Appraisal Clipboards and UAD 3.6

By on September 19, 2025   /   adjustments, appraisal business, appraisal how to, New URAR, UAD 3.6   /   Leave a comment
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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   /   adjustments, appraisal, appraisal business, appraisal forms, appraisal how to, UAD 3.6   /   Leave a comment
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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 Adjustments

By on August 29, 2025   /   adjustments, appraisal how to, FHA, liability, New URAR, UAD, UAD 3.6, USPAP   /   Leave a comment
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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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Appraisal Time Adjustments

By on March 28, 2025   /   adjustments, FHA, GSEs, liability, time adjustments   /   Leave a comment
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Newz: Time Adjustments, Fannie Condo “Blacklist”, Future of GSEs?

March 28, 2025

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

  • LIA ad: Navigating Value Revisions
  • On Time Adjustments By Timothy Andersen, MAI
  • 19.5 Million Arizona Airpark Mansion Boasts Private Jet Hangar, Indoor Shooting Range, and 11 Bathrooms — but Only 3 Bedrooms
  • Pulte has no plans to lower conforming loan limits for Fannie and Freddie
  • Fannie Mae’s Condo “Blacklist”
  • FHA rescinds mortgage appraisal policies aimed at countering bias (update on last week’s newsletter topic)
  • Fannie, Freddie face uncertain futures, potential jobs cuts
  • Mortgage applications decreased 2.0 percent from one week earlier

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On Time Adjustments

Timothy Andersen, MAI, MSc., CDEI, MNAA

Excerpts: Typically, this time starts when the comparable goes under contract, then ends on the effective date of the appraisal. If the market has measurably changed over that period, that change means the appraiser should market-adjust the comps up- or downward, as the market demands¹.

This analysis reveals yet another dilemma. For example, to conclude prices went up twelve per cent (12%) per year is a simple average increase of one percent per month, or a daily factor of (0.12 ÷ 365 =) 0.000329. This simplistic analysis means that for a sale that went under contract at $400,000 42-days ago, the increase factor would be $400,000 X 0.000329, or an increase of $131.51 times 42-days or $5,523. This rationale is mathematically correct.

But our training must govern here and force us to ask the question, “Does this adjustment protocol reflect current market verities?” If not, then following this protocol is, in effect, to guess at a time adjustment. To guess at the time adjustment is to fail to reflect market trends truly and correctly. To fail to reflect them truly and correctly in the final value opinion is to mislead the client. See the dilemma?

Does USPAP² offer any advice on this issue? No. USPAP does not even use the word adjustment (or any of its derivatives) until AO-13.

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My comments: Good analysis of the current time adjustment issues. Using only an annual increase (Like most of us were trained to do) is not very accurate. Tim writes, teaches USPAP and advises appraisers on how to do better reports. He is a USPAP Expert. Tim is a regular contributor to the monthly Appraisal Today.

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Appraisal Sq. Ft. Appraisal vs. Assessor/Public Records

By on March 14, 2025   /   adjustments, ADUs, bias, Economic analysis, real estate market, Trump Changes   /   Leave a comment
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Newz: Sq. Ft. Appraisal vs. Assessor, The “R” Word, HUD Appraiser Complaints

March 14, 2025

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

    1. LIA AD: Navigating value revisions in appraisals
    2. Why Is the Square Footage in Public Records Different from the Appraisal?
    3. 5 Properties With ADUs or In-Law Suites
    4. Open Letter to Government Efficiency Commission on HUD’s Appraiser Complaints
    5. The “R” word in real estate – Recession
    6. Going In-Depth on a Delicate Issue: The Invisible Fence of Racial Discrimination
    7. Mortgage applications increased 11.2 percent from one week earlier

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Why Is the Square Footage in Public Records Different from the Appraisal?

By Tom Horn

Excerpts:

Why Accuracy Matters

Square footage is one of the most critical factors in determining a home’s value, yet it is often misunderstood. Many homeowners and real estate agents assume that the square footage listed in public records is accurate, but that’s not always the case. When an appraiser measures a home, their calculation often differs from what’s in tax records. These discrepancies can lead to confusion, mispricing, and even appraisal challenges.

Why Square Footage Discrepancies Occur

Public Records vs. Appraisal Measurements

The square footage listed in public records typically comes from the county tax assessor’s office. Assessors determine square footage based on:

Builder-reported figures:…

Estimates or outdated records:…

Conversions and Additions

Another common reason for discrepancies is home modifications. If a homeowner adds square footage without the proper permits, tax records may not reflect the change. Examples include:

Unpermitted additions:…

Incorrect classifications:…

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My comments: Worth reading. Written for non-appraisers but the best explanations I have ever read about this topic. I worked for an assessor’s office for my first 4 years of appraising, starting in 1975. I was given a geographic area and appraised every residential in it. Fantastic experience. I learned a lot. I was very lucky. Very different than lender appraising, where you only appraise properties that are suitable for mortgage loans.

