If solar panels added value to a home, no one would proclaim this louder than one of the largest environmental proponents in the US....

Watch Leah Coleman (Realtor), Mary and Rock White (Lenders), and myself (Appraiser) from our recorded Zoom meeting where we address the...

Who wouldn't want to live in the "Murder House?!" I once got a car stuck in the mud breaking into the Penhurst Assylum, long before Ghost...

Bungulos, ranchers, and studios... oh my. This is the classic first property of a small portfolio of rentals, the 500-900 sf home....

Recent appraisals in Lakeside Landing have shown market data that indicates continued increase. Below is a graph of Lakeside Landing...

The national newsmakers continue to pick up on this info. While some want to blame appraisers for racism (which is possible), some...

RedFin has 9 ways to increase your home appraisal that we'll look at today. 1) Begin with your home’s curb appeal - MYTH In over five...

Over the last few years there has been an increasing focus on the appraisal portion of the real estate transaction to find racial bias....

I've addressed the difference between market value and contract prices before. Suffice it to say, one crazy offer does not equal a...

I'm writing this blog on February 10th, 2022, and scheduling it to drop in early summer. It will be my attempt to forecast based on my 8...

The Veteran's Administration has a policy named the Tidewater Process designed to ensure that the appraiser has evaluated all relevant...

Given last week's video exposing the online employment of workers playing games on the "pit boss's" user-specific online real estate to...

What happens when everyone decides that its good when the "line goes up?" What happens when the power brokers decide to sell smoke? What...

The chief economist at Zillow believes that the market is "out of balance," by which they mean it is overpriced. This is generally out of...

From the utter failure of Zillow's home buying program, based on the comically inaccurate valuation algorithm to now losing a case over...

Remodeling Magazine’s 2021 Cost vs. Value Report takes a look at national average costs for 22 home remodeling projects. Some of these...

Business Insider shows in this that they have no understanding of what an appraisal is, what market value is, or what an appraiser does....

Any appraiser who has worked for any length of time has made someone unhappy. Failure to "hit the number," noting a federally required...

Not even rural Amelia County is immune from the housing shortage. This graph represents 2000-2500sf homes on 10 acres or less land. We...

We continue our ongoing monitoring of the housing market. As I write this in late January, speculating into the future when this will...