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Planning for a Home Renovation: A Guide

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

This post from Aspen Appraisal Services will provide all of the information you need to start planning your home renovation. Flooring updates and modern landscaping can upgrade the home’s aesthetics, increasing its overall value. Over the years, I have enjoyed different guest bloggers writing for the Cleveland Appraisal Blog.

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Strange Properties Appraisers Have Seen

Appraisal Today

Strange Encounters in Property Appraisal By: McKissock Excerpts: Property appraisal is not typically thought of as a “dangerous” profession per se. However, you may encounter some strange—or even spooky—properties from time to time. I worked for an assessor’s office for 5 years in my first appraisal job.

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3 Things An Appraisal Should Tell You That You May Not Know

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

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? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value?

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How to Become a Supervisory Appraiser

McKissock

As an experienced appraiser, there are many reasons you may decide to take on a trainee. property inspections), or prepare for retirement. Whatever the reason, supervisors play an essential role in the training and development of future appraisers. In this post, we outline how to become a supervisory appraiser.

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Understanding Zillow’s Square Footage is Important!

Cleveland Appraisal 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 recently appraised a home for a divorce. So, here’s one for you… Zillow data! Is this misleading?

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Fannie and Freddie Release New Hybrid and Desktop Forms for Testing

McKissock

As part of their appraisal modernization efforts, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) have issued test forms for Hybrid and Desktop appraisal assignments. The forms will be made available to the major appraisal report software providers. URAR Hybrid and Desktop Appraisal Forms – Overview.

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Maintain that Workfile

Appraisal Buzz

Real property appraisers have had quite a bit dumped on them in the past couple of years. The uncertainty, turmoil, and government interest in oversight and intervention caused by allegations of racial and ethnic bias in real property appraisal is cause for concern. There is a bright spot, however.

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