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The appraisal profession - Looking ahead, the current system needs some enhancements

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

GUEST AUTHOR: William Pastuszek, MAI, SRA, MRA heads Shepherd Associates, Newton, Mass - See more at: New England Real Estate Journal Network. Do you remember how you became an appraiser? Did you have a friend in the business? A mentor?...

10 Tips for Brokers to Help the Appraisal Process - Appraisal Insight Blog

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

REPRINTED FROM APPRAISAL INSIGHT BLOG - AUTHOR: Vic Knight has been a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina since 1984. He's also a Certified General Appraiser in the state and is past president of the North Carolina Association of...

Market Challenges - Adopting an Offensive Playbook

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

GUEST POST: Sally Carothers, SRA, FRICS, Chief Appraiser, CU Appraisal Services, LLC. Founding board member of the Ohio Coalition of Appraisal Professionals (OCAP) As we move towards the middle of 2013, there are there are several key economic indicators to...

Stiffed Appraisers Go After Chase - Working RE Magazine

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

Guest Author Isaac Peck is the Associate Editor of Working RE Magazine and Marketing Coordinator at OREP.org, a leading provider of E&O insurance for appraisers, inspectors, and other real estate professionals in 49 states. He received his Bachelors in Business...

Appraisal Institute: How Landscaping Can Impact Home Values

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

Source: Posted By susanne On May 19, 2013 @ 1:06 PM In Business Outlook,Real Estate Information,Real Estate News,Real Estate Trends,Today's Top Story The Appraisal Institute recently advised homeowners to properly maintain their landscaping, which can significantly affect property values. “If...

U.S. Senate Candidate FINALLY Pays 2005 Residential Appraisal Fee

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

Mass. GOP Senate candidate pays 2005 appraisal fee by Steve LeBlanc Associated Press / May 16, 2013 BOSTON (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez said he has paid an eight-year-old, $1,000 bill for an appraisal on his Cohasset...

A Comprehensive Blueprint for Residential Appraisal Reform - And the Winner Is?

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

GUEST AUTHOR: Patrick Egger is a Certified General Appraiser located in Las Vegas, NV. He teaches continuing education classes on the housing market, appraisal issues for real estate agents and appraisers. He can be reached at lvreqa@cox.net Look for the...

The Reality of Price Per Square Foot

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

GUEST AUTHOR: Micheal W. Armentrout, VP AM Appraisals, Inc. Mike has been involved in full time real estate valuation since early 1992 and has experience in numerous Central Ohio markets. As appraisers, we talk to realtors on a routine basis....

Appraisal Complaint Web Site - ReferMyAppraisalComplaint.asc.gov

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

The http://refermyappraisalcomplaint.asc.gov/ Hotline is an information resource to help complainants determine the appropriate legal authority to receive their complaint involving allegations of non-compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice or appraisal independence requirements. How it works: You may...

Real Estate Appraisal in the US Industry Market Research Report from IBISWorld has Been Updated

6/17/2013 1:43 PM

Excerpt from the IBISWorld industry Report: The top five firms in the Real Estate Appraisal industry account for less than 15.0% of industry revenue with the largest having a market share of just 6.2%. The larger participants in the industry...

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Trulia releases rentals app for iPad

6/19/2013 9:00 AM

Trulia has released a consumer-facing rentals iPad app to join the Android phone, tablet and iPhone versions already available, the San Francisco-based firm announced today. The new app, which focuses solely on rentals, features a rental price heat map that .....Read More

Study reveals housing discrimination against gay and lesbian couples

6/19/2013 8:37 AM

Same-sex couples looking to rent homes are more likely to experience unfavorable treatment than heterosexual couples, according to a study commissioned by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The study — the first to examine housing discrimination against .....Read More

Nestio unveils listing management platform for landlords

6/19/2013 7:57 AM

Like many landlords, Copperwood Real Estate used to struggle to efficiently manage and distribute its listings. To populate its public-facing site, it would have to convert listing information that it maintained in a spreadsheet into code and insert that code .....Read More

Chelsea Clinton and husband Marc Mezvinsky list NYC home

6/19/2013 7:29 AM

Marc Mezvinsky, the husband of Chelsea Clinton, has put the couple’s NYC home on the market for $4.48 million, The Real Deal reported. The pair is apparently trading up: They reportedly purchased a $10.5 million apartment across from Madison Square .....Read More

Mortgage applications slip as interest rates climb for 6th straight week

6/19/2013 6:42 AM

As interest rates continued to climb, applications for purchase loans for the week ending June 14 slipped a seasonally adjusted 3 percent from a week earlier, but were up 12 percent from the same week last year, according to the results .....Read More

Merger creates new Coldwell Banker franchise in Northern California

6/18/2013 3:02 PM

Two leading Solano County, Calif., brokerages have merged and affiliated with franchisor Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. The merger of Vacaville-based Kappel & Kappel Realty Inc. with Solano Gateway Realty Inc. in Fairfield beefs up Coldwell Banker’s presence along the .....Read More

Imagining the real estate industry, 5 years out

6/18/2013 2:14 PM

What will the real estate industry look like five years from now, and how can brokers and agents prepare for it? Leaders of four companies that have been at the forefront of change — Redfin, Trulia, Zillow and Move Inc. .....Read More

Floored voted best real estate tech startup at Realogy summit

6/18/2013 1:39 PM

Floored, which creates interactive 3-D floor plans that allow users to walk through a virtual recreation of an actual space, was voted the best real estate tech startup today at the Realogy FWD Innovation Summit, hosted at the real estate .....Read More

Move, MSN renew content-sharing agreement

6/18/2013 11:40 AM

Realtor.com operator Move Inc. has renewed a content-sharing agreement with MSN that allows consumers to access Move’s property listings and related information from MSN Real Estate, the sixth-most popular real estate site in the U.S. Under the agreement, Move will continue .....Read More

Report: Franchising rights for ERA Asian-Pacific region up for sale

6/18/2013 11:38 AM

Franchising rights to provide services to ERA Real Estate-affiliated brokerages in 18 Asian-Pacific countries are up for sale, and could fetch up to $160 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. Singapore-based Hersing Corp., which holds ERA franchise rights in China, .....Read More

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