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Home Appraisals – What Do They Look For?

D Fritz Appraisals

How Home Appraisers Decide on the Value of Your Property. There are many reasons you may need to know the value of your property and for this, you need a home appraisal. Home appraisers are trained to inspect and measure your property and perform comparisons that result in an accurate valuation for the current housing market.

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Pre-Appraisal Checklist for Homeowners

D Fritz Appraisals

The benchmark for your home’s worth, an appraisal is a legal document that determines the fair market value of a property. Home inspection reports (current and previous). If you’re unsure about the difference between each, we have a helpful blog post on home inspections vs. home appraisals.

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Help your Borrowers Navigate Recent Home Appraisal Trends

Genworth MI Blog

Appraisal overview The appraisal is a report with an independent opinion of value of how much a property is worth. There is an on-site visual inspection of the property and a suggestion of improvements followed by the research, analysis and development that produces the appraisal report.

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7 Questions You Should Be Asking When Buying A House

Raleigh Realty

Inspection - Why do we conduct a home inspection once you have made an offer on a home? HOA Fees - Not every home will have HOA fees, but if you are in a neighborhood with a community pool or clubhouse, chances are you will have an HOA fee. The price for HOA fees will vary from location to location.

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Home Seller Closing Costs in Texas

Listing Spark

With that said, most buyers purchasing a home expect to have a survey provided to them if they are paying fair market value for the home. Option Fee: When you executed the contract, the buyer paid you an option fee, probably somewhere between $100-$400 in order to have the right to terminate during their inspection process.

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Say What? Home-Buying Lingo You Should Know

Zillow

American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) : A not-for-profit professional association that sets and promotes standards for property inspections and provides educational opportunities to its members. Fees may include the appraisal, the home inspection, a title search, a pest inspection and more.

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What’s Included in Closing Costs?

PennyMac

From taxes, to inspection fees, to mortgage fees, you’ll need to make sure each party is paid to fully purchase your home. The agency will use the data from the inspection to plan for flooding emergencies. This cost will depend on how much your insurance will cost per month, but it’s usually about $35 for every $100,000 in home value.