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What It Takes to Be An Expert Appraisal Witness in An Eminent Domain Case

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

But once these qualities are developed, many appraisers find eminent domain work to be interesting, challenging but worthwhile, and financially rewarding. Eminent domain or the power of the government to take private property for a public use without the landowner’s consent is embedded in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S.

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Remember liar loans of a decade ago? Those same people want to do away with appraisers.

Miller Samuel

Liability insurers are already talking about a new target when things go south. The seller and the buyer determined the market value by agreeing on the price." from an out of market area) and will also mortgage fraud supercharged. The problem with this logic is the buyer may not be fully informed (i.e.,

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4 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Got an FHA Loan

Realtor

We found an FHA-approved lender, and in no time, we were on our way to buying our first home with a government-backed loan. But in the middle of this process, someone asked us how much our mortgage insurance would be. “Mortgage insurance?” You’re on the hook for mortgage insurance for the life of the loan.

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The title industry’s latest cat-and-mouse game: seller impersonation fraud

Housing Wire

But as the housing industry has gotten better at tackling it, fraudsters have been hard at work developing more creative scams. The property is then listed, typically below market value to generate interest in the listing. The threat posed by wire fraud has commanded quite a bit of attention from the real estate ecosystem.

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12 Types of Expert Witness Assignments for Appraisers

McKissock

McKissock’s Unlimited Learning Membership is your one-stop, money-saving solution for all CE plus professional development. This could be for estate or probate cases, and often involves determining a retrospective market value if a taxpayer neglected to obtain an appraisal when property was inherited. Insurance claims.

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4 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Got an FHA Loan

Realtor

We found an FHA-approved lender, and in no time, we were on our way to buying our first home with a government-backed loan. But in the middle of this process, someone asked us how much our mortgage insurance would be. “Mortgage insurance?” You’re on the hook for mortgage insurance for the life of the loan.

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Say What? Home-Buying Lingo You Should Know

Zillow

Cash-value policy : A homeowners insurance policy that pays the replacement cost of a home, minus depreciation, should damage occur. This document spells out all the terms of the loan: the amount, the interest rate, the monthly payment, mortgage insurance, the monthly escrow amount and all closing costs.