Appraisal/no appraisal?
patty Vinson
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Comments (23)We had loads of mistakes too in our apprasial. We were with a national bank, local branch. It is not as easy as saying choose someone else - this guy doesn't know what he is doing. Apparently, there have to be egregious errors, and miscalculations that he can easily rectify don't count. At least that is what I was told. Our guy refused to make any changes, other than obvious ones (missing bathrooms, missing square footage, etc.), but disregarded several more appropriate comps our (very experienced) real estate found that he had missed. To have switched apprasiers would have required many steps above our mortgage lenders head, going out of his office to the regional people, etc. So they lost the loan. It was very very frustrating because we were putting 40 percent down on the house, if you include the land which we own outright. Sitting down is a good first step, but I would also have a real estate agent look at the comps the appraiser found and see if he is missing any. This is the easiest way to up the appraisal. Our appraiser included as a comp a house my builder built 3 years ago as a spec house. It was listed for 1.2 million for over a year and sold for 800k. That was much less than the other spec house he built in the same subdivision, listed for 1.2 and sold for 1.2. You can guess which comp they used. . ....See MoreDo high tension wires affect appraisal?
Comments (1)For tax assessment purposes, I don't think there will a difference in taxes or values of like properties. However, an appraiser most likely will make some small adjustment in the market value, when comparing the subject property to 3 others that don't have high tension wires. These adjustments can be quite subjective, just like a home with a "view" vs. one without it....See MoreShort sale appraisal
Comments (3)I should clarify. The first mortgage broker we went to, ordered the appraisal for a different loan, that we don't qualify for, after he assured us that we would qualify for this specific loan. When he drug his feet for over 2 weeks, to get us the application, we shopped for a new loan. Only after we had a new mortgage broker, he told us we didn't qualify for this specific loan. This was even before we told him we got a new loan. During this time, the appraisal was done and sent to us. We then forwarded it to our RE agent and the new mortgage broker, to do something about the discrepancy. Now, our RE agent got the appraiser to change the numbers on the appraisal. From a bit of online research, it seems we are not the only people that appraisals for their short sale, have come in over contract price. I have not read in any circumstance, that I could find, has the appraiser been asked to change their original numbers. I would think that an appraiser would be in fear for their license, as this constitutes fraud....See MoreHow to prepare for refi appraisal
Comments (5)What they said. I have always prepared a list of all of the improvements we've made and a list of 4-5 suggested comps, as well. When it's relevant, I also include homes that may look like they are comps on paper and explain why I believe they are not (e.g., they are fixer uppers, they are in a different school zone, etc.) We have never had appraisers actually touch anything (they just take photos) so appearance is more important than function...once we had an appraisal right before finishing a remodel and I was dreading the moment that the appraiser tried to open a cabinet door that was not actually attached yet, or looked behind a door at the unpainted trim--but she didn't touch a thing, snapped a few photos of the rooms, and moved on. Good luck!...See Morepatty Vinson
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