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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? With a few quick online searches, in most areas, you can find the parcel number, legal description, and even some potentially comparable sales. Isn’t that all that appraisers do?

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Is Your “Crazy” Neighbor Lowering Your Home’s Value?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Could being located next to a property that is an eye-sore cause a loss in market value to your home? Part of our work as appraisers is to consider whether situations like this are influencing the market value of the home we are appraising. Of course, that’s not the same as market value.

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The Difference Between Pricing a Property and Appraising It

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

The Sales Comparison Approach uses competing homes to develop an opinion of the market value of the property being appraised. The Income Approach uses potential income to develop an opinion of the market value of a property, when applicable. All three are market-based approaches.

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Navigating the Appraisal Process – What You Need to Know

Simonson Real Estate

An appraisal is an objective, impartial, and unbiased opinion about the value of real property prepared by a State Licensed or Certified professional appraiser. It is beneficial and can save time and avoid follow-up questions and scope of work revisions to identify the actual property to be appraised. Value Scenarios.

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Helping Lenders Navigate the Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Process

Simonson Real Estate

It is very helpful and can save time and avoid later questions and scope of work revisions to identify the actual property to be appraised. Helpful information includes tax parcel numbers, legal descriptions, number of buildings, building size, etc. Clarify What Value or Values are Needed.

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For Your Consideration, A Review

Valuation Nation

As the author of these blogs is an appraiser, and this deals with the largest real property valuation organization in the country, I thought it may be apropos to style this blog after an appraisal review. That would be the CEO, two members of the legal counsel and possibly the person that started the process.

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Reconsideration of Value and Appraisers

Appraisal Today

To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! 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. =. No ads in the blog post. and NOT the ad-only emails.