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Fannie: Inspection and Reporting Tips UAD 3.6

By on October 31, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: Fannie: Inspection and Reporting Tips UAD 3.6, Appraising Haunted Houses

October 31, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)

  • LIA AD: Legal Request for Old Appraisal
  • Inspection and Reporting Tips for Appraiser Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) Specification Issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
  • Penthouse One – 3 Story in Florida listed for $47,500,000
  • “No Name” Licenses, No Accountability: From Highways to Housing
  • Appraising Haunted Houses
  • Foolish Mortals or Bargain Buyers: 1 in 2 Americans Would Buy a ‘Haunted’ House for the Right Price
  • Mortgage applications increased 7.1 percent from one week earlier

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Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) Specification Issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Document Version 1.0

October 21, 2025

Excerpts: Navigating changes to the appraisal process can be complex – make the transition to the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) 3.6 easier with the new Inspection and Reporting Tips for Appraisers guide. This resource clarifies key differences between the new Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) and legacy UAD 2.6 forms, providing the information you need when researching or physically inspecting a property.

The purpose of this document is to assist the appraiser by highlighting the notable differences between UAD 3.6 and UAD 2.6, and direct the appraiser to appropriate section(s) in the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) Reference Guide on the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac UAD web pages.

The document offers tips for different sections within the URAR that may be helpful to an individual who is completing various aspects of an appraisal assignment.

• Inspection Tips: When physically inspecting the property, or

• Reporting Tips: When researching and completing the URAR, including new information that may require research from a website, the homeowner, or other source.

Items to Note:

• When there are no material differences between UAD 3.6 and UAD 2.6 with respect to

information collected, those URAR sections are omitted from this document. For example, the

information collected for “Assignment Information” is not included below because it’s very similar between UAD 3.6 and UAD 2.6.

• Review the URAR Reference Guide chapters 22 through 24 to understand the dynamic nature of the grids (Sales Comparison, Rental Comparison, GRM Comparison).

To access the Inspection and Reporting Tips for Appraisers resource, Click Here.

My comments: Worth reading. The only document I have read that compares UAD 2.6 (current form reports) and UAD 3.6 in specific fields. Uses tables that make it easier to understand. Refers to F-1, the document that contains information on fields. Hopefully, when you are doing UAD 3.6 Reports, your software will pull in the relevant sections from F-1.

I have written 6 articles on UAD 3.6 in my paid monthly newsletter, including a list of what has changed on each page of the sample SFR1 (Single Family) report. The November newsletter includes an update on software vendors and where to get demos. None have completed their UAD 3.6 software, including verification by GSEs.

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Appraisal Adjustments Tips

By on October 23, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: California College offers Appraiser Training, Appraiser Adjustments

October 24, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)

  • LIA AD: Can an Attorney Really Force Me to Testify?
  • How to Defend Adjustments in Appraisal Reports By Jo Traut
  • Monumental Hollywood Hills Megamansion That Took 10 Years To Complete Is Listed for $125 Million
  • West Los Angeles Community College Launches More Accessible Home Appraiser Training Program
  • Flooded With Change: Appraisers Tackle a Dynamic URAR and UAD 3.6 by Isaac Peck
  • Mortgage Rates Won’t Fall Below 6% Anytime Soon, Top Economist Says in Grim Forecast
  • Mortgage applications decreased 0.3 percent from one week earlier

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Bias in Appraisals. What Does It Mean?

By on October 17, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: Tariffs Effects on Home Building,
The Cupola and Its Cooling Comeback

October 17, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)

  • LIA AD: Unreasonable Subpoena Request
  • California home built around giant boulder lists for $2 million
  • What’s That Box on the Roof? The Cupola and Its Cooling Comeback
  • Trump’s Tariffs on Lumber and Cabinetry Kick In, Hitting Homebuilding and Renovation
  • The Appraiser’s Guide to Evaluating Home Value Before You Buy
  • Mortgage applications decreased 1.8 percent from one week earlier

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What does “bias” in appraisal really mean?

