Cleveland Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Are you anticipating having your home appraised? While she is not an appraiser, I am, and I agree that these things can help! When selling or refinancing a house, an appraisal is typically necessary. When selling or refinancing a house, an appraisal is typically necessary. How can you prepare for the inspection?

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Most weeks I perform appraisals for divorce or a marriage dissolution. In recent years, on several occasions, I have been hired to appraise a property after a valuation service was provided for my client by another real estate professional. But then they had to hire me to perform an appraisal. That’s right!

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Let’s talk about what this means as well as what’s going on in appraisal reports. […]. What are appraisers saying? first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog | Real Estate Appraiser. That’s what is happening right now locally and in some other portions of the country.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

When developing an opinion of the market value of a property, what appraisers are really measuring is how much depreciation a property has suffered from, and more specifically how much depreciation the improvements on the land have depreciated. This is an important question to answer when appraising a property. Thanks for being here!

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Isn’t that all that appraisers do? Not professional appraisers. Appraisers will provide market trends for the properties that compete with the property being appraised.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 12/08/23 Free Q&A event for appraisers only (on private work) […] The post This one company owns 9,000+ homes in California (interactive map) first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Today, I want to debut an interactive map I made to show where these homes are located.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 4/11/24 Lindsay Carlisle Event (private) 4/25/24 HomeSmart iCare […] The post Wait, so rates aren’t going down now?

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 4/11/24 Lindsay Carlisle Event (private) 4/25/24 HomeSmart iCare Realty (details TBA) 4/26/24 Prime Real Estate (private) 5/9/24 Empire Home Loans (details TBA) 5/15/24 […] The post Adding too many ADUs gets awkward first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Appraiserblogs

APRIL 16, 2024

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) began an aggressive campaign in September 2021 to recruit appraisers for their new Appraisal Direct system, which aimed to cut out appraisal management companies as middlemen. The post UWM Underwriters Subsidized by Appraisers appeared on Appraisers Blogs.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 3/19/24 WCR Gold Country (details here) 3/21/24 2024 […] The post The housing market is like nachos first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. I also have some emerging trends to talk about below.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

The goal is to give some perspective and advice to sellers […] The post The insurance crisis is affecting the housing market first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JUNE 18, 2022

This week I have a bonus article for my appraisal colleagues who are interested in becoming expert appraisal witnesses in eminent domain cases. Appraising property in an eminent domain case requires unique expertise and skills. Appraising property in an eminent domain case requires unique expertise and skills.

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Appraiserblogs

APRIL 15, 2024

In reality, appraisers have a great story to tell, but we have a long way to go to refocus the terribly flawed “appraiser bias” narrative onto facts and science. As a professional real estate… Slandering Appraisers. As Chance acknowledges, the Institute should have done more to.

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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. Despite its roots in a methodology designed to support appraisers, Value.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 3/21/24 2024 Market Update for Brent Gove Team (big event free) 3/26/24 Orangevale MLS meeting 9am 4/11/24 […] The post Some things on my mind about the NAR lawsuit first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 3/8/24 Redfin (private) 3/11/24 Yolo Association of Realtors (YAR only) 3/19/24 WCR Gold […] The post When a property gets 147 offers first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

So, first of all, thank you for being here to read articles from my blog! I know most of my readers are interested in appraisal and real estate-related topics. FINISHED SQUARE FOOTAGE On more than one occasion some who have read my appraisal reports felt that my opinion of value was too high. I miss writing and I miss you!

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Riverfront Appraisals

MAY 17, 2022

If you’re short on time and can’t read the full blog post, here’s the easy answer: Yes! The post Appraisal Blog The Realtor’s Guide to Appraisals Part 6: Can I Give Sales to an Appraiser? appeared first on Riverfront Appraisals. appeared first on Riverfront Appraisals.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 4/25/24 HomeSmart iCare Realty (details TBA) 4/26/24 Prime Real Estate (private) 5/9/24 Empire Home […] The post Strong opinions about the housing market first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Riverfront Appraisals

JULY 6, 2022

Misunderstandings about the appraisal process are plentiful, and some of those really do affect the way you do business. The post Appraisal Blog The Realtor’s Guide to Appraisals Part 7: Common Myths About Appraisals appeared first on Riverfront Appraisals.

