Before an appraiser looks at a property you want to buy or currently own, there are things you should know that they won't tell you. Here's what to look out for.

Last week we outlined how home appraisers gather and measure the qualities of a house based on its neighborhood, site, and home improvements. Now we will try to explain how they use visual impressions ...

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 ...

An appraisal is a critical part of the homebuying process. If your home appraisal comes in lower than expected, it can cost you money and delay — or even derail — the entire transaction. Here we delve ...

A home appraisal can seem like a mysterious and opaque process — someone comes to your home, looks around, runs some numbers and sends back a home value that may or may not match up to what you or the ...

Real estate appraiser Matt Cook just finished working his way through a house to gauge its value when the homeowner reached out to shake his hand. Inside the man’s palm was a $20 — as if he was ...

Simplify your mortgage journey with a trusted lender. Home appraisals are an important part of buying and selling a home. The primary purpose is to put an estimated value on a property based on the ...

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

Question: We have not purchased a home for 15 years. A lender is telling me I cannot pick an appraiser I know to be a solid appraiser, and that the lending rules have changed. Is this true? And if it ...

Fights over historic preservation have been brewing and bubbling over in Philadelphia for decades. Now, a City Council member ...