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Why Agents Should Share Their CMA With The Appraiser

Birmingham Appraisal

Appraiser and Agent Collaboration is a Good Thing The importance of collaboration between real estate agents and appraisers can be a touchy subject. On one hand, the real estate agent’s main goal is to advocate for their client while the appraiser must be an impartial and non-biased third party.

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The Pitfalls of Outlier Sales in Pricing a Listing

Birmingham Appraisal

Real estate professionals use a mix of data analysis, market knowledge, and professional judgment to determine a property’s value or list price. However, in the quest for accuracy and reliability, one common mistake that real estate professionals need to avoid is the undue influence of outlier sales in pricing strategies.

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Price Adjustments in this New Housing Market

Lamacchia Realty

For the past few years, with inventory at historically low levels , sellers were coming pretty close to naming their price and buyers were paying. The low rates made it possible to offer more on a home as the cost of borrowing was lower and therefore, sellers weren’t the ones competing, buyers were. The same will be true for sellers.

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Modern FSBO Listing Services: Innovative Tools You Can Use

Listing Spark

The conventional pathway to selling your home is hiring a listing agent who represents you in the transaction and manages the marketing that requires a real estate license—namely, listing your property on the MLS. Related: 2024 Texas Real Estate Housing Report That’s where flat-fee MLS listing services have come into play.

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What is a "Comp?"

Town & Country Residential Appraisals

This means that over the years we have received properties from real estate agents on properties where we had a question as to the rationale used to develop a contract price. They tell, “How much do sellers want,” but not the other half of the story, “how much are buyers willing to pay.” A recent sale.

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Appraising Fixer Uppers

Appraisal Today

The degree and cost to cure becomes an issue to buyers and sellers, and a challenge for appraisers. Excerpt: The most coveted pieces of real estate are often found directly on the water. Appraisers sought to bracket the subject using three comparable sales. per month, $24.75 Click here for more info!

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Price Adjustments in Florida Rise Rapidly

Lamacchia Realty

The Florida real estate market has shifted, and the number of active listings has increased at a much faster rate than the rest of the country over recent months. Source Inventory rises when more sellers are listing than buyers are buying. When that becomes the case, homes can sit on the market for longer and longer.