March, 2020

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Real estate appraisers are an essential business and here to protect the public trust

Miller Samuel

I hope all my readers (and everyone else) are staying safe and healthy during this crisis - now let's get to business. With New York State on lockdown, real estate brokers/agents can't sell real estate right now because they are not considered an essential business (yet they are in nearby Connecticut!) This declaration determines whether you can or cannot remain in business during a crisis like this.

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Homebound Houston Families: 9 Fun Things You Can Do At Home With Your Kids

Houston Properties

Homebound Houston Families: 9 Fun Things You Can Do At Home With Your Kids. Thinking of new ways to keep your kids entertained at home? Give the TV and gadgets a rest and try out these 9 fun activities the whole family can enjoy. Summary. Connect with us on Facebook for more helpful tips on spending your time at home. Entertaining bored and restless kids can be quite a challenge.

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Real Estate Appraisals, Covid-19 Best Practices

Advanced Appraisal

Chicago and South Suburban Appraisal Blog

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"Editing" and Proof Reading

Town & Country Residential Appraisals

Today we go over some of the most common errors in listings that we think might have a negative impact on the length of time on market, and final offering price. In real estate “Fluffing” has become normal, but with the ability to “digitally stage” homes in the MLS, it will become more and more difficult for buyers to know what options they really have in front of them without physically visiting the property.

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An Economic Discussion on COVID-19 and the Housing Market

REX Real Estate

The topic of conversation these days seems to remain consistent in almost every household…

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COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus

Walitt Solutions

Walitt Solutions encourages appraisers, firms, vendor management companies, lenders, and other interested parties to continue to monitor changes and resources in the valuation industry related to the COVID-19 novel Coronavirus and impacts of the national emergency. Below are resources: Health Resources. World Health Organization. See WHO’s “ Advice For Public ” webpage.

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Flattening The Curve And Seeing The Shift From Greed To Fear

Miller Samuel

[ NPR ]. Well, it has been an odd couple of weeks brought to you by the global pandemic known as COVID-19 or the Coronavirus. We've been self-quarantined in our house for 1.5 weeks with many more weeks to go. I might have to refer to this pandemic as "Cabin Fever" although there are many people that don't have the benefit of working at home, including one of my sons, who is a police officer.

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Some Financial Institutions Care About The Safety Of Appraisers, While Most Do Not

Miller Samuel

[ Johns Hopkins University ]. As co-owner of an appraisal firm for 34 years, while based in Manhattan, we generally don't drive to appraisal inspections. Our staff relies on public transportation to get around including buses, subways, and commuter rail. I'd been following the coronavirus in the news since early this year, and became quite alarmed by mid-February and soon suggested my staff work remotely.

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Cheddar TV - Looking Back In History (8 Days Ago) To Talk Falling Rates

Miller Samuel

Cheddar TV reached out to me on March 11th as I was 4 days into my self-quarantine and my voice sounded quite scary. Aside from bad lighting and a red face, the discussion was long-form in nature covering low mortgage rates, which is why I so appreciate Cheddar's format. March 11 was soooo long ago! Using Skype (which has been improved since Microsoft acquired it to be less of a horror show) I am able to blur out the background so you don't get distracted by my prized autographed drum head from

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What slows down the appraisal process?

Town & Country Residential Appraisals

AMC’s - “Appraisal Management Company” These organizations have come into existence in an attempt to fulfill government regulations to ensure that banks could not commit mortgage fraud like the practices seen prior to 2008. In an ideal world these would be middle men who ensure that banks can’t pressure appraisers with a predetermined value and would ensure that banks have a steady rotation of high quality appraisers.

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Market Data Analysis: Weird Influences

Town & Country Residential Appraisals

This home is 20 minutes from our office. No problems… right? One of the most difficult things to determine the impact on marketability of is odd influences. The home above looks like a typical home in much of the greater Pittsburgh area - an older structure, with need of some repairs and a sloped yard. That’s relatively easy to find comparables for.

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Staying Put Locally = Saving Lives Globally

Miller Samuel

Visual Capitalist created a terrific infographic of 41 cities around the globe comparing the outbreak trend against the commuter activity trend. Incredible.

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