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Must-Have Information Required for a Successful Appraisal

Birmingham Appraisal

Real estate agents and loan officers play an important role in ensuring appraisers have the necessary data to deliver reliable valuations. Accurate Survey Why It Matters: A current and accurate survey highlights property boundaries, easements, and encroachmentsall of which can affect a propertys value.

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ROV (Reconsideration of Value) Changes – FHA and GSEs

Appraisal Today

The mortgage loan officer handling the loan? Instead, they can have rights to it via an easement agreement until 2153—an arrangement that protects the house from developers. OK, so who exactly decided the value should be HIGHER than what the appraiser reported, before an appraisal was ordered? Was it the borrower?