Appraisal Partners Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

A home appraisal is an unbiased, professional opinion of a property’s fair market value. It’s conducted by a licensed or certified appraiser who is independent of the buyer, seller, and lender. The appraiser’s goal is to provide an objective assessment of the property’s worth based on various factors.

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Realvals

JUNE 18, 2023

By providing an unbiased estimate of a property’s value, an appraisal ensures that you know the real value of your property. Estate planning, property tax appeals, divorces, and gifting, are some of the many others. Estate Taxes In some cases, local laws may require appraisals for estate tax purposes.

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Appraisal Partners Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

This often involves considerations that are not relevant to residential properties, such as lease terms, operating expenses, and the income-generating capacity of the building. Cost Approach: This method is used to estimate the cost of constructing a new, similar property, and factoring in depreciation and the value of the land.

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Raleigh Realty

AUGUST 20, 2022

The seller pays the listing firm. Earnest Money When you find the home you wish to buy, you must submit an earnest money deposit to the seller. This deposit is your way of telling the seller you are serious about buying the home and aren’t going to get the seller’s hopes up and then go off and buy a different house.

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Raleigh Realty

MARCH 29, 2021

Your gross income is the income before taxes. Consider Property Taxes When you pay for your home, you'll need to pay other fees like property taxes and insurance. Getting pre-approved tells the seller that you're serious. And the seller's agent will be happier to do business with a colleague in the field.

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Annarbor Appraisal

APRIL 9, 2020

Houses in blue, condominium units in orange, new construction included. Buyers, sellers, and the Realtors who work with them are adaptable, and some transactions have continued via virtual showings. Therefore, although there is still activity with some buyers and sellers who need to move, for the moment we are largely on hold.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2025

Property taxes accrue even if the home is destroyed Property taxes are a major expense for Los Angeles homeowners, and those taxes still accrue even if the land doesnt have a home to live in. But homeowners do have a few options for relief.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

With a land contract, the seller provides the land buyer with the loan, instead of an institution. The loan is structured for the buyer to pay a down payment and repay the seller in installments. This type of financing is more flexible than a traditional loan as the seller is typically more relaxed with the terms of the agreement.

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Eppraisal

MARCH 28, 2023

That question centers around whether they prefer new construction to a pre-existing house that has had previous occupants. Advantages and Disadvantages of New Construction According to Realtor.com, one-third of all homes on the market are new, i.e. recently built with no previous inhabitants.

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Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Chicago’s housing options include a wide diversity of architecture, styles, and sizes, including vintage condos, brand-new construction, and 7,000-square-foot homes. Here’s what that means for sellers in the Chicago area: Make key updates if you’re selling a dated home. Updated homes tend to sell faster in Chicago, notes Westhoff.

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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The projected slowdown could also reduce demand for new construction even though experts estimate our national housing shortage is about 4M units today. The researchers acknowledge that with such a steep housing shortage, the construction levels could be higher than their stark projections. Insert audible gasp here, perhaps?

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AmeriMac

JUNE 15, 2024

Before an appraisal, it’s important to gather essential documents such as property taxes and operating expenses. Making improvements to the property can positively impact its appraisal value and attract potential buyers or tenants. Introduction Property appraisals are an essential tool for real estate investors.

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McKissock

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

“I have a background in construction and have been a business owner in the construction industry.” ” “We perform complex assignments, whether its proposed construction, rural, large acreage, or luxury homes. I am doing all I can to cover all requests asap.” Background or perspective.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 18, 2021

Before buyers and sellers complete their purchasing, refinancing, or selling process, they must get an appropriate home evaluation. Construction. Most states calculate property taxes depending on your home’s fair market value. Ultimately, an independent appraisal helps lower your overall property taxes.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 18, 2021

Before buyers and sellers complete their purchasing, refinancing, or selling process, they must get an appropriate home evaluation. Construction. Most states calculate property taxes depending on your home’s fair market value. Ultimately, an independent appraisal helps lower your overall property taxes.

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Eppraisal

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Yet swelling house prices go far beyond new construction and that is good news for the owners of existing homes. As is evident, a seller can take advantage of inflation with a high sales price, especially if the seller is downsizing to a less expensive residence. Who Does Inflation Help?

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AmeriMac

MARCH 18, 2021

Before buyers and sellers complete their purchasing, refinancing, or selling process, they must get an appropriate home evaluation. Construction. Most states calculate property taxes depending on your home’s fair market value. Ultimately, an independent appraisal helps lower your overall property taxes.

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Raleigh Realty

MAY 3, 2021

Oftentimes you may even find that new construction homes are the way to go as the barrier to entry can oftentimes be easier than purchasing a resale. And for one more benefit, you can deduct your property taxes. Pre-approval provides you and the seller a sense of how much house you can buy.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A buyer gets a seller’s disclosure statement for that information. Tomorrow, I’m supposed to become a data scientist and try to decipher the value of a property I’ve never seen, bought and sold by buyers and sellers I’ve never met. There is no way to know what the inside looks like or the foundation (many are brick).

