How And Why Certified Appraisals Are Carried Out On Real Estate
Certified appraisals are carried out by lenders whenever there is a purchase of property. No lender is ever gong to lend money based on real estate unless that lender has first performed due diligence in having the property valued by a licensed appraiser with qualifications and experience. A certified appraiser must have a license from the state in which they operate, and they are entitled to use the letters CREA (Certified Real Estate Appraiser).
These professional appraisers will carry out a thorough investigation of the property, and will prepare a report based on several findings. These findings will include the inspection of the property, and also statistical information from the sales of other properties in the same neighborhood within a certain length of time. The report will include photographs taken to back up the appraiser's estimates.
The appraiser will also need to perform a record search, to ensure that the lender is not going to be asked to lend money against a property with remaining bad history. Any court cases still outstanding, or any taxes still owing on the property, need to be uncovered before the appraiser will produce a final valuation.
This will work in your favor, of course, as you don't want to be left with a property with hidden problems such as tax liens. There will still be negotiating to be done, but at least the problem will have been uncovered, and you will have been saved from a potentially expensive mistake.
If you are buying a property of any considerable value, you would be well advised to have your own appraisal carried out. A home inspection carried out at your request can eliminate the possibility of a wild valuation from a certified appraiser ruining the deal for you. At least with an independent opinion, you will have a basis for negotiation, and, of course, if the valuation is deemed to be wildly inaccurate, you can always change to another potential lender.
Certified appraisals will rarely produce any problems for the potential buyer, but in the situation where the appraisal is less than the amount you were intending to pay for the property, there are obviously going to be some tough choices to make.
You can obviously just walk away and look for another property. It never pays to develop sentimental attachment to real estate. There is always another property somewhere else which you can buy, and you may even discover somewhere you like even better than the one you thought was your dream property.
If you definitely want to go ahead with the purchase of the original property, then you will need to either negotiate a lower price with the seller, or raise more money as a down payment. The seller is likely to find that the property will be hard to sell if the appraisal is lower than his own estimate of the value. This may not apply so much in highly desirable neighborhoods, where buyers will be prepared to go above the price they were intending to pay if it means securing the home of their dreams.
If the seller will not lower his price, then you will have to make a judgement call based on how much you want that particular property. If you can raise a higher down payment, and are prepared to do so, then you can still own properties which have been given low certified appraisals.
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