Clear Capital

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Today’s announcement from Fannie Mae — the incorporation of 1004 Desktop appraisals into their Selling Guide for many new purchase loans — is a big step forward in the journey to a fully modern appraisal process. We applaud this move and are dedicated to supporting lenders in the adoption of 1004 Desktop appraisals.

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Clear Capital

MARCH 4, 2022

The mortgage industry is on its way to modernizing the appraisal process. In early February, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored entities (GSEs), incorporated desktop appraisals into their Selling Guides beginning in March 2022. What is a desktop appraisal? Desktop appraisal meaning and definition.

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AmeriMac

APRIL 15, 2024

Understanding Home Appraisals A home appraisal is an official estimate of the fair market value of a home conducted by a licensed and impartial professional appraiser. The appraisal process involves gathering information about the home, the surrounding neighborhood, and recent nearby sales to determine the home’s value.

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AmeriMac

APRIL 30, 2024

These appraisals provide an unbiased estimation of a property’s value, taking into account various factors such as location, condition, size, and recent sales of similar properties in the area. Understanding the commercial real estate appraisal process is crucial for anyone involved in the buying or selling of commercial properties.

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Birmingham Appraisal

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

They then carefully assess each comparable property’s similarities and differences to the subject property, making adjustments as needed to ensure accuracy in the pricing process. The final CMA report presents findings and recommendations to clients, allowing them to make well-informed decisions in their real estate transactions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

When it comes to offering an opinion of ‘good or bad’ on HR 7735 — the VA modernization bill — and its ultimate ability to create a better appraisal process for veteran and active duty borrowers, it’s simply too early to tell with too little information being shared on exactly what changes we should expect. A fundamental change.

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Efforts to increase consistency and accuracy in the property data collection and inspection process should be celebrated, and are key to improving public trust in the appraisal process. It’ll also help build confidence in the accuracy of hybrid appraisals. You might be thinking, “Wait, what’s ClearInsight again?”

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McKissock

JULY 28, 2022

A redesigned, dynamic URAR will replace the numerous and separate appraisal forms and can be used for different property types, such as two-to-four units, condominiums, manufactured homes, and for different scopes of work, such as interior and exterior inspections, updates, and completion assignments.

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AmeriMac

AUGUST 17, 2023

Once the appraisal is completed, the lender will review the report and proceed with the reverse mortgage process. The Initial Assessment As part of the reverse mortgage appraisal process, the initial assessment plays a crucial role in determining the value of the property.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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AmeriMac

AUGUST 10, 2022

When you are selling your home, a home appraisal is a process that will determine your home’s fair market value. It’s much different from an in-depth home inspection that is done to find any small defects in the property. It’s a similar process to getting an appraisal for a refinance.

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Birmingham Appraisal

MAY 2, 2023

What is a Retrospective Appraisal? A retrospective appraisal is an appraisal that is performed on a property with an effective date that has occurred before the actual date of the inspection. The date of inspection is the date the property was viewed.

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Eppraisal

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Your buyer's mortgage lender is the appraiser's client so your buyer's bank or mortgage company orders the appraisal. Sometimes they order the appraisal directly from a licensed residential appraiser, or they may use an appraisal management company (AMC) to facilitate the appraisal process, which includes ordering the appraisal.

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AmeriMac

JULY 1, 2021

An appraiser would perform a thorough visual inspection of the interior and exterior of a house and take note of any conditions or needed repairs that would affect its value. The appraiser would then provide analysis and conclusions on the property’s value based on their observations.

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