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AmeriMac

APRIL 15, 2023

Commercial appraisals are multi-functional and used for various purposes, such as determining loan amounts, buying and selling properties, settling estates and disputes, and property tax assessments. Property owners, buyers, and lenders will use this information to determine the appropriate value of the property.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 8, 2021

We shared ways to create a welcoming front entrance for under $100, suggestions to help get an offer accepted in this crazy sellers’ market and tips for buying a new-construction home. Thanks for reading! The post What else is happening in and around your Seattle?

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PennyMac

AUGUST 31, 2024

Mutual Acceptance of the Offer After negotiation, the buyer and seller agree on the final property price. Opening Escrow and Earnest Money After an offer is accepted, the listing broker or the seller’s agent will initiate the escrow account opening process. Here are some of the steps completed prior to closing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

By becoming highly knowledgeable in a particular niche, you establish yourself as the subject matter expert for a specific audience of buyers, sellers or property types. Here’s a list of real estate niches to help you identify and specialize in a type of property or client.

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The Robert Weiler Company

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Generally, a commercial real estate appraisal is an unbiased valuation assessment to help you determine the value of a commercial property. The commercial real estate appraiser’s role is to produce an accurate, reliable, and unbiased estimate of the market value of a property. You may need a commercial valuation for many reasons.

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2022

Soaring costs of labor and construction materials is certainly contributing to the rising figure but there is evidence of a sharp increase in home improvements since the start of the pandemic. New construction is not likely to keep up with demand and bring that median age [of a home] down. A 2021 survey showed nearly half of U.S.

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Assurance Financial

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While your property taxes and home insurance rates may fluctuate, the majority of your costs will not increase. There are conventional, VA, FHA, construction, modular home, jumbo loans, and more. Once you’ve found the property you’d like to buy, you will complete a full application. Forced Saving.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 9, 2022

All this tech construction gives new meaning to IT architecture! “A A growing diversified base of technology companies continue to proclaim the Eastside market as one of the best living and job opportunities in the country,” noted local commercial property firm Broderick Group in a report issued last month. “A million sq.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A concrete and steel cover connecting First Hill to downtown, for example, would reduce traffic noise, potentially add more parkland and encourage construction of new housing. on first-year costs, including a 20% down payment, closing costs, monthly mortgage, insurance and property taxes. only a few hundred dollars shy of that.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

You’re less likely to have to compete for those, and the sellers are likely to be more motivated to make a deal. Look for new construction, even if your buyers don’t think they will like it. Often the tuition can be made up by the fact that buying out of the district costs less and has lower property taxes.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Are they looking in an area that actually has the type of property they want? Should they consider new construction? Help buyers write a winning offer Understand what the seller wants beyond the asking price. Their book, “HARRIS Rules,” is a best-seller in real estate history. Listen to their podcast NOW.

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 11, 2024

Louis Sullivan, the so-called father of high-rise construction design, once said: “The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, and the street offers itself as a riverbed to the stream of life that flows through the city.” Sellers can offer any amount – or nothing – seeking to improve consumer transparency.

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Assurance Financial

APRIL 29, 2021

The CD also tells you how much cash you need to bring to closing and lists all the transactions that have taken place, such as any credits from the seller. C to P (Construction to Permanent Loan). A construction loan is typically a short-term loan that only pays for the cost of building a house. DTI (Debt-to-Income).

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Will Springer Realtor

JUNE 8, 2022

They include shortages caused by restrictive zoning that limit the number and type of housing units built on a given parcel, a “not in my backyard” resistance to new construction in traditionally single-family-home neighborhoods, and layers of regulations, processes and fees that dissuade developers from building in certain areas.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2021

And, Seattle’s attempt to force building developers to incorporate more affordable homes within their new residential endeavors yielded only 21 units in 2020 out of a swell of 224 construction projects. Developers opted to pay fees to the city totaling $68M instead, funds that help construct affordable homes in other parts of the city.

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Seattle’s zoning regulations call for inclusionary housing in multifamily construction but most developers pay penalties instead of providing affordable units. Also, affected by the disruptions: builders and homeowners seeking to construct or update homes. Some parts of the U.S. – according to a Q3 report from ATTOM.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Modern and contemporary styles still have a stronghold on new construction, but as we found, they have spawned many offshoots, each of which has bloomed into a distinct aesthetic in its own right. To read more, click here My comments: Very interesting! 4] These levels are too high if they are in fact due to racial bias.

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Property Metrics

MARCH 13, 2025

Demands expertise in entitlements, construction, and lease-up. Core, Core-Plus, Value-Add, and Opportunistic These terms are often used by institutional investors to categorize CRE properties by overall stability, potential for improvement, and inherent risk levels. Higher risk but potentially higher rewards if executed properly.

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