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Tools To Support Appraisal Adjustments

Appraisal Today

What Tools Do You Use to Support Your Appraisal Adjustments? By McKissock As part of our monthly survey series, we asked our community of real estate appraisers, “What tool(s) do you use to support your appraisal adjustments?” Popular tools include Synapse by Spark, Solomon Adjustment Calculator, and Redstone by Bradford Technologies.

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What Size Dumpster Is Normally Needed for A Kitchen Demo and Remodel?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Having had our kitchen gutted and remodeled a couple of years ago, I can honestly say that I had not thought about this question before our renovation. Also, if you are planning on doing a complete gut renovation of your kitchen, it is best to go for a larger dumpster, as the amount of debris generated will be significant.

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Zillow Zinged

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

One big one is their Zestimate’s inaccuracy at predicting market value, and more specifically, they were relying on their own Zestimates to make important decisions like buying & selling homes. However, I believe that they’ve put too much value in their “values” Valuation is not their expertise.

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3 Ways Agents Can Help Appraisers to Be More Accurate

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

We also use the MLS to analyze the market trends and to make market-based adjustments for things such as changes in sales prices, as well as features of a home that have a major impact on market value, like finished square footage, bedroom, and bathroom count, lot size and so on. www.homevaluestories.libsyn.com.

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Surprising Things That Can Decrease Property Value

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Therefore, when making any renovations to increase your home’s worth, always keep in mind that potential buyers may have very different tastes from you. Not only that this will help you boost the value of your home but it will also help you attract buyers and sell it quicker. After all, this is the Cleveland Appraisal Blog!

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Non-Arms Length Sales for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

However, there are six other types of real estate transactions that you need to know about so you can specify these sale types in your appraisal report as they can affect the market value of the property. Therefore, the final price may not reflect the market value of the property. Twitter: [link] posted by noon Friday 2.

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What About Those Fixer-Uppers? Insights from a Seasoned Appraiser

McKissock

For many different reasons, properties can come on the market in less-than-par condition. At some point it’s no longer “normal market value minus cost to cure equals as-is value.” So is the right price to pay $150,000 (market value after renovations) – $90,000 (estimated cost to cure) = $60,000?