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Could being located next to a property that is an eye-sore cause a loss in marketvalue to your home? Part of our work as appraisers is to consider whether situations like this are influencing the marketvalue of the home we are appraising. Of course, that’s not the same as marketvalue.
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I’m so sorry for the weeks I missed posting articles last month. This week, Betty White shares some things that can decrease propertyvalue. As a certified residential appraiser, I can tell you that while some of the things noted in this report can decrease value, they may not, so take these points with a grain of salt.
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The appraiser will determine which of the values is most appropriate and reflective of demonstrating the marketvalue of the property being appraised. Once this happens, the appraiser will explain which approach to value was given the most weight, or consideration, and why. That’s all I have for this week!
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This also opens the door for pushback on related changes, such as the expansion of the Nondiscrimination rule of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, or the addition of valuation bias education to the RealProperty, to the extent that either of these would include content that goes beyond what exists in statute already.
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