The March 2025 issue of Appraisal Today has a very comprehensive article for appraisers: Can you use the assessor’s assessment values for site valuation, by Tim Andersen, MAI.

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Finding Comps with Few Sales for Appraisers

By on March 7, 2025   /   adjustments, AMCs, appraisal business, Appraisal fees, Economic analysis, Trump Changes   /   Leave a comment
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Newz: Pulling Comps in 2025, Appraiser Union? AMCs Overcharging Consumers

March 7, 2025

  • What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down)
  • LIA ad: Problem with An Affidavit
  • The struggle of pulling comps in 2025 By Ryan Lundquist
  • Op-Ed: Why An Appraiser Union Would Never Work By Dustin Harris
  • The Full Measure: February 2025 Housing Market Snapshot for Appraisers By Kevin Hecht
  • The Trump Administration’s Regulatory Overhaul: The Impact on CFPB, FHA, and the Housing Industry By Rob Chrisman
  • Homebuilders Warn of Rising Building Costs as Trump’s Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Take Effect By NAR
  • AMCs Overcharging Consumers? Morgan & Morgan Investigates
  • Mortgage applications decreased 1.2 percent from one week earlier

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The struggle of pulling comps in 2025

By Ryan Lundquist

Excerpts:

1) SALES TELL US ABOUT THE PAST

Comps aren’t easy today. The problem is there aren’t that many sales, so it’s not so simple to figure out value. Lately, I’ve been getting a ton of questions about this, so I wanted to share some things I’m doing on my end….

2) TWO OPTIONS TODAY

We have two choices for comps. Go back further in time in the immediate neighborhood, or go out further to competitive areas. Why not do both?…

3) HOW FAR AWAY CAN YOU GO FOR COMPS?

It’s not how far you can go, but where you should go. Read that again. This is true in any market. And where would buyers go for comps? That’s also a viable question. No matter where you’re getting comps, be sure they are a good substitution…

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My comments: Read This Article! Few sales are common in many areas. I prefer going back in time. I have been doing time adjustments since 1975, when prices were going up 5% per month in a semi-rural Northern California county. The GSEs seem to be making it way more complicated. I do them on every appraisal. If not needed, I always comment that the market is stable. It is the only adjustment I make on my non-lender appraisals, except for features that are unusual.

I have no idea why the GSEs complain that many appraisers are not doing them when needed. Maybe the appraisers never learned how? Many dollar adjustments are needed on the grid and can be much more difficult than time adjustments.

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Appraisals and the Cost Approach

By on January 31, 2025   /   adjustments, appraisal business, bias, Fannie, forecast, Freddie   /   Leave a comment
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Newz: DEI and Appraisers, New GSE Market Analysis Deadline Feb. 4

January 31, 2025

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

  • LIA AD: Weather Impact
  • What is the Cost Approach to Real Estate Appraisal?
  • ‘Unparalleled’ 3-Mansion Compound on Miami’s Exclusive Palm Island Splashes Onto the Market for $150 Million
  • DEI and Appraisers

  • Fannie and Freddie Forecasts

  • Fannie, Freddie: New Market Analysis Requirements February 4th

  • Mortgage applications decreased 2.0 percent from one week earlier

 

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What is the Cost Approach to Real Estate Appraisal?

By Kevin Hecht

Excerpts: When to Use the Cost Approach

There are circumstances when it’s necessary to use the cost approach, for example, unique properties and new construction. The cost approach can also be used to support the sales comparison approach.

Fannie Mae only accepts the sales comparison approach as its primary valuation tool. However, that does not preclude an appraiser from also using the cost approach to substantiate their findings. And there are other lenders who may accept the cost approach over other real estate appraisal methods for certain properties or situations…

Some Disadvantages of Using the Cost Approach

There are inherent benefits of using the cost approach, especially when you’re tasked with challenging properties that have little or no comps. But there are also some downsides.

One of the primary disadvantages is the assumption that land is available for purchase to build an identical property. Land is a scarce resource. When comparable land sales are not available, the value must be estimated.

The bigger issue here is undervaluing the land costs based on scarcity. In real estate, location is everything. A small ocean-front cottage has its value because of the land it sits on, not necessarily its four walls…

Other disadvantages include how to depreciate an older property or find costs for similar building materials. This can be particularly tricky when using the reproduction method of the cost approach or appraising a historic home.

