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The Housing Market Has Become Like the Pymatuning Spillway

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

So many visitors have stopped by over the years, that they renovated the area to make it more visitor friendly, with better parking and a nicer observation area. When an appraiser’s opinion of value is below the contract price, that’s when the carping begins. It is free to visit.

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Appraisal Comparable Guidelines: A Cheat Sheet for Agents

Birmingham Appraisal

If older, renovated sales are not available for an updated home it may be necessary to compare it to a newer home with a a similar effective age. When this happens you will need to go through the lender and complete a reconsideration of value (ROV).

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Appraisers: How to Manage Your Emails

Appraisal Today

He was planning to renovate it and stay in it, but he had to relocate.” Comps??? == Reconsiderations of Value and What to Do About Them By Danielle Lopez This reconsideration of value has already set me back 30 minutes. “The current owner bought it as a fixer-upper.

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Are Appraisers Professionals?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Easement Liability, college degree requirement AQB, Fannie June Update, ADUs, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc == = Renovated Modernist Mansion in Salt Lake City for $3.699M Excerpts: 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, 4,660 sq.ft.,

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Why Appraisal Workfiles Are Important

Appraisal Today

More significantly, loanDepot.com agreed to an extensive revamping of: (a) its reconsideration of value practices; (b) fair housing/non-discrimination training requirements; (c) statistical tracking of appraisal outcomes; and (d) training and contractual requirements for AMCs and appraisers. “The

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NAN’s Steve Sussman on the company’s growth strategy

Housing Wire

So, we have embraced products that range across the gamut, those targeted toward HELOCs, or targeted toward renovation loans. We are not going to try to second-guess what the appraiser is saying, but we have a very robust system in place for reconsideration of value requests and disputes.