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Why Agents Should Share Their CMA With The Appraiser

Birmingham Appraisal

Appraiser and Agent Collaboration is a Good Thing The importance of collaboration between real estate agents and appraisers can be a touchy subject. On one hand, the real estate agent’s main goal is to advocate for their client while the appraiser must be an impartial and non-biased third party.

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Why is an Appraiser Asking Me About an Old Comp?

Portland Appraisal Blog

“Why is an appraiser asking me about an old comp?” The appraisal report is not for lending: The overwhelming majority of appraisal reports are written for a lending institution due to a sale or refinance—certainly over 90% and most likely approaching 99.9%.

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7 Easy Steps to Reduce Appraisal Revision Requests

Clear Capital

How do you feel when an appraisal revision request pops up in your inbox in the morning? You already painstakingly checked your appraisal report the previous night before hitting ‘send’ and now you’re on your screen the next day, making revisions to the same report under a tight deadline! . How to prevent appraisal revision requests.

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How to Maximize Appraisal Underwriting Approvals in Rural Markets

Genworth MI Blog

Recently, the rural housing landscape has sparked discussion about its lending, affordable housing availability, housing shortages and outreach to underserved demographics. The result is loan delays, frustrated consumers, lost loans, rate lock complications, annoyed appraisers and lost productivity. Limited appraiser availability.

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How to Maximize Appraisal Underwriting Approvals in Rural Markets

Genworth MI Blog

Recently, the rural housing landscape has sparked discussion about its lending, affordable housing availability, housing shortages and outreach to underserved demographics. The result is loan delays, frustrated consumers, lost loans, rate lock complications, annoyed appraisers and lost productivity. Limited appraiser availability.

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Getting Appraisers to Reconsider Value—Do’s & Don’ts

Portland Appraisal Blog

Streaking through the atmosphere is a meteor scientists have dubbed “the appraisal”; it came of out nowhere and impacts your deal at hypersonic velocity, obliterating it in an instance. If so, you’ve probably run through the five stages of grief: 1) Denial—there’s no way that idiot appraiser killed my deal! There must be some mistake.

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2024 Bidding Wars – How to Strike and Win

Lamacchia Realty

They should be well known, respected among agents in the area, and highly specialized in mortgage lending. Consider writing into the offer that you’ll purchase the property regardless of the appraised value. This is different from the appraised value which, as prices rise, can be lower than the list price.

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