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We've become the go-to appraisal company because of our fast turn time, competitive pricing, and excellent customer service. Our appraisal service in Orlando, Kissimmee, Daytona, Palm Bay, and surrounding areas has earned us the repeat business of local mortgage companies and major lenders across the country.
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Updated December 21, 2009

Appraisals For Homeowners

You may or may not already know it, but there are many ways that a homeowner may benefit from an appraisal.

  • "PMI Appraisal" - When homeowners want to eliminate unnecessary Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) their first step is to contact their lender to find out the requirements.  These requirements often include a certain change in the Loan-to-Value ratio, and to determine the value, the lender will often instruct the homeowner to obtain an appraisal.  That's where we come in, and we've helped many homeowners by completing these types of appraisals.  Why did those homeowners bother?  The homeowners who were able to remove PMI wind up with lower monthly payments.
  • Estate / Dispute / Legal Resolution Appraisal - We've helped many clients who were facing cases of divorce, inheritance, or other legal matters involving a real estate property by providing appraisals containing accurate estimates of market value.  An attorney will often be a good judge of how helpful an appraisal would be, and as a rule of thumb whenever the value of a property is part of the question, we can provide some answers.
  • "For Sale/Listing" Appraisal - Homeowners who want to sell their home often find the 'list price' to be one of the trickiest things to figure out.  Listing a home too high or too low has obvious, undesirable effects to the seller.  As independent appraisers, our reports will contain an unbiased opinion of market value, provide you with relevant market data, and give you the meaningful facts that will help you make important decisions.

There are many more reasons why a homeowner would be interested in an appraisal.  Our reports are always designed to benefit a particular 'intended use'.  All of our appraisals are customized to our client's needs, so if you have any additional questions about how our appraisals might help you, please feel free to give us a call.

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Updated September 3, 2009

Despite Similarities, FHA Appraisals are Different

So it's true that FHA appraisals are done on the same forms as appraisals for conventional loans.  Either type of report could have been developed by the same appraiser.  And even though the valuation methodology is practically identical, there are some notable differences between appraisals for FHA loans and appraisals for conventional loans.

When an appraiser is inspecting a home for a FHA appraisal, he or she is doing their normal inspection.  In addition to this, they are simultaneously assessing if the home complies with FHA guidelines.  Noxious odors, high power transmission lines, wood-destroying insects...these are all things the appraiser is trying to be aware of when visiting a property for a loan intended for FHA.

In addition to the clear inspection differences, there are also important considerations that go into writing an FHA appraisal report.  The best FHA appraisals will identify the home's eligibility for an FHA loan and make it easy to determine the relevant FHA issues quickly.

So you can see that even though a conventional appraisal and an FHA appraisal may seem very similar on the outside, there are some significant differences that are going on just beneath the surface.

 FHA appraisals can only be performed by FHA approved appraisers.  We've been doing FHA appraisals for many years and have seen FHA requirements go through many changes in that time.  Despite the many changes, as professional FHA appraisers in Orlando, you can rest assured that we make it our business to keep up with the latest.

Updated April14 2009

"How Long is an Appraisal Good For?"

We're getting calls from investors and homeowners who are interested in the value of their home, and they want to know how long an appraisal is good for.  Good question!

Did you know every appraisal has an effective date?  The effective date of an appraisal is the date of the value.  Typically we are saying, "based on the market, on the date of _________ the value is ___________."

Most of the time the effective date of our reports is the date we visit the property.  Sometimes a client requests that the effective date of the appraisal be a date in past - these 'retrospective' assignments serve many purposes, for example an investor might want to analyze their portfolio by comparing the income (rent) collected from a property versus the value of the property at the time of purchase.

Back to the question -- "how long is the appraisal good for"?  As you can see, the answer to this question depends on what you would like to use the appraisal for and how much the market changes from the effective date of the report.


Updated January 24 2009

How do we know we're doing good?
Simple -- we ask! 

An appraisal company that asks how they're doing -- that's rare!

Did you know that we actually monitor our performance with a quality survey. By continually getting feedback directly from our clients, we are able ensure that we perform at our best.

From our surveys we've learned that our customers love:

  1.  Fast turn times,
  2.  Timely status updates
  3.  Accept all major credit cards.