Real Estate Appraisal News

If they ever make a movie about appraisers and loan officers, maybe we'll find these modified lines from the movie "A Few Good Men"?  . . .Value? You can't handle the value!You want answers?  I think I'm entitled. You want answers?  I want the truth! You can't handle the truth! You f'in people. Y...

For homeowners, a real estate appraisal is the linchpin to buying or selling their home. It allows the property transactions to occur among the buyer, seller, real estate agent and mortgage lender.Before an appraiser arrives, there are a few things you should know. By law, an appraiser must be st...

How would you like to take any kind of street address list, for example copied from an Excel spreadsheet, and automatically geocode the addresses to get latitude and longitude coordinates?   Then, map the data in your browser, download it into Google Earth, save it to a web page, or transfer it b...

I attended the Illinois Coalition of Appraisers (ICAP) update seminar in Springfield, IL last month and thought I'd share one of the funnier videos from the seminar.   The topic is serious for appraisers . . .but Brian gives it his special spin!In attendance were such notables as, Debra Brown fro...

Appraiser Asks: Can you help me explain that just because Homeowner Association (HOA) dues are paid doesn't mean the appraised property is in a Planned Unit Development (PUD)? The Loan Underwriter rejected my appraisal because HOA dues of $300 per year are paid for maintenance of a drain water l...

At least three in four home buyers obtain a professional home inspection to determine the physical condition of a home before they close the deal, but most home buyers aren't as likely to pay attention to a condominium community's financial condition when it is just as necessary. "It is amazing ...

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As Oliver Hardy used to say  . . ."Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into."Yesterday the RealEstateJournal.com posted a great article on The origins of the credit boom and its unfolding predate mistakes in the last year. The article traces the issues to changes in the banking syste...

The following is from the 2007 a la mode convention blog site: Our first of three lunch panel discussions, Marketing Your Business and Yourself, featured discussion of general philosophies and tactical tips appraisers can apply in their day to day business. The overarching theme from all three sp...

The Webopedia encyclopedia defines backup :  (v.) To copy files to a second medium (a disk or tape)  as a precaution in case the first medium fails. One of the cardinal rules in using computers is back up your files regularly. Even the most reliable computer is apt to break down eventually. Many ...