Hal Humphreys

and Peter Christensen Video

Excerpts: What constitutes “bias” in appraisal isn’t always what you expect, according to an attorney who handles cases involving appraisers.

Now let’s zoom in on bias. This topic does NOT inspire feelings of neutrality in the appraisal community. That non-neutrality comes out (a bit explosively) in comments threads and appraiser forums, and sometimes even in the classroom. I’ve sat in on several of Peter Christensen’s in-person classes on bias and fair housing law, and invariably somebody in class pushes back. Sometimes the air gets pretty hot and hostile. But Peter always handles the pushback with calm and aplomb. He hears folks out, responds respectfully, and steers the conversation back to his thesis — that bias exists, and it can take forms that we don’t necessarily expect.

In a brief interview I did with him (see the video below), he tells a story about a case he handled, in which an appraiser’s report was found to exhibit bias to a homeowner whose political views he loathed. Peter tells this story in his class, and it always surprises people, because they’ve seen this divide in their own lives and can imagine something like this actually happening.

I thought I knew what bias looked like, but I’ve begun to realize that it can creep in when we’re least expecting it. —Hal Humphreys

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My comment: Interesting analysis. Very good video. Worth watching the video and reading the text.

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Condo Prices, up/down/?? for Appraisals

By on October 10, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: NAR Calls Out Unregulated Middlemen (AMCs), Modular Construction?

October 10, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)

  • LIA AD: Dealing with Unhappy Buyers as an Appraiser
  • Condo prices are obviously dropping, By Ryan Lundquist
  • Foreclosure Fixer-Uppers Ready for Their Next Chapter: 5 Abandoned Homes Offering a Bargain Deal to Buyers
  • The Modular Construction Revolution That Hasn’t Happened (Yet)

By Ivan Rupnik

  • NAR Calls Out Unregulated Middlemen: A Wake-Up Call for FHFA
  • When Appraisers Rally: Korea Sends the U.S. a Wake-Up Call
  • MBA Mortgage applications decreased 4.7 percent from one week earlier,

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Condo prices are obviously dropping

By Ryan Lundquist

Excerpts: So many price graphs right now look pretty flat, but this condo scatter graph shows definitive declines, right? This is stunning to see, but it’s also not a shocker since the condo market has been hit harder over the past couple of years. Keep in mind I’m showing the entire county, and not every single subdivision will have the exact trend.

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH CONDOS?

Buyers have been turned off lately with condos, and so much of it has to do with HOA fees rising and affecting purchasing power (see paragraph below). There can also be issues with obtaining financing. Moreover, SB326 is a new balcony law in California in 2025, and that’s also something we want to keep watching. Yet, the declines began before 2025, so don’t blame SB326 alone.

LOSING PURCHASING POWER IS A BIG PROBLEM – SEE GRAPHIC BELOW

Check out the huge difference in purchasing power between the following two properties. The monthly payment is the same for a $350K condo with a $600 monthly HOA fee and a $450K detached home without an HOA fee. While there is some advantage in having the HOA cover exterior maintenance or even having a gym on site, buyers are looking at the math, and the higher fee has been a roadblock for condos.

SUPPLY HAS GROWN FASTER WITH CONDOS

Condo supply has been growing at a faster pace all year than the detached market in Sacramento County. This is a good reminder that not all parts of the market are experiencing the same trend (key point). No wonder why prices have gone down at a quicker rate for condos, right?

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My comments: What’s happening in your market??

Over my 40 years appraising in my local market, condo markets are almost always different than the market for detached homes.

Many condos in my city are conversions of apartments built prior to 1970. Today, there are new condos are being built here and all over the Bay Area due to very high land prices. Across the street from my office are many 3-5 story new condos with a few attached townhomes. They are sorta boring and look the same. A marina is being converted to residential mostly. I had my business there for over 30 years and had to move as my office building was destroyed in the first year of Covid.

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Why AI Can’t Replace Appraisers

By on October 3, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: Why AI Can’t Replace Appraisers,
Value: Absolute or Relative?

