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Home Inspections vs Home Appraisals

D Fritz Appraisals

What’s the Difference Between a Home Inspection and a Home Appraisal? If you’re in the market for a new home, the terms “home appraisal” and “home inspection” are more than likely to come up at some point as you zero in on a property you want to buy. What Is a Home Appraisal? What Is a Home Inspection?

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How to negotiate your home purchase offer

Housing Wire

According to Matt Sharp, Area Lending Manager at Citi, “It’s really important when you are in the buying process that lenders have a communication with not only the buyer but also with their realtor,” Sharp said. While a home inspection is a valuable way to get to know your new potential home, it can also be used as a negotiation tool.

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Asteroom Announces Launch of New Desktop Appraisal Solution for Appraisal Management Companies

Appraisal Buzz

Appraisal management companies (AMC’s) and appraisers can receive ANSI-compliant 2D floor plans with GLA calculations and a complete 3D tour of the interior and exterior, including street view shots, within 24 hours. To learn more about Asteroom and its national desktop appraisal data collection service offering, click here.

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3 Types Of Appraisals Realtors Should Be Aware Of

Birmingham Appraisal

Appraisals can be performed for other reasons besides lending, however, for purposes of our discussion here we’re going to be discussing an appraisal that is done in order to obtain a mortgage loan. If you were buying a home and the loan officer told you that they needed to get an appraisal this is what they were talking about.

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Drones for Real Estate Photography and Appraisals

D Fritz Appraisals

Seeing how useful aerial photography has been in creating real estate listings, real estate appraisers are now also beginning to see the value in adding drone technology to their toolkits. . Drones Can Provide the Most Recent and Accurate View of a Property. This is especially useful for larger properties and acreages. .

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The Loan Officer’s Guide to Appraisals Part 6:  How are FHA Appraisals Different From Others?

Riverfront Appraisals

Right now on our Appraisal Blog, we’re all about helping Loan Officers. This post is part six of a 12-part series we’re calling The Loan Officer’s Guide to Appraisals. So far in our series, we’ve looked at final inspections, lending on unique homes, communication with the appraiser, reconsiderations of value and bracketing. […].

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The Loan Officer’s Guide to Appraisals Part 7:  How Can the Appraisal Process be Sped Up?

Riverfront Appraisals

For the past six months, I’ve been blogging with the purpose of assisting loan officers to better understand the appraisal process. So far, we’ve covered final inspections, lending on unique homes, communication with the appraiser, reconsiderations of value, bracketing and FHA appraisals.