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What Appraisers Wish Real Estate Agents Understood

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What Appraisers Wish Real Estate Agents Understood McKissock Survey Question: “What’s one thing you wish real estate agents knew about the appraisal process? I will always remember when, many years ago, a top local real estate agent asked me why I was driving around taking photos of homes.

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Weird Real Estate Agent Photos for Appraisers

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57 Weird Real Estate Agent Photos. Excerpt: Yes, many great real estate photos really capture the house. More Terrible Real Estate Agent Photos for Appraisers. It sits in the Sarasota beachfront neighborhood of Lido Shores, an area that’s a haven for modern architecture.

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NAR Appraiser Survey July, 2023

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Appraisers are less likely this year to cite expanding regulations/interpretations of regulations, lender requirements, pressure from real estate agents/brokers, and liability concerns. The architectural design avoids lines and straight angles to establish the idea of continuous fluidity. UPDATED No. 9) and IV.A.

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Desktop Appraisals: Who, When, and Why

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NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non-lender appraisals, using new construction comps for existing homes, master planned communities, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. The estate is a short helicopter ride from a few smaller airports. baths, 14,450 sq.ft.,

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Appraiser Has Very Big Problems With Borrower

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After a major interior makeover, the architecturally significant home is in Houston‘s upscale Piney Point Village neighborhood. That’s what makes midcentury architecture so appealing: It brings the outside in.” An example of this in real estate appraisal is the purchase and sale contract. baths, 5,550 sq.ft.,

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Appliances for FHA appraisals

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I looked like a real estate agent. single-family homes for sale in the fourth quarter were new construction. Construction also jumped during the pandemic as builders responded to surging homebuyer demand fueled by record-low mortgage rates. I drove a mini-van with lots of papers and folders in the car.

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How to select appraisal comps

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Classically designed to show a high degree of architectural integrity and balance. This definitely increased the development costs in the new construction, resulting in higher home prices. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) increased to 6.97