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How to reduce appraisal turn times and improve the borrower experience

Housing Wire

This is a critical advancement in the industry as we’ve seen appraisal timelines continually increase. This allows for a more objective analysis and better compliance, and often translates to a more efficient process with faster turn times, which allows buyers and sellers to transfer real property more cost effectively and with confidence.

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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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Make Your First Investment Property an Attractive and Profitable Option

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Today, Cleveland Appraisal Blog shares a few tips for first-time investors. When you’re about to buy your first real property outside of your primary residence, you should know whether you’re going into it with the intention of renting or if you want to flip and make an immediate profit. Decide on How to Proceed. Let us know !

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Is Property Appraisal an Art or a Science?

AmeriMac

It is important to note that an appraisal is not a commodity in itself. Every property is unique for many reasons, the location being one of them. Describing a particular real property and collecting data relative to supply and demand are the appraiser’s responsibilities. Process of Property Appraisal.

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5 Appraisal Topics Every Agent Should Know

Empire Appraisal Group

“Good appraisers want as much information as they can get,” said Claire Aufrance, an appraiser and broker from Greensboro, N.C., who sits on the North Carolina Appraisal Board and the Appraisal Institute Board of Directors. How Multiple Offers Factor Into the Appraisal Process.

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NAR Member Survey on Appraisal Data Collectors

Appraisal Today

NAR Member Survey on Data Collectors Excerpts: In May 2023, NAR surveyed its members pertaining to data collectors in the appraisal process. Brokers followed with 24%, and appraisal-certified professionals comprised 14% of the respondents. Using MLS photos is a joke, as real estate agents don’t take photos of defects.

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NAR: Appraisal License Equivalency Credit for RE Agents?

Appraisal Today

Excerpts: The AQB previously considered the option of allowing parallel professional non-appraisal experience. Excerpts from the letter: … including, but not limited to, experience in real estate market analysis and real estate brokerage, including: • Evaluating and pricing residential real estate. Clear communication.