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New Homebuyer’s Guide To Appraisals

Birmingham Appraisal

What New Homebuyers Need To Know About Appraisals. In this new homebuyer’s guide to appraisals, I’ll help you understand the process during your first home purchase. I would like to do my part by informing and educating you on the appraisal part of the transaction. What is a Mortgage Appraisal?

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The Appraiser-Agent Relationship: A Win-Win Approach

Birmingham Appraisal

How Can Appraisers and Agents Work Together? In the often chaotic world of real estate, the appraiser-agent relationship can contribute to a smoother process. There are many areas that appraisers and agents can inform and educate one another so that each of their jobs is done more successfully.

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Disagreeing with the Appraiser: Tips for Staying Compliant While Making Your Case

Genworth MI Blog

The home appraisal has been requested…the waiting begins. Will the appraiser give credit for all the upgrades in the home? Is the appraiser familiar with the neighborhood? Will the appraiser use good comparables? Will the appraised value be sufficient for the loan?”. Will repairs be needed?

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Disagreeing with the Appraiser: Tips for Staying Compliant While Making Your Case

Genworth MI Blog

The home appraisal has been requested…the waiting begins. Will the appraiser give credit for all the upgrades in the home? Is the appraiser familiar with the neighborhood? Will the appraiser use good comparables? Will the appraised value be sufficient for the loan?”. Will repairs be needed?

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Top 10 Tips for Working with AMCs

McKissock

But with a majority of the mortgage appraisal volume being engaged through appraisal management companies, as an appraiser, working with AMCs is almost a necessity today. Here are ten tips designed to help you improve your appraiser score, get more assignments close to home, and earn more money working with AMCs.

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How agents are winning bidding wars in America’s most competitive markets

Housing Wire

In the ultra-competitive Westchester market, the odds were stacked against Heather Harrison and her client. “The client went to highest and best on Monday at 5 p.m., and I counseled my client to bid accordingly, waive his mortgage contingency, then we bid $1.45 million and we got it.”

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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.