Homes Appraiser

It is a wood frame house. Should I paint it OR have siding installed? Which increased the value of the home or provides better curb appeal??
Thanks!

I had an appraisal done with my home and it was for a bank. It didnt work out and I have another bank that has a good rate and accepted me on my appraisal quote from the other bank. The problem is; my appraisal was done 2 weeks ago and was using a high comp [...]

I am interested in a home, 1652 sq. ft with pool in nice neighborhood, they are asking $139.9K…according to zillow.com the assesed value is $107K…Just wondering what kind of offer I should make? I think that the 130’s are way too high, but was wondering if they would think I am trying to low-ball [...]

we have about $18,000 in available equity. The addition is likely to exceed that amount. Do you know if a mortgage company will lend you more than your home is appraised at for an addition since the value of the home will increase when the addition is complete?

How accurate are sites like realtytrac.com?
Is there another site to get an accurate estimate of a homes value?

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I would like to do anything I can within the next week to make my home value the most it can without putting a bunch of money into it.

We are constructing a new house. Community is relatively new. In this community few houses have be depreciated this year. Is it possible that when we appraise our home, after construction is complete, the appraised value can be lower than the combined land cost and building cost ? In this case can we back out [...]

I was planning to sell the house when I first got into the 5/1 arm but home prices went down, I was stuck. the 5 year is up and rates went up. I lost my job and can’t make the higher payments, I talk with the loan company and they say my dept [...]

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 [...]