October 3, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)

  • LIA AD: Weather Impact
  • Five Reasons AI Cannot Replace Real Estate Appraisers, By Timothy Andersen
  • Malibu (CA) Waterfront Home for $110,000,000
  • How Bureaucratic Overreach Turned Real Estate Appraisers into Scapegoats
  • September 2025 Housing Market Updates for Appraisers
  • Value: Relatively Absolute or Absolutely Relative?, By Brent Bowen
  • Mortgage applications decreased 12.7 percent from one week earlier

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Five Reasons AI Cannot Replace Real Estate Appraisers

by Timothy Andersen

Excerpts:

QUESTION: When I got involved in real estate appraisal, nobody ever told me about AI, UAD 3.6, AVMs, and all the changes that would take place. I can’t keep up with these changes and the changes I will have to make to the way I appraise and report those appraisals. Please tell me there is some good news out there about the way I have chosen to make a living! Is there any such news?

RESPONSE: Traditionally, when there were questions of real property value, the party with the questions called a real property appraiser to answer them. Real estate appraisers are professionals who estimate the value of properties like homes or land. They are trained, licensed experts who visit properties, study local markets, and follow ethical rules to make fair valuations. Lately, artificial intelligence (AI) and computer models called Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) are helping estimate property values, thus possibly decreasing the demand for real estate appraisers.

From your question, you are asking if these innovations in AI are going to take your job. In all candor, AI is going to take some appraisal jobs. But the good news is that, with some upgrading on your part, that should not be a worry.

Reason 1

One reason you’ll get all the credit (or blame) is that humans exercise judgment, follow ethics, and accept responsibility. Algorithms cannot execute these since, to some extent, judgment, responsibility, etc. have an emotional component to them, rather than purely logic or reason. Remember, AI is a tool to help you. In so many ways it cannot replace you (nor was that its design).

Reason 2

One reason you’ll get all the credit (or blame) is that humans exercise judgment, follow ethics, and accept responsibility. Algorithms cannot execute these…

Reason 3

One reason it cannot replace you is simply because AI (i.e., AVMs) struggles with unique or complex houses, especially if those are rural properties…

Conclusion

At this point in the response, you rightly ask, “What does any of this have to do with me!?” That answer is essentially up to you….

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My comments: What AI means for your appraisals (and many jobs) can be scary. This article is understandable and comprehensive. Worth reading the details.

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Q3 2025 Fannie Mae Appraiser Update

By on September 26, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Q3 2025 Fannie Mae Appraiser Update, When Sales are not Comps

September 26, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)

  • LIA AD: When a Property Owner Wants to Do the Appraiser’s Job
  • Q3 2025 Fannie Mae Appraiser Update
  • 14 Mile Island House: $10.8 Million Historical Estate on a Private Island in New York Is Listed for Sale for the First Time in 60 Years
  • It’s the Right Time By Jeff Bradford, Founder and CEO of Bradford Technologies
  • Sales Don’t Always Become Comps By Ryan Lundquist
  • Is Commercial Property Appraisal Right for You?
  • Mortgage applications increased 0.6 percent from one week earlier
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Q3 2025 Fannie Mae Appraiser Update

Excerpts: In this edition, we share information and resources to help you navigate recently announced changes.

Perhaps the most significant appraisal policy change in recent memory is the launch of the new Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) 3.6. In this edition we continue to unpack UAD 3.6 changes with the Update Report and the Completion Report.

To help with UAD 3.6 implementation, we have created a tool for appraisers to check their reports for UAD 3.6 compliance.

We also review recent Selling Guide changes related to reconsideration of value (ROV). Speaking of the Selling Guide, we provide some tips on how to make the most of this important resource for appraisers and we highlight changes to our ANSI fact sheet.

Topic LIst

  • Restricted Appraisal Update and Completion Reports
  • Comp driveby not required for UAD 3.6
  • UAD 3.6 compliance checker
  • Reconsideration of Value update
  • Stay up to date on Selling Guide changes

My comments: No more driving comps is a big change and is somewhat controversial for appraisers. Will lenders who don’t require UAD 3.6 drop the comp inspection requirement?

