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2009
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Thursday I received an urgent call from a lender. They needed a rush review appraisal that needed to be completed by the following morning. It seemed pretty cut and dry, but I was perplexed by the original appraiser's comparable properties, which were up to 3 1/2 miles from the subject property...
03/29/2009
Eminent Domain was implemented in the US to seize individually owned property for public use.... for the betterment of a community. In Portland, with all of the Interstates, it had to be done for the good of the masses (in other words, the city would not be what it is today without creating said...
03/29/2009
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If you have a private remarks spot on your MLS system and you take a moment to write a note such as this one: Seriously... if you have a thorough description and pictures in your MLS listing and note any concessions that may have happened at the time of purchase, this quick note can save you oodl...
03/24/2009
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We're in the middle of an economic and individual housing meltdown in this country. People are losing their homes, banks are losing their assets. To comfort the government, banks and homeowners, new appraisal regulations are being made left and right. Upgraded appraiser qualifications are bein...
03/17/2009
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We're in the middle of an economic and individual housing meltdown in this country. People are losing their homes, banks are losing their assets. To comfort the government, banks and homeowners, new appraisal regulations are being made left and right. Upgraded appraiser qualifications are bein...
03/14/2009
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I hear grumblings from Realtors every now and again that sound something like this... ‘Why should we have to get an appraisal done when the house is on the open market and there are knowledgeable buyers and sellers who have agreed upon a price?' An episode of HGTV's My First Place (entitled ‘Ho...
03/14/2009
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Sara Goodwin
Portland, Oregon Appraiser