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Navigating the Appraisal Process – What You Need to Know

Simonson Real Estate

While commercial appraisals are a central part of evaluating real estate, the appraisal process itself can be frustrating and confusing – primarily since each assessment depends on the scope and nature of the specific property. Defining the Appraisal Scope of Work. Note that U.S.

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Helping Lenders Navigate the Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Process

Simonson Real Estate

Having worked with many different lending institutions completing new construction and planned renovation assignments, think of this article as a “best practices” reference to be shared with new lenders, credit analyst team members and borrowers navigating the commercial appraisal process for the first time.

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Appraisals and Valuation Concerns in the Current Market

Simonson Real Estate

Since the onset of COVID, market data remains sparse for certain property types. Over the past two months, I’ve participated as a panel moderator or speaker on several commercial real estate webinars and live events with Bisnow, Minnesota Real Estate Journal (MREJ) , NAIOP , and Minnesota Real Estate Exchangors (MREE).

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How to reduce appraisal turn times and improve the borrower experience

Housing Wire

HousingWire recently spoke with Jim Albeertelli, CEO of Voxtur, about the company’s r ecent acquisition and launch of an automated workflow management platform for the global market. HousingWire: What can the industry at large do to support the work of appraisers right now?

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Working With Your Appraiser Helps Deliver a More Reasonable Value

Simonson Real Estate

The role of the appraiser is to provide objective, impartial, and unbiased opinions about the value of real property—providing assistance to those who own, manage, sell, invest in, and/or lend money on the security of real estate. Again, greater transparency leads to more accuracy.

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What Is a Reconciled Value?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

The appraiser will determine which of the values is most appropriate and reflective of demonstrating the market value of the property being appraised. Once this happens, the appraiser will explain which approach to value was given the most weight, or consideration, and why. None were great.

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2022 Appraisal Outlook: Appraisers Cast Optimistic Eye On Coming Year

McKissock

Appraisers recently contacted by McKissock tend to agree that the profession will go generally well in 2022, with no major changes to the real estate market and no events on the horizon that could seriously upset appraisers’ business. Desktop appraisals, with information provided by third-party hirelings, may increase.