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Appraisal Clipboards and UAD 3.6

By on September 19, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: Concessions, Clipboards in Appraisals?

September 19, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down

    • LIA AD: Protecting My Appraisal Report
    • Robots in Surgery, Clipboards in Appraisals: A Tale of Two Professions
    • Custom Barndominium ‘Like No Other’ With Hobby Farm and Room for Helipad Hits the Market for $12.5 Million
    • Concessions: Sellers are struggling to listen to the market by Ryan Lundquist
    • Do Nearby Home Sales Affect My Home’s Value? By Tom Horn
    • The Short-Term Rental Dilemma by JoAnn Apostol

    • Mortgage applications increased 29.7 percent from  one week earlier

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Dear Clipboard and Measuring Wheel – A Walk Down Memory Lane

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Robots in Surgery, Clipboards in Appraisals:
A Tale of Two Professions

By Tony Pistilli

September 15, 2025

Excerpts: In the distant past, a doctor could build a career practicing medicine in much the same way for decades. But today, with the rapid pace of medical advancement, it means doctors who refuse to adopt new technologies either retire early, find their practices so limited that they cannot effectively compete or fade away into irrelevance.

The technological toolbox available to doctors today is full and growing. Consider just a few of these examples.

Robots allow doctors to perform minimally invasive procedures with greater precision, fewer complications, and faster recovery times. Surgeons control the robot’s every movement, combining human judgment with precision accuracy.

Doctors vs. Real Estate Appraisers

Of course there had to be a correlation to appraisers!  In summary, doctors have largely embraced technology, reshaping their profession and improving outcomes for millions of people around the world.

Contrast that with real estate appraisers.

While doctors are saving lives with robotic tools, appraisers are often still clinging to their clipboards, tape measures and manual data entry. While physicians have adopted telemedicine to expand their reach, many appraisers have resisted bifurcation that could streamline valuation processes and bring more work and ultimately more revenue.

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My comments: Interesting analysis. A few years ago, I had major surgery where robotics were used. I was worried, but when I research robotics I found out that they can work very well. And that the robots were not doing the surgery! My surgeon determined what the robots did by the surgeon manipulating the surgical instruments in an external device to do the surgery.

UAD 3.6 is coming. Using a tablet app in the field to collect data can really help. What if you don’t want to use an app and want to use a clipboard? I spoke with a software vendor recently who will have paper check lists of what data and photos are needed when using a clipboard.

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Paired Sales Analysis

By on September 12, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: Paired Sales Analysis, The Last Appraiser,
24 Hour Turn Times?

September 12, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)

  • LIA AD: Why do Claims get Settled?
  • Paired Sales Analysis: Tips and Tools for Appraisers
  • Home on rare stretch of California’s Lost Coast hits market for $11M in Ferndale, CA Some Assembly Required
  • Combining Tools for Appraisals By Brent Bowen
  • The 24-Hour Appraisal Diet: Slim on Time, Light on Credibility
  • A Review of MEIN COMP: The Last Appraiser by Desiree Mehbod
  • Mortgage applications decreased 1.2 percent from one week earlier

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Tools To Support Appraisal Adjustments

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Paired Sales Analysis: Tips and Tools for Appraisers

By Kevin Hecht

Excerpts: As a professional real estate appraiser, you know that paired sales analysis is a reliable and popular method for determining the value of specific property features and providing market-based evidence to support appraisal adjustments.

Though not without challenges, paired sales analysis is a valuable technique to have in your appraisal toolkit. Mastering this method will help you develop more accurate, credible, and defensible appraisals.

Uses

Primarily used in the sales comparison approach, paired sales analysis is particularly useful for estimating the value of unique property attributes such as:

  • Location advantages (corner lots, cul-de-sac positions, or waterfront access)
  • Scenic views or privacy features
  • Property upgrades (pools, finished basements, luxury kitchens)

Importance

For property appraisers, paired sales analysis is an essential tool because it helps ensure that appraisal adjustments are supported by quantitative data. Rather than relying on cost estimates or subjective opinions, you can use actual sales data to support your value conclusions. This evidence strengthens your appraisal’s defensibility and helps you comply with USPAP.

