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First Time Home Buyer Guide Raleigh, NC

Raleigh Realty

First Time Home Buyer Guide Raleigh, NC Buying a house for the first time is a big decision, so you want to make sure you are ready as a first time home buyer. That is what prompted us to create this first time home buyer guide filled with tips, tricks, programs, grants, and all the steps involved in the home buying process.

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New 2024 USPAP Q&As

Appraisal Today

Personal Inspection I recently completed an appraisal on a residential dwelling for Lender A that sells loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the report was completed on a GSE form. Lender A decided not to grant the loan and the borrower then engaged Lender B to obtain financing. To read these new Q&As Click Here.

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SFR with ADU or Two Units?

Appraisal Today

How to Identify a Single-Family with ADU vs. Two-Family Property By McKissock Excerpts: The presence of an additional living unit can complicate the appraisal process. Topics include: ADU meaning and types What is a two-family property? The uniqueness of the homes and the landscape sitting on a hill is just stunning.”

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Appraising Solar Panels

Appraisal Today

The article is worth reading. Solar for homes is everywhere now. I asked some technical questions about financing solar and electric companies lowering what they pay to homeowners with solar. Appraise what many appraisers don’t want to do or don’t know how to do: non-conforming homes, the “Tough Ones”. What to do?

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What is a residential complex property?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on mortgage rate forecast, Humor, adjustments, George Dell, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. ==. Very funny!!

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Appraisal Risk and Modernization

Appraisal Today

Lenders want a compliant document that allows the loan package to be sold as quickly as possible, while investors want an appraisal that allows for securitization or resale to another downstream buyer. Danish Home Designed to Showcase Its Owner’s Vintage Car Collection. From many angles, you can’t see the end in either direction.”.

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Reconsideration of Value and Appraisers

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Value Reconciliation, non-lender appraisals, liabililty, USPAP, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. =. But here’s the reality: Even in today’s fraught, price-squeezed housing market, you don’t actually need to be rich or famous to afford a sprawling home.