Independent Real Estate Appraiser in Austin, Texas: Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell Counties

An Appraisal for Your House in Texas

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Concerned about Your Texas Property Value? Here at Appraisal IQ, we do a lot of research to find out what our customer want and need. If you can’t find us on the web, we can’t help you with your real estate appraisal problems or questions. Order An Appraisal for Your House in Texas Do You [...]

What is a Real Property Appraiser?

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Real Property Appraiser for Real Estate Appraisers determine the value of something. A real property appraiser determines the value of real property. The Definition of Real Property The terms real property, real estate and personal property are not interchangeable. Real estate is land, along with all of the things that are permanently attached to the [...]

Dodd-Frank a Win for Independent Fee Appraisers?

Dodd-Frank and Independent Fee Appraisers

Will Independent Fee Appraisers Recover Under HR4173? The Dodd-Frank Act may help appraisers and mortgage professionals re-gain some of the footing they lost with last year’s implementation of the HVCC. Go To: Appraisal Ordering for Regulatory Compliant Appraisals. We certainly hope so. 14 months and counting into the HVCC and mortgage professionals and appraisers are [...]

Is a Free House Appraisal A Good Measure of Market Value?

Free Appraisals Are not a good Measure of House Value

A Free House Appraisal Sounds Great! Until you realize that the value provided by “instant” or “online” house valuation services isn’t a good indicator of the value of your home. Before you pop off this page, think for just a minute about what you really need. Are You Looking for the True Market Value of [...]

What is the HVCC?

The HVCC Explained The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the HVCC in December of 2008 in a brief news release: FHFA Announces Home Valuation Code of Conduct. Where did the HVCC Come From? The HVCC is intended to protect appraiser independence by enacting a figurative “firewall” between appraisers and lenders to prevent lenders from pressuring [...]

House Measuring – Part 3 of 3

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House Measuring Explained by the Pros (If you don’t find the information you need on this topic, PLEASE comment at the end of the article and we will do our best to answer your questions!) In the first article in this 3-part series, (Determining the Square Footage of a House – Part 1 of 3), [...]

Austin Real Estate Appraiser: The American Dream

Austin Real Estate Appraiser: The American Dream

What is Your American Dream? What is Our Dream as an Austin Real Estate Appraiser? It is simple: time to spend on our priorities. These priorities are named Sarah, Audrey, Sam, Ariel and Benjamin. Aged 4 to 13. 5 kids, one family. Our lives are blessed. We launched our real estate appraisal business because we [...]

Square Footage of a House – Part 2 of 3

Measuring a House that isn't a Rectangle

How Do You Find the Size of a House? In post 1 (Determining the Square Footage of a House) in this series of 3 posts about how to calculate the square footage of a house, we discussed the most basic aspects of measuring a house. We covered measuring a house that is a simple rectangle [...]

Determining the Square Footage of a House – Part 1 of 3

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Determining the Square Footage of a House: Easy or Not So Much? (If you don’t find the information you need on this topic, PLEASE comment at the end of the article and we will do our best to answer your questions!) The square footage of a house can be straight-forward to calculate, or it can [...]