Additional Topics

  • Step-by-Step Methodology of a Paired Sales Analysis
  • Paired Sales Analysis Tips and Best Practices

My comments: Paired sales has been used for decades by appraisers. Now, statistical analysis including graphs is available plus software that can determine adjustments. In the 8/25 issue of this newsletter, an appraiser survey of appraisal adjustments said that paired sales was the number one adjustment method used by appraisers.

I use paired sales for unusual adjustments, such as discussed above. For example, for many years I lived in waterfront homes, which is not unusual in my city. One of my homes was in a small development of similar homes built in the 1940s. Matched paired sales was very easy. Another non tract home built in the 1940s did not have similar homes nearby and paired sales did not work very well there.

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Appraisal Regulator Chaos

By on September 5, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: Appraisal Regulator Chaos , Cat and Raccoon Damages, Wildfire Risks

September 5, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)
NOTE: Scroll down to see Appraisal Regulator Chaos

  • LIA AD: Legal Request for Old Appraisal
  • The Kitty Litter Duplex: An Appraisal I Wish to Not Remember
  • $300K Maryland Home Is Overrun by Feral Cats and Raccoons
  • The Full Measure August 2025: Navigating Rates, Inventory, and Affordability
  • Appraisal Regulatory Chaos
  • The Town With No Bank: How Rural America Lost Its Mortgage Lifeline By Dallas T. Kiedrowski, MNAA
  • New Cotality Wildfire Risk Report finds more than 2.6 million homes are exposed to moderate or greater wildfire risk
  • Mortgage applications decreased 1.2 percent from one week earlier
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The Kitty Litter Duplex: An Appraisal I Wish to Not Remember

Excerpts: How one property’s furballs left an unforgettable impression on an apartment and an appraiser

Introduction

In the world of real estate, surprises abound. Industry professionals, especially appraisers, all expect the unexpected, but even the most seasoned professionals can stumble across situations that test the limits of their experience, composure, and their judgement. There are stories of haunted houses, collapsing ceilings, and outlandish tenant actions and decorative choices (Live, Laugh, Love), but the tale of the cat-soiled duplex stands out for its sheer yuck-factor. This is the story of what should be a routine property appraisal, which became cemented in my experience stories, due to its unfathomability and coated in an unmistakable, noxious layer of feline mischief.

The Setting: An Unimposing Duplex with a Dirty Little Secret…

The Appraisal Appointment: An Unforgettable First Impression

…I could only see the flooring in the opening and a few other spots around the living room from about a foot outside the threshold, the rest of the floor was completely caked with cat poop. The walls, ceiling, and windows were all enveloped by heavy spider webs in a variety of states, while some were fresh looking, others clearly blackened from a long life filled with dust, dirt, fur, and of course fecal matter. Also, you could see multiple patches of orange mold scattered throughout the walls and ceiling. I quickly replied I would not be going in there, because it was a danger to my health and safety, which somehow surprised her….

Financial and Health Implications: When Cleanliness Becomes a Value Killer

Hygiene, general maintenance, and property values parallel each other. This may be why we have condition codes for our appraisals. Just saying…. I made sure to thoroughly explain the situation and how the value was determined in the report. I did not want this rolling back downhill and getting me. Luckily, a very gracious Fresno Construction, was able to give me a quote very quickly, which came just over $100,000 for an estimate to redo the unit in its entirety.

Conclusion

The Kitty Litter Unit stands as a testament to both the resilience of a property and the unpredictability investors face. Especially in this case, since it was for an estate of a deceased former owner.

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My comments: I appraised a house for a relocation company – one story with 3 bedrooms. There were cats on every surface above the floor, such as dressers, – all staring at me of course. In the rear of the home was a very large cat enclosure. They were rescue cats, temporarily at the home. I did not ask the owner where the cats would go when she relocated – back to the shelter or with go with her.  I will never forget about all those cat eyes staring at me!

