If you’re buying a home, refinancing your mortgage, or just want to know how much your home is worth, you’re probably going to need a property appraisal. At its most basic, “an appraisal is an opinion ...

When you're considering buying a house, there are two sides to the story: the seller's asking price and the actual value of the property. This is where an appraiser steps in. What is the job of an ...

Lenders are modernizing appraisal workflows with smarter scheduling, stronger AMC partnerships, and real-time technology to ...

Your home is on the market. You found buyers, a nice young couple just starting out, and they’re sold on the home. But wait — there’s one more person you have to sell: the appraiser. You can no longer ...

Appraisal Institute and MBA differ on FHA’s second appraisal rule for HECMs, with debate over risk, cost and modernization.

An appraisal for a refinance is part of the underwriting process for a new mortgage. Appraisers look at various factors, including your home's location and its size, layout and improvements. Many ...

The Appraisal Foundation called its exposure draft the “most extensive reconsideration” of appraiser qualification criteria ...

More lenders are approving home equity loans without traditional appraisals, cutting weeks off the process. Here's how ...

The chief appraiser copied over incorrect numbers when calculating the voting power of Tarrant County taxing entities in the ...