FLASH NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
2008
09-12-2008 -- Life after Federal Takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
08-15-2008 -- New Trends Emerge as Foreclosure Rates Soar
07-10-2008 -- Accurate Appraisals Key to Securing Mortgage Loans
06-05-2008 -- Research Shows Residential Values Steady, Even Rising in Some U.S. Sub-Markets
05-08-2008 -- Demystifying Appraisal Acronyms
04-11-2008 -- New Appraisal Agreement Designed to Help Restore Consumer Confidence
03-07-2008 -- Making Sense of "Substitute Properties"
02-08-2008 -- Reassigning or Readdressing Appraisals: What you need to know.
2007
12-20-2007 -- Understand how quantitative and qualitative analysis impacts the appraisal process
10-26-2007 -- Going Once, Going Twice, Sold!
09-10-2007 -- The Caveats of Market Statistics
08-02-2007 -- USPAP for the Non-Appraiser
07-02-2007 -- Will a "Declining Market" Kill the Deal?
06-26-2007 -- Reassigning or Readdressing Appraisals
06-05-2007 -- Inflated Appraisals: Watch for Red Flags
04-30-2007 -- Assessed Value vs. Appraised Value
03-30-2007 -- Seller Concessions May Create Unexpected Changes
02-28-2007 -- Proffesional Queries vs. Appraiser Pressure
01-31-2007 -- Appraisals In Review
2006
12-21-2006 -- Avoiding Confusion with the Valuation of Double-Lot Properties
10-31-2006 -- Is That the Appraiser’s "True" Appraisal?
09-27-2006 -- Fee Schedule Dilemma
04-14-2006 -- Why do Appraisers Ask for the Purchase Agreement?
03-17-2006 -- The Importance of Bracketing in Comparable Selection.
03-02-2006 -- Cost Approach—Optional?
02-17-2006 -- A Quick Guide to Home Improvements
02-09-2006 -- Cost Approach—Optional?
01-12-2006 -- Is the Subject Property Rural or Not?
2005
12-29-2005 -- Appraising over-improved properties
12-02-2005 -- ARM Refinance opportunity in 2006
11-17-2005 -- REO Properties
11-03-2005 -- Appraising Over-improved Property
10-20-2005 -- Sales History – A Fourth Approach to Value
10-06-2005 -- Unique Properties
09-22-2005 -- The New Forms are Coming!
09-08-2005 -- FORSYTHE APPRAISALS NAMES PAST PRESIDENT OF APPRAISAL INSTITUTE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF APPRAISER
08-25-2005 -- Addendum Requests – Why do we get them and How we can Prevent them.
08-11-2005 -- Outbuildings – What are they worth?
07-14-2005 -- Retrospective Appraisals
06-09-2005 -- Understanding Room Count
05-26-2005 -- Value in New Construction Areas
05-12-2005 -- Where Do Appraisers Get Their Data for Comparable
04-28-2005 -- Appraiser Independence
04-14-2005 -- New Appraisal Forms Coming
03-31-2005 -- Manufactured Homes
03-17-2005 -- Changes to FHA appraisals
03-03-2005 -- Island Property Appraisals
02-17-2005 -- Appraising High End Property
02-03-2005 -- The Importance of the Neighborhood Analysis
01-20-2005 -- REO Appraisals
01-06-2005 -- Value of a Deeded Access Site
2004
12-23-2004 -- What impact does a neighborhood have on value?
12-09-2004 -- Appraising New Construction
11-18-2004 -- The Sales Comparison Approach
11-04-2004 -- Are Different Styled Homes Comparable?
10-21-2004 -- FHA Appraisals
10-07-2004 -- What is a PUD (Planned Unit Development)
09-23-2004 -- Insights & Perspectives of FHA’s Final Rule on Lender Accountability.
09-09-2004 -- What are the most common appraisal types and when are they used?
08-26-2004 -- Appraising the Appraisal
08-12-2004 -- The Cost Approach on a URAR (1004 form) and what does it tell
07-29-2004 -- FORSYTHE FLASH IS LOOKING FOR INPUT FROM ITS READERS!
07-15-2004 -- SITE VALUATION
07-01-2004 -- Automated Valuation Models (AVMs)
06-17-2004 -- Why does the appraised value so often exactly match the sales
06-03-2004 -- Correct Address…. Simple Item or Potential Problem?
05-20-2004 -- Appraisal Challenges in the Second Home and Income Property
05-06-2004 -- Have I Over-Improved My Property?
04-22-2004 -- How Appraisers Calculate Square Footage
04-08-2004 -- What is Zoning All About?
03-25-2004 -- Clarifying “As Is” and “As Improved” Values
03-11-2004 -- How to Explain to your Borrowers What Creates Value?
02-26-2004 -- Client Survey: Communication is the Key
02-12-2004 -- Clarification of Retypes, Recertifications, and Updates
01-29-2004 -- Online Resources for the Real Estate Professional
01-14-2004 -- Manufactured or Modular home?