Homes Appraiser

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 [...]

When looking at property records, it seems that most houses have a much lower assessed value than what the home actually appraised and sold for. Why is this?
For instance: A home is appraised for $100,000, yet the county’s assessment of the property is only $69,000.

We want to make our master bedroom bigger. Instead of building on, we can knock down a wall to combine the master bedroom with a second bedroom. The bedroom we use for our master bedroom extension can be moved downstairs in our finished basement. The number of bedrooms in the house will [...]