Homes Appraiser

For those home buyers who intimately monitor the real estate market and often wait for a suitable time for their property purchase, the sunny state of California is just like a dream location. In the same manner, property owners are equally interested in California home values just to ensure that their properties are a good [...]

You’ve done it. You’ve finally gone though all the steps and found the house and gotten the loan and everything that goes along with all of that. Whew. Now you get to rest for a minute, right? Wrong. Now you have the task of keeping the house in smooth running order. I’m not talking about [...]

Attempting to buy a relative’s home ~ but the home & property (5acres) was appraised for $30,000. less than the asking price.
Relative was upset, because the house was appraised 5yrs ago at $10,000. OVER the current appraisal value ~ and that number was for the house alone, didn’t include the value of the land it [...]

For those home buyers who intimately monitor the real estate market and often wait for a suitable time for their property purchase, the sunny state of California is just like a dream location. In the same manner, property owners are equally interested in California home values just to ensure that their properties are a good [...]

The sunny state of California is a dream location for many home buyers who closely monitor the real estate market and wait for a suitable moment to make their property purchase. Likewise, property owners are interested in home values in California just to make sure their properties are still a good investment or in order [...]

I am buying a house and my mortgage broker told me that he ordered an appraisal on the property before i got my inspection(that turned out to show water damage).Is this right?It just seems to me the you would want to find out if the property is ok before ordering an appraisal.Oh and yes i [...]

window. we were thinking about replacing it with a stained glass window. it is small as in maybe 24 inches by 30 inches. would making an improvement like this be worth it as far as home value is concerned? this window is visible when standing in parts of the living room. my general guess is [...]

Many homeowners are concerned that the declines in the housing market will adversely affect the reverse mortgage market. Since home equity has dropped substantially and will continue to into the unforeseeable future, concerns about new reverse mortgages and existing one have arisen.
In a reverse mortgage, the bank makes payments to the homeowner instead of [...]

I live in CA. I am refinancing and have had the home appraised. The appraiser used two “distressed proeprty” sales, IE short sales, in coming up with the value for the appraisal. As a result the loan to value ratio is not at 80%, and the interest rate is subsequently higher. It has always [...]

We are considering installing a pro-snap metal roof on our home (a 1924 bungalow, 900 square foot), and I’m just wondering if it will decrease the resale value of our home? Thanks! God bless!