I had another relocation appraisal where the male cat had sprayed urine along several walls in the living room. I told the relocation company to replace the drywall.

Of course, I could fill up a book with dog stories. Such as two Dobermans that broke down the door of a trailer to get to me. I somehow made it to my car and I will never forget it. Or the small dogs who bit my ankles as I was trying to get through the front door (home was owned by an appraiser I knew). For both appraisals, I told my lender client to get another appraiser.

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Appraisal Adjustments

By on August 29, 2025   /  Leave a comment

Newz: Appraisal Adjustments, How Freddie and Fannie Inflated Home Prices, FHA to Adopt UAD 3.6

August 29, 2025

What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)

  • LIA AD Navigating Value Revisions in Appraisals
  • Appraisal Adjustments: Types, Methods, and Cheat Sheet Appraisal By Kevin Hecht
  • Inside Artificial Heart Inventor’s $4.8 Million Midcentury Modern Salt Lake City Utah Home
  • Inflated Prices, Taxed to Death, by Jeremy Bagott
  • Can the direction a home faces affect its value? By Ryan Lundquist
  • The Competence to Perform an Assignment, by Timothy C. Andersen, MAI
  • FHA to adopt UAD 3.6
  • MBA: Mortgage applications decreased 0.5 percent from one week earlier

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Time Adjustment Changes for Appraisers

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Appraisal Adjustments: Types, Methods, and Cheat Sheet Appraisal By Kevin Hecht

Excerpts:

Types of Appraisal Adjustments

Appraisal adjustments can take several forms, depending on the property characteristics being compared. Each type of adjustment addresses a different element that may influence value. Below are descriptions of common adjustment categories and their uses, followed by a “cheat sheet” chart with examples.

  • Qualitative Adjustments
  • Quantitative Adjustments
  • Transactional Adjustments
  • Market Conditions Adjustments
  • Property Adjustments
  • Locational Adjustments

Common Methods for Making Appraisal Adjustments

A long list, from matched paired sales to Cost Analysis

Appraiser Survey: What’s Your Go-To Method for Adjustments?

Paired sales/matched pair analysis (Most popular answer!)

“I typically cover rural areas where sales are scarce and there is not enough data for meaningful statistical analysis to be performed. Due to this, paired sales analysis is the most reasonable and defensible analysis position available.”

“I use linear regression to understand market changes and to calculate any necessary market change adjustments.”

“Depends on what item is being adjusted. If it is site or GLA, it is usually a percentage of the per acre or per square foot sales price. Other items are usually paired sales analysis or consideration for depreciated cost.”

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My comments: Comprehensive lists and interesting appraiser comments. I quit doing grid dollar adjustments many years ago. A person from our state regulator, speaking at a local appraisal meeting, said they would require support for all adjustments. I started by doing Plus and Minus grid adjustments and then went to “total property comparison” with a value. I do a qualitative analysis comparing the comps.

The only supported dollar adjustments I make are for market conditions and high dollar features such as a fantastic view of the Golden Gate Bridge from very high up a hill.

Inside Artificial Heart Inventor’s $4.8 Million Midcentury Modern Salt Lake City Utah Home

Excerpts: 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 5,447 sq.ft., 0.55 acre lot, built in 1957

The mastermind behind the one-of-a-kind estate was none other than Swiss architect Eduard Dreier, who brought Bauhaus principles to the modernist movements of Utah and Nevada.

Lovingly restored and awarded the Utah Heritage Award for Restoration and Renovation, this 5, 447 sq ft architectural gem blends timeless Dreier elements-exposed steel beams, walls of glass and cantilevered roof line, granite rock walls-with warm modern luxury. The 1,110 sq ft glass-and-steel attached guest house, designed by Dreier protge Brent Groesbeck in 2016, floats above the main home, expanding living where entertaining is elevated to an art form.

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