Appraisers should consider whether the cost approach is the best tool to use. In many situations, it’s best used in tandem with the sales comparison approach.

Tips for Using the Cost Approach

As part of our monthly survey series, we asked our community of real estate appraisers, “What’s your best tip for using the cost approach to appraise?” They shared many helpful comments, including common pitfalls to avoid as well as general advice and recommendations. Here’s what they said:

“Use and research valuable comps and educate yourself on the surrounding market.”

“Call local developers for better support on cost estimates. Make friends with builders.”…

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My comments: When I saw the article topic I thought it would be boring. Not! When I read it I realized it was one of the best on the Cost Approach I have read! If you only do GSE appraisals, you probably don’t use the Cost Approach very often, except for new construction. This article explains when and why. It also includes “basic” info such as reproduction vs. replacement. Keep it as a reference for the future when you may need to use the Cost Approach.

When I first started appraising in a Northern CA assessor’s office in 1975, the Cost Approach was the only approached used for decades for all properties. My supervisor devised a table based on square footage for homes which we used.

In the Oakland CA firestorm in 2021, many of the homes had reproduction replacement in their insurance policies. Many were historic homes with features that were very difficult to reproduce, assuming you could find anyone who still knew how to build them. The home owners with reproduction costs got very large payments from their insurance companies. Many had larger homes built with sometimes very unusual designs. The insurance companies learned their mistake and never offered reproduction again.

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3-Mansion Compound on Miami’s Exclusive Palm Island Splashes Onto the Market for $150 Million

Excerpts: 3 homes, 92,00 sq.ft. 300 linear ft. of water frontage

The pricey property, which initially debuted in 2023, was relisted in 2024 at the same price. Now, with Florida’s luxury housing market experiencing a major boom, the compound is back on the market with the same sky-high price.

“Potential buyers might include high-profile individuals like celebrities or CEOs, investors, entertainers or hosts, or luxury lifestyle seekers,” he tells Realtor.com®.

“This offering appeals to those who prioritize exclusivity and are willing to invest significantly for a unique, turnkey luxury compound.”

The trio of homes was assembled by owner Jorge Luise Garcia and the Adria, Maria, Adrian Almeida Trust. They were purchased separately over a period of 17 years.

The first of the three mansions was purchased in 2004 for $3.45 million, the second in 2019 for $13.9 million, and the third in 2021 for $17 million, for a total of $34.35 million, according to property records.

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Appraising Unique Properties

By on December 13, 2024   /   adjustments, AI, appraisal, bias, Economic analysis, forecast, future, Highest and Best Use, retirement, ROVs   /   Leave a comment
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Unique Properties, Rocket Mortgage Sues HUD, Trump Shifts in Housing Market?

December 13, 2024

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

    • LIA ad – Each appraisal is unique
    • The Ultimate Guide to Unique Property Appraisals
    • America’s Most Expensive Property Is Sitting in a Flood Zone—Will Anyone Buy the $295 Million Estate?
    • Rocket Mortgage Sues HUD Over Regulatory, Enforcement Discrepancies
    • Donald Trump’s Second Term Could Bring ‘Significant Shifts’ to the Housing Market
    • Report: What’s Driving the Recent Refi ‘Boom?’
    • Mortgage applications increased 5.4 percent from one week earlier
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The Ultimate Guide to Unique Property Appraisals

Excerpts: When faced with a truly unique property, the standard approach of pulling recent comparable sales from the neighborhood simply won’t cut it.

These properties require a real estate appraiser with a different mindset and a more creative approach to valuation.

Here’s a quick break down of exactly how unique property appraisals differ from traditional approaches:

Breaking Down the Time Barrier

One of the most common misconceptions is that we can only use recent sales. For unique properties, this simply isn’t true. Here’s why:

Expanding Geographic Boundaries

Location matters, but for unique properties, finding truly comparable homes often requires the appraiser to look beyond the immediate neighborhood:

The Bottom Line

Appraising unique properties requires breaking free from traditional constraints while maintaining professional standards.

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My comments: Good summary of the issues. Read the details plus a table comparing traditional and unique properties. Almost all appraisers appraise unique properties, if only occasionally. This is written for real estate agents, but very useful for appraisers.

I regularly hear about AMCs trying to find an appraiser to do one of these properties. They keep shopping for low fees and fast turn times. After a while they finally go with the appraiser who can do them at a good fee and reasonable turn times.

If you can appraise unique properties you have a substantial advantage over less experienced appraisers. Now is an excellent time to try doing one, especially if your business is slow now.

