When you buy or refinance a home, your lender will ask for an unbiased home appraisal. Here is how it works, how much it costs, and how to prepare.

Does a home’s interior decor matter? Appraisers see through personal property. While a well-decorated home will accelerate a sale, furnishings won’t increase market value.

How Does a Real Estate Agent Affect a Home Appraisal? Home appraisers are independent professionals who do their best to come up with an objective property value based on data.

Another concept that some find hard to accept is this—appraisers do not determine value, we estimate value. An appraisal is a snapshot of the article to be appraised, frozen in time.

To keep up with high demand amid the ongoing pandemic, appraisers need a remote solution that keeps them in full control.

Fully permitted accessory dwelling units are so new, appraisers say, there's too little information to say with much certainty how much value they add to a home.

Q: I am an FHA certified real estate appraiser. In one of your articles, you painted an inaccurate picture of FHA appraisers, stating that they are not qualified to identify defects in a home.

This is exactly what real estate appraisers do; they find the similar properties nearby (and the closer, the better), then add and subtract for significant differences, like the deck on yours or ...

Acting Gov. Tahesha Way on Monday signed legislation requiring New Jersey real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training, a measure intended to combat the undervaluing of homes owned by ...