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Purchasing & Developing Land - Part 5 - Reselling It - Raw or Developed

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If the lot is zoned for commercial use, they do well to develop it as a retail space or other business, and later serving as the landlord. By contrast, a homebuilder acquires raw land to build on and sell when home values are high. Property values are home values just as commercial property values center on the building.

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Non-Arms Length Sales for Appraisers

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I have also done many relocation appraisals, done before the home is listed. What should appraisers look for in a sales contract? The underwriter revealed that the tool uses a ‘Census Block Grid’ adjustment (CBG) to evaluate comparable property values. You are “graded” on how close you come to the sales price. percent from 7.13

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Appraiser Adjustment Tools

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== Black-Owned Homes Appreciated Fastest In The Pandemic – Zillow research Black Americans’ housing wealth has made strides, but remains well below that of the typical U.S. household Excerpts: The ratio between Black home values and home values overall is closing. Black home values appreciated 42.5%

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Ohio Land for Sale: Is the Market Still Ripe for Growth in 2022?

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On the other hand, the average prices for office buildings, hotels, and retail malls declined in 2021. Land sales for the office and retail markets increased by 3% in 2021. A large contributing factor to the rise in home prices is the low amount of inventory available. Office & Retail Land for Sale.

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How to select appraisal comps

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It can impact home values, insurance costs, and the overall stability of a housing market.” “The To find out what it says about a home’s risk (free), Click Here My comments: Is there any effect on home values? from 0.65 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value ratio (LTV) loans.

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Appraiser Liability Risks

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A home valued too high can lock a homeowner into an unaffordable mortgage and increase the risk of foreclosure. A home valued too low can deprive homeowners of access to their equity and limit the mobility of sellers. from 0.65 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value ratio (LTV) loans.

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The End of Lender Appraisals?

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The censorship is part of a march toward what appraiser and podcaster Phil Crawford has coined “universal basic home value” – a utopian vision among idealogues in which government technocrats dictate the supposed value of a property using algorithms and machine learning. percent from 6.87 percent, with points increasing to 0.68