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Real estate appraisals: What agents should know

Housing Wire

What is a real estate appraisal? A real estate appraisal is the assessment of a property’s value. This will help you set a realistic price and manage your sellers’ expectations. For appraisals that are low, a seller may want to get a second appraisal. Not necessarily.

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Seller impersonation fraud threatens American homeownership

Housing Wire

With real estate inventory at a near-record low, buyers seeking a place to call home are facing stiff competition as bidding wars continue to be commonplace. Secret Service reported a steep rise in seller impersonation in an advisory it issued this year. There are several ways title professionals can verify a seller’s identity.

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Savvy real estate agents look beyond ChatGPT

Housing Wire

Too many real estate agents are watching artificial intelligence (AI) from the sidelines, assuming technology will never replace them. They repeat the mantra “Home buyers and sellers will always need a real estate agent.” So how can real estate agents be so cavalier about their job? trillion to $7.9

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The title industry’s latest cat-and-mouse game: seller impersonation fraud

Housing Wire

The threat posed by wire fraud has commanded quite a bit of attention from the real estate ecosystem. Secret Service , notified the title industry of a rise in what is known as vacant lot fraud, or seller impersonation fraud. Then, posing as the property owner, the scammer contacts a real estate agent to list the property.

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What to do when your buyer wants to make a lowball property offer

Housing Wire

By definition, a lowball offer is an offer that is significantly below market value. Asking price and market value are not always the same thing. Determine if the listing is priced correctly Determine the actual market value of the subject property. Has the seller recently corrected negative feedback?

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Loosening The Knot

Appraisal Buzz

Of course, this applies to the work of real estate appraisal as well. The transaction is a complex interplay between buyer and seller. Striving to look through the microscope of empirical thought, we must not forget that our subject is more than real property, it is real people. Well…we must synthesize them.

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What is the Difference Between Assessed Value and Market Value?

Lamacchia Realty

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSESSED VALUE AND MARKET VALUE? Two terms that often come up when buying or selling property are assessed value and market value. While these terms may seem similar, they actually represent two different values that can affect the pricing of a property.