Lenders and Fannie Mae want a pizza delivery person to perform the inspection of your home, and then send the results to an appraiser......

Looking at old appraisals (and appraisals performed by people who have had their license for over 20 years) I'll occasionally see...

In this article the Washington Post and their guest show that neither have a firm understanding of what an appraisal, mortgage, or...

Last year I wrote an article in January that predicted an increase in values from January to June 2022 - on the whole the prediction came...

If you've followed this page, you know that if Zillow says something, the opposite is probably true. They admit that their Zestimate is...

A lot of articles have emerged recently discussing the replacement of various industries with AI... so lets put this to the test. I...

TLDR: Probably, and that's not good. I just got off of a 5-minute video meeting with a physician to refill a prescription. I gave basic...

Below is a graph of all sales of new construction condominiums between 1500-1600sf in western Henrico by a single builder. No, that...

Did you receive an honest appraisal, that represented the real market value of your home? If your lender used an Appraisal Management...

For the more populous counties, Hanover outperformed in the final two quarters of 2022. With marketing times remaining historically low...

Similar to other affordable markets that have been reviewed, Hopewell has so far avoided a housing correction. Q3-4 of 2022 were the...

Henrico data at the end of 2022 appears relatively strong in comparison to the rest of the Richmond metro market. A seasonal decline in...

The Goochland market remained strong in comparison to other central Virginia Counties in late 2022, posting year over year increases...

The Richmond area is undergoing a small contraction in sales prices as of the end of 2022. While this is the case, marketing times remain...

Reader's of RVAValues.com would do well to give your attention to the well written article by Jeremy Baggott on AppraiserBlogs.com. "But...

In the latest posting from Fannie Mae on "modernizing valuation," FNMA continues to push forward with policies that jeopardize your...

Petersburg has bucked the trend of declines for the last 6 months of 2022 across the region. As buyers flee to affordability, markets...

After the strongest housing market in 20 years, coming back down to normal feels painful. The pandemic period that saw exponential growth...

In a property valuation class that I taught last year, the primary tool that I left them with was that of qualitative analysis. This is a...

From RVAValues to you. PS. If this is your house, its going to make taking my pictures extra "fun!"