Cleveland Appraisal Blog

MAY 26, 2023

The opposing side in one of the cases required that a new valuation be completed by a state-certified appraiser. In the other case, my client’s attorney recommended having their marital property appraised. But the owner felt that a real estate agent could do the same type of valuation as an appraiser.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Isn’t that all that appraisers do? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value?

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McKissock

AUGUST 13, 2021

And although it shouldn’t, it may unintentionally influence the appraiser’s comparable selection and eventually impact a direction in value. Maybe looking at the sales contract only after developing the appraiser’s opinion of value would help avoid the above concern? Questions we should ask ourselves.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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. Just think how much more difficult it would have been to flip in a declining market.” My opinion of value – $345,000.

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Empire Appraisal Group

AUGUST 12, 2021

Because dwelling size matters to everyone in the transaction—buyers, sellers, agents, appraisers, and lenders—it makes sense to encourage the understanding and use of industry-accepted terms to define size. The cost approach considers the value of the site and the estimated cost to replace the subject dwelling, less depreciation.

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Boston Appraisal

JUNE 24, 2019

Although we can rejoice that the green building movement is becoming more mainstream, the question of whether or not this energy source and other green features add value to a property is still up in the air. Property owners are often surprised when the time comes to estimate the fair market value of their green building.

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