Tag Archive for: appraised values

Why Appraised Values Have To “Season” After A Purchase

“I just bought the property for $800,000 but it is worth $1,000,000 now, and I would like to refi using the higher appraised value…” We get emails like the above […]Read More

Why Friendly Appraisers Should NOT Push Values Too Far; Review Appraisers Are Like Sharks

$125,000 APPRAISAL CUT KILLS DEAL Several years ago, we had a $700,000 purchase of a property with an unpermitted in-law unit in Concord, CA (very common in both our Bay […]Read More

Major Appraisal Issues; Please Read; Not Market Value; Other Issues

As predicted, we are seeing many more appraisal issues surface this year. A few reminders/things to note: 1. Appraised value often does NOT reflect market value. This scenario surfaces all […]Read More

Appraised Value Often Not Market Value; Happy Thanksgiving!

This is a reminder that appraised values often do not reflect market values. Appraisers are trained to make a concerted effort to correlate to contract price whenever there is a […]Read More

Why Appraisals Do NOT Reflect Market Values In Hot Markets

Appraised Values often do not reflect market values. We address this often b/c there is so much confusion about this in the overheated California housing markets. The reason is that […]Read More