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Should Home Sellers Get an Appraisal Before Listing? Here’s Why It’ll Cost You

Realtor

William_Potter/iStock Even if you’re new to this whole selling-a-house thing, chances are good you’ve heard of a home appraisal. And if you know just a little about the process, you know that the appraisal—a value put on your home by an objective third-party expert—can make or break your home sale. So with so much riding on this step of the home-selling process, you might be wondering: What does it hurt to go ahead and get an appraisal before you list?

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Something is happening?

K.W. Appraisals

Will the 10-year treasury yield fall to ZERO by the end of the year? You never know. just remember.there is over 14 trillion dollars in bonds with negative interest rates. The last time interest rates were at a negative yield was. N E V E R! 6000 years of recorded human history all the way back to the ancient Sumerians and there has never been negative yielding financial instruments!!!

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Surviving the Appraisal | Preparing For A Successful Real Estate Transaction

Lifestyle Properties of Maine

One of the most nerve wracking parts of a real estate transaction can be the appraisal process for both buyers and sellers. What is an appraisal? Why is an appraisal necessary? How much does it cost? What if the home doesn’t appraise for the contract value? There are many questions and concerns surrounding real estate appraisals, and rightfully so, but there are several things to know and things that can be done to prepare for a successful and low stress appraisal experience.

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Lake Oswego—Neighborhood Analysis of Waterfront Single-Family Residential Homes (July 2019)

Portland Appraisal Blog

Oswego Lake is a scenic and picturesque former channel of the Tualatin River. It is a natural feature, but has been enlarged due to a dam to its present size of ~395 acres. Many homes rim the lake as well as the smaller bays connected to it. Some of the properties surrounding Oswego Lake are among the more expensive in the Greater Portland Area. Appraisers endeavor to take the measure of a neighborhood with a variety of tables, charts, and graphs.

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Should Home Sellers Get an Appraisal Before Listing? Here’s Why It’ll Cost You

Realtor

William_Potter/iStock Even if you’re new to this whole selling-a-house thing, chances are good you’ve heard of a home appraisal. And if you know just a little about the process, you know that the appraisal—a value put on your home by an objective third-party expert—can make or break your home sale. So with so much riding on this step of the home-selling process, you might be wondering: What does it hurt to go ahead and get an appraisal before you list?

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