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Market Trends and Market Conditions Adjustments Appraisals

By on December 6, 2024   /   adjustments, AMCs, appraisal how to, state appraiser regulators, waivers   /   Leave a comment
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Newz: GSE New Market Conditions Policy, State Board Complaints, Waivers

December 6, 2024

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

  • LIA ad – Navigating Value Revisions in Appraisals
  • Market Trends and Market Conditions Adjustments.
  • A Ferrari Inspired Masterpiece With 20K square Feet of Luxury Resort Amenities Listed at 55 Million in Delray Beach FL
  • November 2024 Real Estate Market Update By Kevin Hecht
  • 5 Tips to Handle Appraisal Board Complaints
  • Correcting the Record: Accurate Group’s Commitment to Compliance and Industry Excellence
  • FHFA’s Massive Expansion of Appraisal Waivers: What It Really Means
  • Mortgage applications increased 2.8 percent from one week earlier

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Market Trends and Market Conditions Adjustments

Working through the new Market Conditions policy and advisory from Fannie Mae

By Ken Dicks

Excerpts: Did Fannie Mae just throw a wrench into how residential appraisal reports for mortgage transactions are completed with their recent announcement on Market Conditions?

As an appraiser, it is highly likely at some point you will see the following or a similar request soon after your appraisal is submitted to your client, or even months after your appraisal is accepted by your client: Please provide support for your market conditions adjustment conclusions.

Appraisal Quality Control and Appraisal Quality Assurance create a revision request minefield filled with Lender and Investor tailored appraisal reporting requirements and preferences. Review of the appraisal reports is required by the lender or whoever the lender chooses to delegate this requirement to (i.e. Appraisal Desk, AMC, etc.).

As a practicing appraiser, the announcement and accompanying exhibit prompted a series of questions in my mind.

  • Does Fannie Mae want to see this specific graph in all appraisals?
  • What does USPAP say?
  • What level of data and analysis does an appraiser need to present when providing support for market conditions adjustments?

The following is where I have arrived at developing answers:…

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My comments: Worth reading the full article, plus the appraiser comments.

I am so glad I have not done any GSE appraisals since 2008! I don’t care what the GSEs say. I comply with USPAP. Of course, I always make market adjustments on my residential appraisals or explain why no adjustments was needed. It is the only dollar adjustment I make on non-lender forms unless the subject has an unusual feature requiring research and analysis.

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Q3 Fannie Update – Concessions, Rural, Environmental Hazards

By on October 4, 2024   /   adjustments, Fannie, real estate market, state appraiser regulators   /   Leave a comment
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Newz: Fannie Update, Concessions Are a Mess, State Board Complaints

October 4, 2024

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

  • State Board Complaints and Renewal

  • Q3 2024 Fannie Mae Appraiser Update – Concessions, Rural, Environmental Hazards

  • $47 Million Ski Chalet With Private Tesla-Style Gondola, Bowling Alley, and Basketball Court

  • September 2024 Real Estate Market Update: What Appraisers Need to Know By Kevin Hecht

  • The hot mess of concessions in real estate By Ryan Lundquist

  • That A-Frame Life: What It’s Really Like To Live in These Triangular Houses

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    Appraisal Business Tips 

    Humor for Appraisers

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Q3 2024 Fannie Mae Appraiser Update – Concessions, Rural, Environmental Hazards

Excerpts:

Rural

Worth reading with links to Fannie info, including a link to: Free Fannie online Rural Appraisal Challenges eLearning course. Plus other tips.

Environmental Hazards

While Fannie Mae does not expect the appraiser to be an expert in the field of environmental hazards, we do expect appraisers to analyze and report any information about environmental hazards that is available in the normal course of business…

If an appraiser has knowledge of or identifies an environmental hazard in or on the subject property or on any site within the vicinity of the property, we require the appraiser to…

Seller Concessions

The article about seller concessions in our December 2023 Appraiser Update generated a lot of questions and buzz.

First, we heard that some appraisers, in reaction to our article, adopted a practice of always adjusting dollar for dollar for seller concessions. While this may seem sensible from a theoretical perspective, it could have adverse unintended consequences (such as undervaluation) if the concession did not actually have a dollar-for-dollar impact on the price. Making either assumption (that there is no impact or that the impact is dollar-for-dollar) is not the correct approach…

PSAs – UAD, Bias with useful links to Fannie info

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My Comments: Read the concessions section to see what Fannie Mae says on this hot topic! Plus the useful info and links on other topics above.

See Ryan Lundquist’s post below on Concessions – A Mess

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