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Appraiserblogs

MARCH 6, 2024

The current system of bundling appraiser compensation with third-party fees can lead to confusion and frustration for both appraisers and consumers. In their letter to the ASC, NAR highlighted the importance of appropriate compensation for appraisers. Appraisers Not to Disclose AMC Fee? This means that the fee.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Here are my thoughts, and I really want to hear from you too. Anything […] The post Is it a problem to remove all bathtubs in a house?

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George Dell

JANUARY 25, 2023

Our blog this week, ‘Can Expert Analysis Save Appraisers?’ ’ is a guest post from a long time friend and colleague, Timothy Andersen, MAI, MSc, CDEI, MNAA, The Appraiser’s Advocate. Save appraisers from what? In […] The post Can Expert Analysis Save Appraisers? Analysis of what?

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In most parts of the country, real estate appraiser’s main source of data is the multiple listing service. Let’s talk about three areas of a listing that, when completed accurately, can help appraisers to develop more supportable opinions of value. An appraiser may miss that sale through no fault of their own.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 01/31/24 Joel Wright & Mike Gobbi Event 9am (on […] The post The housing market has 80s vibes first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. Today, I want to show some headlines from over forty years ago, and I’d love to hear your take.

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Appraiserblogs

MAY 2, 2024

At a recent appraisal event, a GSE executive, after a few drinks, privately told his nearby colleagues that we suck as an industry. Appraisers had no recourse but to defend themselves from the state boards without knowing who their accusers were.

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Appraiserblogs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Appraisal reviews for $3 each and 1-2 hour turn times. It’s hard to imagine any appraiser accepting these terms, and it’s hard to imagine any lending institution accepting these as valid reviews. At Reckon, we specialize in Appraisal Report Reviews, Quality Checks, Order Management and vendor Management.

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Appraiserblogs

MARCH 28, 2024

This is one of the appraisal discrimination cases that has received significant attention – among appraisers, the media and government agencies. They alleged that the appraiser had taken in account their race in his valuation of their home in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act and other laws prohibiting.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 5/4/23 Housing Market Q&A 12-2pm 5/10/23 Empire Home Loans event TBA 5/18/23 SAFE […] The post Rising spring prices and appraisers checking the “declining” box first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog | Real Estate Appraiser.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The truth is everyone feels like an expert when things are good, but […] The post The housing market sucks, but experts can thrive first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

UPCOMING SPEAKING […] The post The tiny but growing trend of assuming the loan first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. This post won’t go into details about requirements or how the process works, but I want to highlight this tiny but growing trend in the Sacramento region.

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Appraiserblogs

APRIL 1, 2024

A recent post by an appraiser trainee on an online forum described a troubling situation involving the use of ChatGPT to generate content for an appraisal report. The trainee admitted to using ChatGPT to write a market summary section without properly reviewing it first.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. I’ll explain what I mean below, and I suspect many markets around the country are experiencing a similar trend. Any thoughts? UPCOMING (PUBLIC) SPEAKING GIGS: 01/31/24 Joel Wright […] The post Are sellers finally starting to thaw out?

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DW Slater Company

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Love in Real Estate I’m I wrote this blog – 4 Things I Love About Being a Real Estate Appraiser- 10 years ago! We have experienced some very large swings in the market regarding the number of appraisals needed from a very high volume where appraisers couldn’t keep up, to the now very low volume of appraisal requests.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In a blog post, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ’s regulator and conservator said it found examples of “overt references to race, ethnicity, and other prohibited bases under federal fair lending laws,” which FHFA said indicate the “continued presence of valuation bias.”.

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George Dell

JULY 13, 2022

How do Standards effect the excess of appraisers? The excess of appraisers is cyclical. In this blog issue, we consider the second friction (appraisal standards). The post Part 3: Fixing an Appraiser Excess? appeared first on George Dell, SRA, MAI, ASA, CRE.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

People have always told me that, and I finally […] The post Pricing low on purpose: Bay Area vs Sacramento first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog. But pricing low is pretty much the norm in the Bay Area.

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