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BusinessWeek
June 14, 2004 |
What's Your House Really Worth? (extended) Here are some Web sites that can help you figure out the value of your home   |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2004
William C. Harvey II |
Is the Price Right? Learning how appraisers value unique properties helps brokers better advise their clients. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 26, 2010
Matt Gunn |
Fraud Study Shows Importance of Competence, Ethics A new study indicating reports of mortgage fraud in the United States increased 7 percent from 2008 to 2009 shows why lenders need to hire competent, ethical appraisers. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Real Estate Appraisers, Get With the Program! My brief conversation with an appraiser was all too enlightening, convincing me that the current massive slump in housing prices suggested that maybe there was something wrong with the way things had been done. |
Inc.
January 2006
Alison Stein Wellner |
Get the Number You Want The balance sheet doesn't tell the whole story. A successful valuation takes into account lots of intangibles - and they can add up. Here are five ways to boost the final figure. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2012
Rich Rosfelder |
The Valuation Trap Can appraisers avoid the pitfalls of today's market? |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 26, 2006
Phil Britt |
Limiting Collateral Review Damage Meritage Mortgage Corp. started to look at automated collateral scoring tools that would quickly and accurately grade collateral risk in much the same way that human appraisers do. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Your Opinion Isn't Worth a Hill of Beans After a severe housing downturn that has left millions of homeowners underwater on their purchases, maybe it's time to rethink how we value homes. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2005
Dayana Yochim |
What's Your Stuff Worth? How do families who lost everything in disasters go about the process of getting their possessions appraised? Even if your valuables aren't in foreseeable harm's way, consider documenting the important items in your life that you would want to try to replace if they were to be destroyed. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Appraisal Nightmares on Main Street If a low appraisal jeopardizes your real estate deal, don't panic. See if your lender will obtain a second appraisal. |
This Old House
Keith Pandolfi |
Disputing Your Property-Tax Assessment Your property-tax assessment just shot up about 15 percent. Here's how to go about disputing the bill. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2007
Mark L. Levine |
Appraisal Update New requirements for charitable deductions put appraisers at risk. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
The Art of Appraisals A smart advisor will fill in an appraiser about the purpose of the evaluation at the time of the engagement. There's nothing wrong with indicating how the appraisal will be used. |
Job Journal
August 13, 2006
Christina Clark |
Slipping Home Prices Put Premium on Quality Realtors The profession is attractive to many because of its ease to enter and potential for high earnings. And nationally, employment of real estate agents is expected to grow nine to seventeen percent through the year 2014. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2003
Pollack & Bellotti |
Taming Your Taxes Consider market factors to help lower property taxes. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2013
Mark Lee Levine |
Deduction Denied Good intentions do not replace a qualified appraisal. Recently the U.S. Tax Court determined that a taxpayer and his spouse, after making almost $20 million worth of charitable real estate gifts to qualified charitable recipients, could not take the $18.5 million tax deduction for the gifts. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Beware: Your Home's Value Might Be Way Off The errors in online home values serve to remind us that it's always good to be at least a little skeptical of the data you're given. That can help in your investing research as well as when you enter the real-estate arena. |
Wired
May 2005
Levitt & Dubner |
Cracking the Real Estate Code Is your real estate agent working for you, or the enemy? Follow this user's guide to home economics (and how to beat the expert industry), and you'll be more comfortable -- and perhaps a little richer -- when you sell your home. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Lower Your Property Taxes You may be paying more than you have to in property taxes. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2006
Dayana Yochim |
Are You Stashing Cash in the Attic? Whether you're looking to insure your belongings or sell them on an episode of "Cash in the Attic," you first have to determine the worth of your beloved object. |
Inc.
July 1, 2003
Randall Lane |
What's Your Company Worth Now? Knowledge is power, and knowledge of your company's value is the ultimate power tool. Here's what you need to calculate your own magic number. |
OCC Bulletin
December 26, 2000 |
Statement on Appraisal Standards for Federally Related Transactions An institution's internal controls must promote compliance with the OCC's appraisal regulation, the guidelines, and industry appraisal standards and ensure that the institution engages competent and ethical appraisers... |
Inc.
January 2006
Alison Stein Wellner |
The Number Cruncher Versus the Vision Guy Two appraisers put a price tag on three different companies. You'll be surprised at just how different their numbers turned out, and how subjective a business valuation can be. |
BusinessWeek
December 17, 2009 |
A Tale of Four Cities Market outlooks for Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas and New York. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2006
Gilbert D. Davila |
Why Assessors Trip Up on Apartment Valuations Multifamily property owners are often unaware of the errors assessors make in the valuation of their properties. By understanding how these mistakes occur, owners arm themselves with the weapons necessary to fight unfairly high property tax assessments. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2005
Joel R. Marcus |
Assessors Exploit Their Advantage Make no mistake, assessors have more information than ever before and the ability to access it quickly. While some of this data may be available to property owners and their tax attorneys, a sizable amount of valuation data is out of the public's reach. Commercial property owners must realize that their activities are being monitored and compiled. |
