When purchasing an expensive engagement ring, one would not seek the expertise of a real estate agent. Similarly, when an estate requires an appraisal, it is crucial to engage the appropriate expert ...

You’ve found a house for your buyer or a buyer for the home you’re selling. The negotiations were successful, and a deal has been reached. A home inspection hasn’t yielded any problems, so nothing is ...

Reporting from washington — Not long ago they were the punching bags of American real estate, accused of rank incompetence, wrecking home sales and failing to pick up on signs of the housing ...

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It didn't take long for quilt appraiser Dee Dadik to figure out that the folded quilt in front of her was not a priceless family heirloom. With just a quick initial glance, she knew it was machine-, ...

And in a rocky economy, every home sale counts. Appraisers act as the referees of these deals. Appraisers walk through a home, analyze similar properties and consider economic conditions to determine ...

Are mortgage loan officers and realty agents - even individual home sellers - continuing to influence or attempting to interfere with appraisals despite new federal rules that ban such behavior? Ask ...

In the world of commercial real estate finance, appreciation — either metaphorically or economically through increased building values — has been a rare virtue over the last four years. This is ...

A real-estate market that has been level and active for some time is the best kind for home appraisers. Contrasting with that ideal situation, it’s been headache time for quite a while now. Not only ...

With home prices softening and sales volume sagging in many local markets, real estate appraisers say that pressure on them to inflate values has reached pandemic proportions. A new survey of the ...

The average real estate appraiser makes around $90,000 annually, and it’s an excellent career for a detail-oriented person intrigued by “solving the puzzle” of property value. In this guide, I’ll ...