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Buying or Selling A House - The appraisal

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Real Estate Agent with Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty

The appraisal

An appraisal is a market analysis performed by a professional appraiser using a variety of sources, including MLS data and conforming loan formulas.

Appraisers most often work for lenders to determine market values, so that lenders can weigh the risk of making a loan to a home buyer. Appraisals come after an offer is made when the buyer applies for a loan.  Even though the buyer pays for the appraisal, the lender uses it to determine whether or not to make the loan at the contract price.

Buyers have one advantage over sellers when it comes to appraisals – their bank has the last word. If the appraisal doesn’t meet the contract price, the bank refuses to make the loan, unless the seller agrees to a new contract price. 

You can hire an appraiser to help you determine at what price a bank will loan a buyer money to buy your home.

                 

Anthony Stokes Pereira (845) 624-8100 Ext. 188

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty

I can help you with every aspect of buying or selling your home because I'm experienced, because I am a Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty Real Estate Professional . . . and because I care.

As your Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty Sales Professional, I will provide you with the information you need to make an educated decision.

The relationship between a home buyer or seller and their agent is based on trust, shared goals and understanding. I strive to continually improve and to do this I listen and take the needs and wants into consideration.

For assistance with any of your real estate needs, please contact me, whether it's to get started on helping you realize your goals and dreams, or just to ask a question - no pressure, no hassle, no obligation - just a friendly conversation. I would welcome the opportunity to make a difference for you.

Anthony Stokes Pereira

Office: (845) 624-8100 Ext:168

Cell: (845) 538-7021

Fax: (845) 624-7137

anthony.stokespereira@randrealty.com

www.anthonystokespereira.com

 

 

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate - Rand Realty, founded in 1984, is the No. 1 real estate brokerage in the Greater Hudson Valley with 25 offices serving Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Dutchess counties. Rand has more than 800 sales associates, as well as a commercial real estate company (Rand Commercial Services), mortgage company (Rand Mortgage), title company (Hudson Abstract Services) and insurance agency (The Hudson Group Insurance Agency). The company’s Web sites are: randrealty.com, randcommercial.com, randmortgage.com, www.hudsonabstract.com and www.hudson-group.com. Rand Realty is also on Facebook and Twitter. Anthony Stokes Pereira web site www.anthonystokespereira.com . Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Anthony, whenever I go on a listing, I educate my sellers on just how critical the opinion of the appraiser is to the entire transaction.  That way, with them knowing the importance of comparable sales, I can "blame" the correct market price on the appraiser.  It works quite well.  I even wrote a post about how I use that technique.  So yes... appraisals are "key."

Nov 26, 2011 02:09 PM